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hedges or trees standing in or near the boundary-line; 
so that if the crops look worse in the middle of the 
field, it ought not to be put down to the Sparrows, but 
most likely something else has destroyed the seed or 
injured it underground. In the summer months, both 
the young and parent birds have a strong desire to 
partake of the unripe wheat, often taking every grain 
out of several of the ears nearest the hedge where 
they resort. 
We have given the fvos and cous, and would hence- 
forth leave our readers to their own conclusions, simply 
premising,, it may be well to take into account, that 
Penougi tivese’ birds eat corn, both in the spring and 
imines or i is picked up off the land, either 
on the stubble, long after the sheaves and gleaners 
have vanished from the field, or off the ground where 
it is sown uncovered by earth, so that, if it sprang up 
‘acim waedle, ave but little chance of coming to 
perfection like the grain which had been well em- 
bedded in the soil. 

