400 



Insect Pests. 



particularly fond of tlie buds, and I have known a plum tree cleared 

 of the pest in this way. Bullfinches, however, have no choice ; all 



FIG. 268.— PLUM TREES DISBUDDED 



[,s\ r. Pickering. 

 BULLFINCHES. 



The buds often full of Plum Leaf Mites, l)ut it is only by chance 

 Bullfinches attack them. 



buds are alike to them, and the result is often as seen in the photo- 

 graph (Fig. 268) sent me by Mr. Pickering. 



References. 



(1) Nalcxxt, A. ' Zur Systeniatik der Gallmilben,' p. 54. 



(2) Murray, A. ' Economic Entomology. Aptera,' pp. 359 and 360 (1877). 



(3) Amerling, Geo. Aufs. S. 131, 138, 162. 



