List of Birds Examined. 



37 



Field Observations. 



Personal observation in the field and orchard convinces me of 

 the harm this bird does. Apart from what it eats, it occasions 

 considerable damage in the orchard by destroying blossom buds. 



Food of Nestlings. 



Twelve post-mortems showed the food to consist almost entirely 

 of the larvae of the Winter Moth (Cheimatobia brumata, Linn.), and 

 another small Geometrid larvae. In five stomachs there were 

 beetle remains, and in one the wings of aphids. 



Conclusion. 



For two months or more great harm is done by this bird to 

 sprouting corn, and during the summer it does considerable damage 

 in the orchard. The species is much too plentiful, and requires 

 reducing in numbers. 



