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mined. The following table shows the summary by- 

 hours : — 



The longest time between any two consecutive 

 feedings was twelve minutes, except during the 

 shower, when a period of sixteen minutes elapsed. 

 The shortest time between two consecutive feedings 

 by the same parent was one half-minute. The male 

 was singing most of the day. Frequently he sang 

 with an insect in his closed bill, sometimes waiting 

 several minutes before feeding the young. Three 

 times during the day he drove away a red squirrel, 

 and once another wren. 



During the remainder of the time that the young 

 were in the nest, they were watched occasionally 



