IO LIFE-HISTORIES OF TURPS 



objects of special regard by the Purple Grakle, 

 which visits the nest and carries off the tender 

 fledglings as articles of diet. The parents provide 

 for their physical wants during a period of 18 

 days, when they are driven from the nest to earn 

 their own livelihood. 



The following- insects constitute an important 

 part of the food of the young: Earth worm (Lwn- 

 bricus tcrrcslris), ground beetle (Lachnosterna 

 quercina), measuring worms (Gcomctra catcnaria 

 of Harris, Anisopteryx vcrnata, Enfitcliia ribcarid], 

 Dryocampa Yubicunda, rose slug (Selandria rosce), 

 sulphur butterfly (Colias pJiilodice], cabbage but- 

 terfly (Picris oleracca), in their larval condition ; 

 besides various dipterous insects as the house fly 

 {Mnsca domestica), white-lined. horse fly (Tabamts 

 lincola], stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans], mosquito 

 (C?t/e.r tceniorhynckus),&c\.& others. Add to these 

 the fruits of the several varieties of cherry (Pnmus 

 ccrasns), the strawberry (Fragaria virginiana), and 

 the various species of Rubus or blackberry, and 

 you have a bill of fare not to be despised. As the 

 you no- increase in size and strength other articles 



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are add(^d to their diet. 



Of all species the Robin is pre-eminently insect- 

 ivorous. It is true that it will feed upon seeds 

 and berries when insect-food cannot be obtained. 

 Besides the berries mentioned above we have 

 found it feeding upon Rnbus villosns and Rubus 

 canadensis. among blackberries; the wild choke- 

 cherry (Pninus serotina), the cedar (Juniperus 



