7812 Buds. 



Tree Pipit {Aiitltus arhoreus). Winged insects. 



Meadow Pipit [A. pratensis). Insects, earth-worms, caterpillars. 



Rock Pipit [A. obscurus). Sand-hoppers, flies of various kinds, 

 larva of flesh-fly [SarcopJiarja carnaria). 1 have sometimes seen this 

 bird in the garden at Halligarth, usually upon the ground, but now 

 and then in trees ; upon such occasions I have found Aphides and 

 small gray slugs in the stomach. 



Skylark [Alauda arvensis). Insects, grass seeds, earth-worms. 



Wood Lark {A. arhorea). Beetles, small larvae. 



Snow Bunting (jE/Mften'^a nivalis). Grain, seeds, insects, small fibrous 

 roots. 



Common Bunting {E. miliaria). Grain, seeds, insects, sycamore 

 buds. 



Blackheaded Bunting [E. schosniclus). Water beetles, grass seeds. 



^'ellowhannner {E. citrinella). Insects, eggs of spiders, seeds of 

 wild mustard {Siiutpis arvensis). 



Cirl Bunting {E. cirlus). Seeds of grasses. 



Ortolan Bunting {E. horiulana). Insects, seeds, small caterpillars. 



Chaffinch [Fringilla ccelebs). Grain, caterpillars, moths, seeds and 

 cotyledons of various cruciferous plants. 



Brambling (F. moniifrinyilla). Grain, insects, seeds. 



Tree Sparrow (F. montaiia). Insects, seeds, grubs, spiders. 



House Sparrow {F. domestica). Insects, caterpillars, grain, young 

 gooseberries, peas, seeds of various kinds. 



Greenfinch {F. chloris). Insects, grain, small caterpillars. 



Hawfinch [F. coccothraustes). Beecli-niast. 



Goldfinch [F. carduelis). Insects, seeds. 



Siskin [F. spin us). Grass seeds. 



Linnet {F. cannahina). Seeds of grasses, groundsel and thistle. 



Lesser Redpole {F. linaria). Minute insects and their eggs; frag- 

 ments of quartz, pieces of elm buds. I have never found the latter in 

 such quantity as to induce me to depart from my belief that they are 

 accidentally introduced into the stomach alung with the insects which 

 the bird obtains by breaking open buds. 



Mealy Redpole {F. borealis). Seeds, minute insects, fine gravel. 



Twite {F. montium) . Seeds, insects, grain. In Shetland this spe- 

 cies is very destructive to young turnips. 



Bullfinch {Loxia pyrrhula). Buds of sycamore and birch ; groundsel 

 seeds. 



Cr6ssbill [L. curviroslra). Seeds of Scotch fir, Aphides; small 

 caterpillars, which the bird finds in rolled-up elm leaves. 



