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Carefully watched, where insects abound, but none eaten.— D. W. Brattin, Brazil, 

 Ind. 

 Takes Cabbage-worms for its young. — Edw. Yenowine, Edwardsville, Ind. 

 Prefers moths to caterpillars.— Dr. W. Weber, Evansville, Ind. 

 Eats Potato-bug larvae and Cabbage-worms to a small extent. — A. B. Gkere, Frank- 

 fort, Iud. 



Eats Tent-caterpillars, Fall Web- worm larvae, and Cabbage- worms.— W. H. Pagan, 

 Greencastle, Ind. 

 Feeds upon Cabbage-worms. — George B. Byrum, Laconia, Ind. 

 Eats Cicada septendecim and grasshoppers (Melanojpus femur -rub rum). — F. M. Web- 

 ster, La Fayette, Ind. 

 Eats caterpillars.— James N. Payton and John B. Mitchell, New Albauy, Ind. 

 Cabbage-worms destroyed, but not more than by other birds. — W. R. Stratford, 

 Vevay, Ind. 

 Eats Leaf-rollers and beetles. — Dr. L. Millar, Belleview, Iowa. 



Destroys large numbers of Codling-worms, larvae of beetles and Aphides. — Howard 

 Kingsbury, Burlington, Iowa. 

 Attacks a wounded grasshopper.— D. Y. Overton, Burlington, Iowa. 

 Destroys immense numbers of insects and. worms of all kinds. — Max Kruskopf, 

 Marshall town, Iowa. 



Eats the Bot-fly, Horse-fly, Melon-bugs, Grasshoppers, etc. — W. E. Dingman, New- 

 ton, Iowa. 

 Eats Canker-worms. — J. S. McCartney, Garnett, Kans. 

 Destroys Codling-moths and millers. — M. A. Page, Garnett, Kans 

 Not seen to eat insects; does not touch the Maple- worm. — B. F. Smith, Lawrence, 

 Kans. 



Does not molest Maple- worms, even about its nest. — Dr. Charles P. Blachly, Manhat- 

 tan, Kans. 

 Constantly on the ground in quest of insects. — Dr. W. S. Newlon, Oswego, Kans. 

 Eats Chinch-bugs, Army-worms, Grasshoppers, etc. — H. Heemey, Severance, Kans. 

 Trees rilled with worms which the English Sparrows did not touch. — J. B. Stock- 

 ton, Toronto, Kans. 



Eats larvae of every description, except those of Potato-beetle. — J. A. Terrell, 

 Bloomfield, Ky. 



Twenty-seven stomachs examined without finding bug or worm.— Postmaster, 

 Bowling Green, Ky. 

 Feeds young on moths of hairy caterpillar. — Thomas S. Kennedy, Crescent Hill, Ky. 

 Eats Cabbage -worms especially. — E. W. Weathers, Elkton, Ky. 

 Catches Tobacco-moth and other moths and butterflies. — D. L. Adair, Hawesville, 

 Ky. 



The white caterpillar on shade trees has been nearly exterminated — J. B. Nail. 

 Louisville, Ky. 



Eats army-worms, Cut-worms, and caterpillars on shade trees iu large numbers.— 

 A. P. Farnsley, Louisville, Ky. 

 Have dissected them often, but found no insects. — W. B. Berthoud, Barataria, La. 

 Does not eat the Cotton-worm. — W. C. Percy, jr., Black Hawk, La. 

 "Insects remain undisturbed iu its very roosting trees." — L. E. Bentley, Donald- 

 sonville. La. 



Eats Orgyia caterpillars and many other insects. — George H. Berry, North Liver- 

 more, Me. 

 Does not eat Orgyia. — Everett Smith, Portland, Me. 



Fifteen birds dissected, but only two contained animal food, and this was fragments 

 of spiders. — N. C. Brown, Portland, Me. 

 Eats white-ants, flies, Cicadas. — Otto Lugger, Baltimore, Md. ' 

 Orgyia and Canker-worms increase.— W. Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. 



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