130 THE ENGLISH SPARROW IN AMERICA. 



Cauker- worms decrease, but not Orgyia. The Sparrow can not eat hairy cater- 

 pillars. — Dr. H. A. Hagen, Cambridge, Mass. 



Canker-worms and spiders eaten in large numbers. — J. W. Pearson, Newton, Mass. 



Eats limited numbers of insects all the year. — Elisha Slade, Somerset, Mass. 



Eats hundreds of Canker-worms. — Charles H. Andros, Taunton, Mass. 



Never seen to eat insects. — Joha C. Cahoon, Taunton, Mass. 



Marked benefit by eating Currant and Cabbage-worms. — F. 0. Hellier, Grass Lake, 

 Mich. 



Have yet to see -a siugle instance in which it is beneficial. — O. C. Smith, North 

 Adams, Mich. 



No bird here eats so few insects. — Norman A. Wood, Saline, Mich. 



Feeds on Grasshoppers after breeding season is over; also eats Potato-bugs, etc. — 

 George Stolworthy, Franklin Falls, N. H. 



Does not eat Orgyia caterpillars. — David C. Voorhees, BlaAvenburgh, N. J. 



Does not eat Vaporer moth (Orgyia) to any extent, if at all. — Marcus S. Crane, 

 Caldwell, N. J. 



Seven Sparrows dissected where Elm-leaf beetles were abundant contained no in- 

 sects. — Marcus S. Crane, Caldwell, N. J. 



Never touches insects ; sixty dissections and not a trace of an insect. — H. B. Bailey, 

 Orange, N. J. 



Moths have their wings pulled off and are then let go. — Weldon F. Fosdick, Hack- 

 en sack, N. J. 



Many dissections, but not an insect. Canker-worm very prevalent, but not eaten. — 

 Lloyd McKim, Garrison, Orange, N. J. 



Eats Winged ants (Termes flavipes ?). — W. J. Kenyou, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Eats Measuring worms (Ennomos subsignaria) ; not seen to take Orgyia moths or 

 larvae. — Hon. Nicolas Pike, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Eats Bot-flies, caterpillars, White Cabbage butterfly, Cicindela. — Prof. Chas. Lin- 

 den, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Once found a Currant- worm in crop of Sparrow.— Wm. M. McLachlan, Clyde, N. Y. 



Army-worms devoured in immense numbers. — J. A. Perry, New York, N. Y. 



Eats Currant-worms, ants, etc., but no hairy worms. — A. Cburch, New York, N. Y. 



Eats Army-worm. — Henry M. Burtis, Port Washington, N. Y. 



" Occasionally it catches a spider, fly, or some other insect." — Dr. Alfred Hasbrouck, 

 Poughkeepsie, N, Y. 



Does not eat hairy caterpillars; Orgyia has increased. — H. Roy Gilbert, Rochester, 

 N. Y. 



Hundreds seen eating grasshoppers in a dry season. — Thomas Birt, Utica, N. Y. 



Plant-lice eaten sometimes.— Prof. E. W. Claypole, Akron, Ohio. 



Will not touch tree insects, however abundant. — W. Hubbell Fisher, Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



Ephemera eaten ; elm-tree worms disregarded.— Dr. E. Sterling, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Many dissections in autumn, but no sign of insects; Web-worms not touched, 

 although very abundant. — W. B. Alwood, Columbus, Ohio. 



Have watched closely, but have never seen one eat an insect. — E. W. Turner, New- 

 ton Falls, Ohio. 



Eats Grasshoppers and seventeen-year Cicadas. — R. H. Warder, North Bend, Ohio. 



The Currant-worm has appeared since the Sparrow came. — S. Gray, Norwalk, Ohio. 



Close observation shows no insects in its stomach.— Thos. Shroyer, Preston, Ohio. 



Scale insects are eaten largely. — W. B. Hall, Wakeman, Ohio. 



Orgyia abounds ; Sparrow eats measuring worms and diurnal lepidoptera. — Thos. 

 Meehan, Gftrmantown, Pa. 



Destroys millions of insect eggs and larvse. — C. A. Green, Harrisburg, Pa. 



Did not eat Galeruca, Web-worm, Epilachna, or Lecanium, which were abundant..— 

 Dr. S. S. Rathvon, Lancaster, Pa. 



