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LarianpD Buntine.—Seeds of Arbutus alpina (Yarrell). 
Snow Bunrine.—Grass seeds, buds of Saxifraga oppositifolia, 
and Mollusca. Feeds its young on insects (Yarrell). Caterpillars, 
vegetables, and seeds (H. C. Hart). 
Buntine.—Grain (Yarrell). 
Reep Buntine.—Insects, seeds, and grain. 
YELLow Buntine.—Insects, seeds, and grain. 
Creat Buntinc.—Berries of Solanum dulcamara. Feeds its 
young on insects. 
OrTOLAN.—Grain, seeds, and insects. 
CuarrincH.—Larve of gooseberry-sawily (Rev. T. H. Marsh). 
Insects, seeds, and tender vegetables (Yarrell). In March, 
insects, &c.; April, moths, flies, and various insects; May, 
cockchaffers, grubs, and eggs of insects; June, cockchaffers, 
grubs and eggs of insects, and wild fruits; July, cockchaffers, 
grubs and eggs of insects, grubs of beetles, and wild fruits ; 
August, moths and butterflies; September, eggs of insects, worms, 
and seeds; October, wood-boring beetles, insects, and seeds; 
November, December, January, and February, seeds (Florent 
Prevost). 
BraMBiine.—Seeds of Polygonum aviculare (Yarrell). 
TreE Sparrow.—Insects, soft vegetables, and seeds (Yarrell). 
House Sparrow.— Seeds, soft fruits, insects, particularly 
larve ; also young vegetables. Feeds its young thirty-six times 
per hour (Bishop Stanley). Feeds young almost exclusively on 
insects injurious to man; in the country it eats seeds, grain, and 
grubs of butterflies; in towns it lives on all kinds of débris, but 
prefers cockchaffers and other insects to every kind of food 
(Florent Prevost). Destroys in immense quantities small Melo- 
lonthe, called ‘‘ Chovies” (Stevenson). 
GREENFINCH. — Grain, seeds, insects, and soft vegetables 
(Yarrell). In January, worms, seeds, berries, wild fruits ; 
February and March, the same; April, the same, and insects ; 
May, June, July, and August, the same; September, October, 
November, and December, worms, seeds, berries, and wild fruits 
(Florent Prevost). 
Gotprincu.—Caterpillars and other insects; seeds of thistle, 
burdock, dandelion, chickweed, groundsel, plantain, and alder 
(Yarrell). 
Siskin.— Ragweed, beechmast, and other seeds. 
