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42 Female fed—cut-worm to No. 3. 
42 Male fed—eut-worm to No. 3; brooded till 7:00. 
(9 feeds during the hour.) 
7:04 Male fed—cut-worm to No. 1 and No. 3. 
13 Male fed—beetle to No. 2. 
25 Female fed—cut-worm to No. 3. 
27 Female fed—beetle to No. 4. 
30 Female fed—worm to No. 1; carried away excrement. 
35 Male fed—cut-worm to No. 1; ate excrement. 
42 Male fed. 
47 Male returns without feed: broods. 
(7 feeds during the hour.) 
8:00 Still brooding on the nest for the night. 
The young were weighed onthe following day, as indicated below. The 
weight of the young was 40 grams. 
(1 beetle | 
The weight of} 7 ants tis 1 gram. 
li dragonfly J 
Weight of 308 pieces (estimated number of pieces), 35 grams. Approx- 
imately this weight of food was consumed by four birds in a single day. 
Thus each bird consumed approximately one-fourth its weight of insects and 
worms. 
Total number of feeds, 156. 
Average number of feeds per hour, 9 5-8. 
‘Individual feeds during the day: 
To No. 1, 48 feeds (about). 
To No. 2, 42 feeds (about). 
To No. 3, 48 feeds (about). 
To No. 4, 40 feeds (about). 
Heeds byathesmale ay stne ee oes ae 78 times. 
Heedsthyethertemial eames cessycte eae ee 78 times. 
Age of young not determined. 
Classified list of food: 
150 cutworms. 
