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THE FOOD OF SPARROWS 



FOOD OF ADULT SPARROWS. 



JUNE. 



JULY. 



AUGUST. 



Their aistomary 

 food. 



Corn ; vegetable 

 matter ; peas ; 

 seeds of various 

 sorts. 



Young wheat, bar- 

 ley, and oats ; 

 vegetable mat- 

 ter ; seeds of 

 various weeds. 



Wheat, barley, oats. 



Their occasional 

 food. 



Gooseberries and 

 other fruit ; 

 lettuces (A. 

 Willis) ; small 

 beetles ; man- 

 gold - w u r t z e 1 

 leaves (B. B. 

 Sapwell) (Note 

 B, page 1 8). 



Peas ; small bee- 

 tles ; beans (A. 

 Willis) ; seeds 

 of wild spinach 

 (A. Willis). 



Seeds of corn, 

 bindweed, knot 

 grass, etc. (see 

 list, page 9) ; 

 aphides, small 

 beetles, daddy 

 longlegs {Tiptt- 

 la), caterpillars 

 of Teras conta- 

 inina7ia., moth of 

 Cravibus cul- 

 me litis (Note C, 



