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THE FOOD OF SPARROWS
| FOOD OF YOUNG SPARROWS TO THE TIME OF LEAVING THE NEST. | ||
| Their customary food. | Their occasional food. | |
| MAY. | Grains of last year's corn; small beetles; caterpillars. | Buds (F. Norgate). Red spider (J.H.G.) Hairworms (J.H.G.) Small flies (J. H.G.). |
| JUNE. | Caterpillars of various kinds, up to three-quarters of an inch in length; young wheat. | Beetles; large brown cabbage-moth (W. Johns); wireworm. |
| JULY. | Caterpillars, beetles; soft, milky grains of wheat and barley. | Blue-bottle flies (J. Duff). |
| AUGUST. | Caterpillars, beetles; young corn. | Small chrysalides. |
