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Food of 50 young Egrets that was disgorged by them at 

 the nests immediately after being fed, running over a period 

 of four weeks. The total of the 50 meals follows: 297 small 

 frogs, 49 small snakes, mostly the Water Moccasin, 61 young 

 fish, suckers, not edible, 176 crayfish. 



Food of fifty meals of young White Ibis : 353 cut-worms, 

 308 grasshoppers, 602 crayfish, 42 small moccasins. 



Food of fifty meals of Young, Little Blue Herons : 1900 

 grasshoppers, 37 small frogs, 149 cut-worms, 8 lizards, 142 

 small crayfish. 



Food of fifty meals of young Louisiana Herons : 2876 

 grasshoppers, 8 small frogs, 17 cut-worms, 6 lizards, 67 

 small crayfish. 



Food of fifty meals of young Snowy Egrets : 120 small 

 suckers, 762 grasshoppers, 91 cut-worms, 2 small lizards, 29 

 small crayfish, 7 small moccasins. 



Food of fifty meals of young Water Turkeys. All con- 

 tained fish, mostly the suckers, pickerel and a few small 

 catfish, none of which are much used for food fish. 



Food of fifty young Night Herons: 60 crayfish, 610 small 

 catfish, 31 small pickerel, 79 dragon flies. 



A ROBIN'S ROOST. 



BY A. J. STOVEp. 



At Northfield, Ohio, east of the car line is a strip of 

 woods and swamp, in this is a 5 acre piece of land which 

 had once been cleared then neglected, and is now covered 

 with a dense growth of dog-wood, oak, sassafras, wild 

 cherry, chestnut, shumach, etc., about 15 to 20 feet in height. 

 This is protected on the north and east by woods and on the 

 south by a tamarack swamp, the west is open. This low pro- 

 tected place is where the robins roost. 



Scattered about this region are numerous bog holes, 

 covered with buckle, alder, and elder berry bushes which af- 

 ford an abundance of food during late summer and autumn. 



Soon after the nesting season small groups of robins may 



