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THE FOOD OF SPARROWS
published in the Zoologist, by Messrs. Hepburn, Hawley, and Wilson; and some material has been gathered from other scattered sources, which I have particularized in the Table.
| FOOD OF ADULT SPARROWS. | ||
| Their customary food. | Their occasional food. | |
| JANUARY. | Corn from stacks and from poultry-yards; seeds of all kinds. | Refuse corn, such as is scattered in roads, and would never be of use; maize. Capsules of moss (H. H. Slater). |
| FEBRUARY. | Corn from stacks and poultry-yards. | Seeds; buds of gooseberries (G. Roberts). |
| MARCH. | Corn wherever they can get it. | Young tops of peas, radish, cabbage, and cauliflower; seeds (Wilson); freshly sown barley and oats. |
| APRIL. | Corn; vegetable matter. | Freshly sown barley and oats; oblong green seeds, not identified; caterpillars. |
