114 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



At 10.56 hen came back and cleaned the nest, but did not 

 feed young 



At 10.57 cock fed young 



At 11.3 hen fed young on very small insects. 



At 11.6 hen again fed young on small black flies. 



At 11.12 cock sat outside the tent and sang " A little bit 

 of bread and no chee-ese." 



At 11.13 hen came back and fed the young on more small 

 insects. 



At 11.18 hen came back and fed young on small insects, 

 and cleaned nest. 



At 11.33 hen came back with three Crambites. I snapped 

 her at once and she .jumped to a rosebush close to my upper 

 peephole, and I had a really good view of her and decided the 

 Crambites were Crambus dumetellus, and, if not, then C. pratellus. 



At 11.45 I went out to investigate the insect life outside 

 the tent, and met the hen with two C. dumetellus and a 

 Coenonympha pamphilus. Being a dull day the Crambites 

 and other lepidoptera were sluggish, and I examined those 

 sitting on the grass stems and found them to be C. dumetellus ; 

 I also gave the young birds a drink. 



At 12.15 I returned, and immediately the cock arrived 

 with 4 Crambites, and whilst noting this the hen arrived, 

 but I could not see w r hat she brought ; she cleaned the nest 

 and eyed the tent suspiciously. 



At 12.25, hearing noises as of a flock of sheep approaching, 

 I went out of the tent to tell the shepherd to keep the sheep 

 away from where I was at work, and this emergence disturbed 

 the birds. 



At 12.29 cock fed young. 



At 12.30 hen fed young and looked round the nest, and 

 the cock then fed young. 



Whilst I was checking my focus both birds returned and 

 fed young. 



At 12.40 and 12.42 cock fed young, and at 12.45 the hen 

 returned with an EpiUema and three Crambites, and before 

 she had finished the cock returned. 



