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ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF OUR BIRDS. 
Table showing the hinds and number of insects, spiders, myriapods and snails 
eaten by the Finches — continued. 
Number and Name op Speci¬ 
mens Examined. 
Of thirteen Clay-col¬ 
ored Sparrows exam¬ 
ined . 
3 
3 
1 
10 
1 
•n 
a 
o3 
..j 
a 
o 
o 
Classification 
OP Food. 
6 
12 
1 
Beetles. 
Hemiptera .. 
Grasshopper 
Eatios Kepresented by Lines. 
M 
1 
Adidt forms. 
Lafve . 
Of sixteen White- 
throated Sparr o w s 
examined. 
CP 
a 
o 
o 
Caterpillars . 
Beetles. 
Grasshopper 
Caddis-fly ... 
16 
4 
Adult forms. 
Larvm. 
Of three Fox Sparrows 
examined. 
O) 
cl 
o 
a 
50 
Chinch-bugs. 
50 Adult forms. 
Of eight Red-breasted 
Grosbeaks examined. 
2 
3 
7 
Beetles. 
3 
a 
o 
O 
8 
Adult forms. 
Of nineteen Indigo- 
birds examined. 
Ip 
C! 
Cl 
o 
a 
Caterpillars . 
Beetles. 
Grasshopper 
10 
2 
Adult forms. 
Larvae. 
3 
3 
Hymenoptera .... 
■ 
1 
7 
Moths. 
3 
9 
Beetles. 
O 
.s 
Of seventeen Marsh 
4 
3 
5 
Orthoptera. 
■n 
Robins examined.... 
10 
O 
o 
31 
Adult forms. 
nin' III iiiiniiii 
1 
1 
Larve . 
■ 
1 
4 
Walking stick eggs 
1 
■ 
77. Hesperiphona vespertina (Coop.), Bp. EVENING GROSBEAK. Group 
III. Class c. 
This is a winter visitant of somewhat irregular occurrence; at least in the 
southern portion of the state. During the winter of 1871 it is said to have been 
quite common. 
Food: Seeds of the poplar, pine and spruce, the buds of Negundo, and the 
