A House Wren Record 



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have anv place else to go ; so I waited until the young Wrens were about ready 

 to leave the nest and lowered the pole, took the bird-house off and set it on the 

 fence-post. I was afraid the old Wrens would coax the young to leave the nest, 

 but they didn't. It was a change of about ten feet lower altitude, but the old 

 Wrens fed the young while I took photographs of them. 



July 26 and 27, 1915, I took a record of the food fed by this pair of Wrens, 

 the time between every insect fed, and the average number of insects fed in 

 the given time. It reads as follows: 



Morning, Beginning at Sunrise 

 Insects fed Time, 



1. Cabbage- worm and Grasshopper 



2. Green cricket 



3. Miller 



4. Miller 



5- Pupa 



6. Grasshopper 



7. Grasshopper 



8. Grasshopper 



g. Pupa 



10. ]Moth 



11. Moth 



12. Pupa 



13. Small bug 



14. Moth 



15- Fly 



16. Moth 



17. Moth 



17 times in 45^ 



Evening, Beginning at 

 Insects fed 



1. Miller 



2. Green cricket 



3. Cabbage- worm 



4. Pupa 



5. Spider 



6. Green cricket 



7. Grasshopper 



8. Daddy-longlegs 



9. Daddy-longlegs 



10. Grasshopper 



11. Miller 



12. Moth 



13. Moth 



14. Green cricket 



15. Green cricket 



16. Snail 



17. Grasshopper 



18. Daddy-longlegs 



Time, min. 



7 



3 



3K 



2>% 



times in 40/^ 



