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



rapac and Brenthis myrina : Caroline G. Soule, quoted 

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



23. Spizella socialis, Wils. (Chipping- Sparrow), (a) Eats 



Thecla hinnuli, Harr. : Gentry, /. c. i, p. 300. — {h) " 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- 

 berti, Picris orqyae and Brenthis myrina : Caroline G. 

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

 (U.S.A.). 



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



Cripture a Pieris rapae on two occasions : L. H. Joutel 

 and Prof. J. B. Smith, quoted by Packard, /. 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 turnns, once; Vanessa antiopa, once ; Yellow 

 butterfly (? Colias), 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. Passercnlus, sp. (Savannah Sparrow). Observed (with 



Chipping and Song Sparrows) to catch and eat a few 

 Vanessa niilherti, Pieris rapae and Brenthis myrina : 

 Caroline G. Soule, quoted by Packard, Lc. p. 399. 



26. Carduelis carduelis, L. (Goldfinch). " I have seen 



thistle-finches attack \^Papilio'\ turnus and \^Ar(jynnis'\ 

 cyhcle, but not eat them": Caroline G. Soule, I.e. 

 p. 399 (U.S.A.). 



27. MoJothrus jfccoris, Gm. {Cow -hivdi). Stomachs contained 



Colias philocliee : Gentry, I.e. i, p. 356. 



28. Agelaeus phoenicens, L. (Swamp Blackbird). Stomachs 



contained Lycaenidae : Gentry, I. e. i, p. 360. 



29. Sturnella mar/na, L. (American Meadow Lark). Among 



other food " Colias 2^hilodice and many of the Lycae- 

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

 i, p. 365. 



30. leterus spirrins, L. (Orchard Oriole). Stomachs con- 



tained Lycaenidae: Gentry, I.e. i, p. 371. 



31. leteriis laltimore, L. (Baltimore Oriole). Stomachs 



contained " many of the Lycaenidae and Tortricidae " : 

 Gentry, I. c. i, p. 377. 



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



