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the following insects : Harpalus compar, PL pen- 

 " sylvanicus, Casnonia pennsylvanica, Cr atony chus 

 cinercus, C. pertinax, Pangus caliginosus, Scarites 

 subterraneus, Haltica chalybea, Lac kno sterna quer- 

 cina, L. hirticula, among coleoptera; and CEdipoda 

 sulphurea, CE. nebulosa, Caloptenus femur -mibrum, 

 CEdipoda cor allina, CE. Carolina, among orthoptera; 

 besides Formica sanguinea, F. subterranea y and 

 Lumbricusterrestris. In the autumn it feeds upon the 

 berries {Juniperus Virginiana, J. communis, Lo- 

 nicera periclymenum, and Liquidambar styraciflua. 

 It visits ~our cornfields and rifles the corn from the 

 shocks. In their visits to moist grounds they feed 

 upon small snails and aquatic insects which they 

 secure among the sedges and reeds which they 

 . climb with remarkable agility. 



The nests of the Rusty Blackbird are said to be 

 constructed like those of Agelaus phoeniceus, but 

 being smaller. In Labrador they are lined with 

 various mosses instead of grasses, according to 

 Mr. Audubon. The same authority says their 

 nests are sometimes found in marshes of the 

 Typha, to the reeds of which they are strongly 

 attached by interweaving their leaves with fine 

 strips of bark and grass. Near Fort Anderson 

 these birds are not uncommon visitors. Mr. 

 MacFarlane discovered a nest built upon a spruce 

 bush next to the trunk, June 12, at an elevation 

 of eight feet from the ground. Other nests were 

 found which were built in the midst of a bush of 

 the pine. At Nilato these birds arrive, says Mr. 



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