308 



JOURNAL OP ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY 



[Vol. 3 



STUDY OF THE GROWTH AND FEEDING OF ONE BOBWHITE 



* The loss in weight is due to his having lice for three days. 



At hatching he weighed 6 g. ; in 9 days he had doubled in weight. 

 In the next 2 weeks he had doubled again, and again at the end of an- 

 other fortnight. It took him 3 more weeks then to weigh 96 g. ; in the 



