376 Mr, G. A. K. Marshall on Birds as a Factor in the 



ra'pac and Brcnthis myrina : Caroline G. Soiile, quoted 

 by Packard, /. c. p. 399 (U.S.A.). 



23. Spizdla socialis, Wils. (Chipping Sparrow), (a) Eats 



Thecla humuli, Harr. : Gentry, /. c. i, p. 300. — (6) " Chip- 

 ping Sparrows, in my experience, will chase almost 

 any butterfly and often kill kinds they do not seem 

 to eat." Also recorded (with Savannah and Song 

 Sparrows) as catching and eating a few Vanessa mil- 

 herti, Pieris oxtpae and Brcnthis myrina : Caroline G. 

 Soule quoted by Packard, I. c. pp. 399 and 400 

 (U.S.A.). 



24. Passer domesticus, L. (Sparrow). (a) Observed to 



capture a Pieris rcqme on two occasions : L. H. Joutel 

 and Prof J. B. Smith, quoted by Packard, I. c. p. 399 

 (U.S.A.). — (h) In the investigation carried out in 

 America on the food of the European Sparrow the 

 following notes of attacks on butterflies are recorded : 

 Papilio ticrnus, once ; Vanessa, antiopa, once ; Yellow 

 butterfly (? Golias), once ; Cabbage butterfly, twice ; 

 Butterflies (kind not specified), 14 reports : W. B. 

 Barrows, " The English Sparrow, U.S. Dept. Agr., Div. 

 Econ. Ornith.," Bull, i," 1889, p. 102. 



25. Passcrcidus, sp. (Savannah Sparrow). Observed (with 



Chipping and Song Sparrows) to catch and eat a few 

 Vanessa, niilherti, Pieris rapae and Brcnthis myrina : 

 Caroline G. Soule, quoted by Packard, /. c. p. 399. 



26. Carduelis carduclis, L. (Goldfi.nch). " I have seen 

 thistle-finches attack [Papiilio] ttcrnus and [Argywiis] 

 cyhele, but not eat them " : Caroline G. Soule, I. c. 

 p. 899 (U.S.A.). 



27. Molothrus pecoris,Gm. (Cow -bird). Stomachs contained 



Golias philodice : Gentry, /. c. i, p. 356. 



28. Agelaeiis phoenicetis, L. (Swamp Blackbird). Stomachs 



contained Lycaenidae : Gentry, /. c. i, p. 360. 



29. Sturnella magna, L. (American Meadow Lark). Among 



other food " Colias p)hilodice and many of the Lycae- 

 nidae. Tortricidae, are in great demand " : Gentry, /. c. 

 i, p. 365. 



30. Icterus sptirius, L. (Orchard Oriole). Stomachs con- 



tained Lycaenidae : Gentry, /. c. i, p. 371. 



31. Icterus haltimore, L. (Baltimore Oriole). Stomachs 



contained " many of the Lycaenidae and Tortricidae " : 

 Gentry, /. c. i, p. 377. 



32. Tyrannus tyrannus, L. (King-bird), (a) The young 



