2l5 A QlTERTi Od. 19. 



Sir, 



T'j the Editor of the Bee. 



jVIaky of your readers mufl have obferved that the 

 common red-earth wori-a delights to pliU rtraws, half 

 withered grafs, or decaying leaves of any kind, into theii- 

 holes. I have ijever been able to conceive w^hat ul'e 

 thefe animals make of thefe materials, and will be glad 

 if you, Sir, or any of your readers can folve this diffi- 

 culty. I never, I think, oblerved them try to pull any 

 leaf while in full health and In vigorous growth into 

 their holes, not even fo much as a blade of grafs while 

 growing vigoroufly. From this circumftance I ihould 

 rather be inclined to think they did not feek after' 

 thefe for food ; — or do they only feed upon plants 

 «-I:cn in a certain degree of putrefaction ? 



I am, Sir, 



A YOUNG OBSERVER* 



Farther IiiteH'tgettce refpeSIing the Sparrow and Martirti 

 To the Editor of the Bee. 

 Sir, 

 Agreeable to my promife I fend you all the parti- 

 culars I have been able to gather concerning the heii 

 fparrow, and cock fwallow tliat cohabited together, 

 and am forry it muft prove fo little fatisfa£lory.- 



This lingular pair rebuilt their neft after it had been 

 deftroyed, and lived together with great cordiality for 

 fevcral >At;eks ; but no more-eggs were laid. At length 

 they left their nelt, and probably their matrimonial 

 imion was dillolvcd, as is common with all the birds 

 that pair, the feafon of incubation being over. 



I am,' f<c. 



i MEDICOS. 



