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He had thought it possible that the bird was in 

 search of insects among the flowers, but a careful 

 examination proved otherwise." 



Earl\- in the season it subsists upon Harpalus 

 pensylvanicus, Chrysomela c<zruleipeiinis, Donacia 

 tonfiucnta, Cymindis liridipennis, Cratonychus cin- 

 treus, among beetles; Aphis niali, A. ros&, and 

 other aphides, among hemiptera : small spiders, 

 and Apis mellifica, Foru'ica sa^igiu^iea, Megackile 

 centunculariS) Selandria ros^, S. vitis, Halicti, and 

 Andre*. Later, and \vhile with young, immense 

 numbers of caterpillars are consumed, of which 

 the following are a \&xi\*---Anisopteryx vcrnata, 

 A. pometaria* Ch&rodes transvcrsata, Zcrcnc catc- 

 iiaria., Eufitchia ribcaria, Anisota rubicunda^ Emio- 

 'nios subsignaria, and mature forms of Penthina 

 poinonella, Plusia precationis, Clisiocampa Ameri- 

 cana, Eudryas grata, and many of the Lyccenid&> 

 Tortricidcz,'dJ\& Tineidcz. Since writing the above, 

 we have detected in several stomach-examina- 

 tions, fragments of the petals, stamens, and pistils, 

 apparently of Pyrus mains, and P. communis. 



Mr. Samuels in describing its nest in Massachu- 

 setts says, substantially, it is deposited in a forked 

 branch of a tree in an orchard, at an elevation of 

 not more than twenty feet from the ground, and 

 constructed of different grasses neatly and com- 

 pactly woven together, the whole being lined with 

 tine grasses and a few hairs. Further he says, 

 "it is not pensile but built on a branch." Its style 

 of architecture varies no doubt with the latitude, 



