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the following insects; - -Harpalus corn-par, H. pcn- 

 sylvanicus, Casnonia pennsylvaniea, Cratonychns 

 ciTiercus, C. pertinax, J \ingus caliginosus^ Sea rites 

 sitbtcrrancus, Haltica- chalybea, Lachnostcrna quer- 

 cina, /.. hirticula, among coleoptera; and (Edipoda 

 sulphurca, CE. nebidosa, Caloptenus femur-rubrum, 

 (Edipoda corallina, CE. Carolina, among orthoptera; 

 besides Formica, sanguinea^ F. subterranea, and 

 Lumbricusterrcsiris. In the autumn itfeeds upon the 

 berries vijuniperus Virginiana, J. comnmnis, Lo- 

 nicera penclymeimm, and Liquidambar styraciflua. 

 It visits our cornfields and rifles the corn from the 

 shocks. , In their visits to moist grounds they feed 

 upon small snails and aquatic insects which they 

 secure among the sedges and reeds which they 

 climb with remarkable agility. 



The nests of the Rusty Blackbird are said to be 

 constructed like those of A ,-us phcemceus, but 

 being smaller. In Labrador they are lined with 

 various mosses instead of grasses, according to 

 Mr. Audubon. The same authority says their 

 nests are sometimes found in marshes of the 

 Typha, to the reecls of which they are strongly 

 attached by interweaving their leaves with line 

 strips of bark and grass. Near Fort Anderson 

 these birds are not uncommon visitors. Mr. 

 MacFarlane discovered a nest built upon a spruce 

 bush next to the trunk, June 12, at an elevation 

 of eight feet from the ground. Other nests were 

 found which were built in the midst of a bush of 

 the pine. At Nilato these birds arrive, says. Mr. 



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