. The British bird book . F ^ROM the point of view of the farmer and thegardener, this handsome bird may perhapsbe best described as a friend for about half the year, andan enemy for the other half. During the greater part ofthe spring and the whole of the summer it is undoubtedlyuseful, for it brings up its little ones entirely upon cater-pillars and insects, and feeds largely upon those creaturesitself. In autumn and winter it prefers a diet of seeds;and although a large proportion are those of wild plants,including many noxious weeds, there can be no questionF 69 that grain enters liberally
. The British bird book . F ^ROM the point of view of the farmer and thegardener, this handsome bird may perhapsbe best described as a friend for about half the year, andan enemy for the other half. During the greater part ofthe spring and the whole of the summer it is undoubtedlyuseful, for it brings up its little ones entirely upon cater-pillars and insects, and feeds largely upon those creaturesitself. In autumn and winter it prefers a diet of seeds;and although a large proportion are those of wild plants,including many noxious weeds, there can be no questionF 69 that grain enters liberally into its dietary. Like the sparrowit has learned the art of disinterring seed-corn from the , too, it does much damage to seedling turnips,while the gardener complains of its ravages in his radish beds,and its fondness for pulling polyanthuses to pieces. On thewhole, however, it probably does much more good than flocks of Chafiinches are often seen on the move inautumn and winter, and it is
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