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about ten individuals, all extremely tame, and one was closely approached 

 as it perched upon a bunch of Clinton grapes eating the pulp or juice, I was 

 unable to tell which. Again on the 20th, I saw an individual alight on a 

 bunch of Niagara grapes, deliberately puncture the skin and eat greedily; 

 this and several other specimens were taken with dripping bills. 



No adult males had been noted from the first, the proportion of young 

 increased as the days passed, and the individuals grew less active, more 

 deliberate, reminding one of the Vireos; though it appears characteristic 

 of this species to inhabit for a time one or two isolated trees in a j^ard. 



None were noticed on the 23d, but on the following day they were 

 present in considerable numbers allowing an approach within four feet, 

 and on the 27th again became common, though all appeared immature. 

 By October 2, the six or more present were all immature females. On this 

 date I examined closely the fruit remaining on the two trees, and found 

 about 50% showing triangular or ragged punctures, which the bees, espe- 

 cially the yellow jackets, swarmed about and sucked freely. On the 4th, 1 

 secured apparently adult male showing some traces of orange cheek patches ; 

 the only one observed during the flight; and up to their final departure, on 

 the 7th, there was a fair proportion of yellow-breasted adult females. 



Specimens secured early in this remarkable flight carried no fat, in fact 

 were rather lean, but after some days of feeding became fat, inactive and 

 even sluggish; an adult female shot in the act of eating from a grape, and 

 brought to me for identification by a neighbor, was positively enveloped 

 in fat, and the skin became so saturated with oil I had the greatest difficulty 

 in saving it. I do not recall having handled a more oily specimen of this 

 size. 



The Flicker (Colaples auralus luteus), Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata 

 cristala), Purple Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula quiscula), English Sparrow 

 (Passer domesticus domesticus). White-throated Sparrow {Zonotrichia 

 albicollis), Scarlet Tanager (Piranga erythromelas) , Waxwing (Bombycilla 

 cedrorum), Red-eyed Vireo (Vireosylva olivacea), Black and White Warbler 

 (Mnioiilia varia), Black-throated Blue Warbler (Dendroica coendescens 

 coerulescens) , Magnolia Warbler (D. magnolia), Black-poll Warbler (D. 

 striata), Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus) , Redstart (Setophaga rulicilla), 

 Catbird (Dumelella carolinensis) , Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum), 

 Hermit Thrush (Hylocichla guttata pallasi) and Robin (Planesticus migra- 

 torius migratorius) , were present and eating grapes, whole or piecemeal, 

 but they were generally easily frightened away and the damage they 

 occasioned confined to the fruit on the trees. The Cape May Warbler, 

 however, overflowed to wherever grapes were found, and did considerable 

 damage to all unbagged bunches in the vicinity and also at Paoli, two 

 miles west. 



I sent ten stomachs to Mr. W. L. McAtee of the Biological Survey and 

 avail myself of his kind permission to publish his reply. " Hymenoptera 

 constituted on an average 57.5 per cent of the contents of the' stomachs. 

 A third perhaps of this material was parasitic Hymenoptera and their 



