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Table showing the kinds and number of insects, spiders, myriapods and snails 
eaten by the Finches — continued. 
Number and Name of Speci¬ 
mens Examined. 
Of twenty-five Swamp 
Sparrows examined. 
Classification 
OF Food. 
2 
O 
Hynienoptera .... 
6 
14 
Lepidoptera. 
3 
3 
Diptera . 
6 
0) 
13 
Beetles. 
2 
p. 
3 
2 
Hemiptera. 
2 
d 
o 
O 
o 
Grasshoppers .... 
1 
6 
Snails. 
17 
75 
Adult forms. 
5 
13 
Larvm. 
Ratios Represented by Lines. 
Of fifty-two Song Spar¬ 
rows examined. 
6 
11 
Lepidoptera. 
tamm 
2 
4 
Diptera. 
9 
25 
Beetles. 
1 iiiju 1 
3 
G 
Hemiptera. 
ESBE 
4 
<x> 
5 
Orthoptera. 
ran 
2 
3 
3 
Neuroptera. 
S9 
1 
a 
o 
o 
1 
Spider. — 
1 
1 
1 
Millipede. 
1 
cy 
<0 
.£i.uuiu iuiJiia. 
10 
17 
Larvae. 
3 
4 
Grasshopper eggs. 
Of fifty-two Chipping 
Sparrows examined 
1 
1 
1 
4 
3 
6 
1 
11 
8 
o 
o 
2 
12 
1 
9 
9 
8 
1 
Ants. 
Lepidoptera 
Fly. 
Beetles. 
Hemiptera. 
Grasshoppere .... 
Spider.| 
59 
12 
1 
1 
1 
^3 
0) 
1 
1 
a 
a 
2 
1 
a 
o 
Q 
1 
5 
12 
1 
1 
Adult forms 
Larvae 
Of seven Field Spar¬ 
rows examined.. 
Caterpillar . 
Heteroptera . 
Grasshoppers .... 
Spider . 
Adult forms 
Larve 
