. The standard cyclopedia of modern agriculture and rural economy, by the most distinguished authorities and specialists under the editorship of Professor R. Patrick Wright ... bank, and is built of grass and moss,lined by finer vegetable fibre and horse four to five eggs exhibit an intricate patternof spots and streaks of purplish-brown on awhite ground. The species affects open country. Bupalus piniarius — Burnet 37 though it is fond of the neighbourhood of bushesand coniferous trees. The food of this and otherspecies mainly consists of weed-seeds and in-sects, though grains of corn
. The standard cyclopedia of modern agriculture and rural economy, by the most distinguished authorities and specialists under the editorship of Professor R. Patrick Wright ... bank, and is built of grass and moss,lined by finer vegetable fibre and horse four to five eggs exhibit an intricate patternof spots and streaks of purplish-brown on awhite ground. The species affects open country. Bupalus piniarius — Burnet 37 though it is fond of the neighbourhood of bushesand coniferous trees. The food of this and otherspecies mainly consists of weed-seeds and in-sects, though grains of corn are to some extenttaken, but apparently only those that lie on thesurface of the ground. They are not as a ruledug up or filched. The young (two broods inthe year) are fed entirely on insects. TheYellow Ammer—and the same is true for theother buntings—is not of great importance tothe cultivator, but is predominatingly bene-ficial. Having regard to this, and the fact thatit is one of the most cheerful and pleasingamong our native small birds, it should escapepersecution. [j. R- a. d.] Bupalus piniarius (the Pine LooperMoth), a common and serious pest of the Scotch. Pine Looper iloth (Bupalus piniarius) ia, Male; b, female; c, caterpillar: d, pupa. pine, occasionally attacking other conifers moth measures nearly 1| in. across theextended wings, and is bright-yellow, with dark-brown markings in the male; reddish-brown,with black-brown markings in the female. Theyellow-green looper caterpillar has three whitelines along the back, and a yellow line alongeach side. The eggs are laid in June, and theyoung caterpillars are found in July, principallyon trees twenty to forty years old. They arefully grown in October, and pupate on theground beneath the trees in moss, &c. Com-plete defoliation is seldom fatal to the Treatment.—(1) Shaking down and destroyingthe caterpillars in August; (2) collecting thechrysalids in winter, or raking the surface soilinto heaps an
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