DURING EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR. 13 

 FOOD OF ADULT SPARROWS. 



MAY. 



Their aistoniary 

 food. 



Corn ; vegetable 

 matter ; seeds. 



Their occasional 

 food. 



Young pea - pods 

 and leaves of 

 peas ; goose- 

 berry - blossoms 

 and young goose- 

 berries ; small 

 beetles ; cater- 

 pillars of the 

 Brimstone Moth, 

 and White Cab- 

 bage butterflies 

 (J. Hawley); 

 turnip-seed (A. 

 Hepburn and 

 R. Lowe) ; hay- 

 seed (C. L. Bux- 

 ton) ; sprouts of 

 young barley, 

 half an inch 

 long ; pollen of 

 the sycamore 

 tree and apple 

 (Note A, page 

 17 ) ; mangold- 

 wurtzel leaves 

 (B. B. Sapwell). 



