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Birds. 



barley ; November, seeds, corn and berries ; December, seeds of wild 

 plants. 



Robin. January, insects, worms and chrysalids ; February, insects, 

 worms and woodlice ; March, chrysalids and worms ; April, moths, 

 eggs of insects and cockchafers; May, grubs and beetles ; June, flies, 

 moths, spiders and worms ; July, moths, butterflies and woodlice ; 

 August, the same and worms ; September, the same ; October, eggs of 

 insects and aquatic insects ; November,. worms and chrysalids ; De- 

 cember, chrysalids, grubs and eggs of moths. 



Nightingale. February, grubs and worms ; March, the same, and 

 chrysalids and ground beetles; April, flies, meal-worms, beetles and 

 red worms ; May, butterflies, weevils, cockchafers and grubs ; June, 

 spiders and w r ood-boring beetles; July, worms, grubs, eggs of locusts, 

 grasshoppers, moths and flies'; August, locusts, glow-worms, weevils 

 and grubs ; September, locusts, beetles, worms and dragon-flies ; Octo- 

 ber, grubs, worms and beetles ; November, flies and worms. 



Linnet. January, seeds and berries ; February, the same ; March, 

 the same ; April, the same ; May the same and insects ; June, the 

 same ; July, the same ; August, the same ; September, the same ; 

 October, berries, seeds, buds and fruit ; November, the same ; Decem- 

 ber, the same. 



Chaffinch. January, seeds, berries and kernels of fruits; February, 

 the same and corn ; March, the same and insects ; April, moths, flies 

 and insects of various kinds; May, cockchafers, grubs and eggs of 

 insects ; June, the same and wild fruits ; July, the same and grubs of 

 beetles ; August, moths and butterflies ; September, eggs of insects, 

 worms and seeds; October, wood-boring beetles, seeds and insects; 

 November, seeds ; December, seeds and buds. 



Greenfinch. January, seeds, berries, wild fruit and worms ; Febru- 

 ary, the same ; March, the same ; April, the same and insects ; May, 

 the same ; June, the same ; July, the same ; August, the same ; Sep- 

 tember, seeds, berries, worms and wild fruit ; October, the same ; 

 November, the same ; December, the same. 



Sparrow. The sparrow only lives near the habitation of man. It 

 varies its food according to circumstances. In a wood it lives on 

 insects and seeds ; in a village it eats seeds, grain, grubs of butterflies, 

 &c. ; in a city it lives on all kinds of debris; but it prefers cockchafers 

 and some other insects to all other food. 



It must, however, be remarked, and Mr. Wilson himself directs 

 attention to the fact, that this list by no means places the case in the 



