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16 {| OF LEAVING THE NEST.
 * colspan=3|FOOD OF YOUNG SPARROWS TO THE TIME
 * colspan=3|FOOD OF YOUNG SPARROWS TO THE TIME
 * width=20%|&emsp;
 * width=40%|Their customary food.
 * width=40%|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.
 * }
 * AUGUST.
 * Caterpillars, beetles; young corn.
 * Small chrysalides.
 * }
 * }