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required careful watching. Only twenty-four times during 

 the day could I be sure that the birds fed their young. Three 

 times I was sure it was the male, and eight times the female. 

 The remaining sixteen times I was not sure which one. Each 

 time I had an opportunity to see, the birds had a short worm 

 or grub. 



The average feeding was once in thirty-four minutes. The 

 longest intervals were from 6 :20-'}' :50 ; 9 :05-10 :50 ; and from 

 1 :05-3 :10. The following figures give the intervals in min- 

 utes for the entire day : 23, 12, 75, 90, 18, 7, 50, 105, 32, 28, 

 15, 60, 25, 100. 37, 13, 15, 20, 25, 15, 15, 20, and 5. 



Twice during the day the male bird sang for some time in 

 a nearby sycamore tree. At one time he gave a circus-like 

 performance, flying butterfly-fashion from his tall perch to a 

 low bush, and singing as he descended. The female spent a 

 part of the time on the nest. The longest interval being from 

 9 :05-9 :45, and at 6 :45 had come to the nest for the night. 



I wish to note that this was the 4th of July and the shooting 

 of firecrackers across the river may have disturbed the birds, 

 for I am inclined to think they would otherwise have fed of- 

 tener. Perhaps Mr. Chat and his good wife were aware that 

 the Fourth is a legal holiday. 



WOOD THRUSH. 



By Jay A. Myers. 



These observations were made at the state hospital grounds. 

 Athens, Ohio. July 11, 'OS. I had gone to watch the Wood 

 Thrush feed its young and to learn some of its habits. The 

 nest w^as about ten feet from the ground on a horizontal branch 

 of a water beech. Two or three pieces of paper had been 

 placed on the limb and upon this the nest had been constructed 

 of dried grass, moss, leaves, and mud, and lined with fine roots. 

 My observations began at 4 a. m. and lasted until 7 p. m. The 

 feedings recorded were as follows : 



From 4-5 a. ni H times 



5- G 10 



C- 7 9 



