162 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



to him ; but he took not the smallest notice, and went on 

 feeding the young with his head in the hole. 



11.34 Male again ; he fed the young by regurgitation. 11.36 

 Female with very small food. 11.40 Female, with two large 

 green noctua larvae, undoubtedly the larvae of Taeniocampa 

 slabilis ; they were carried in the base of the bill, and were 

 passed up by the tongue to the young bird. Both larvae 

 were given to the same young one. 11.43 Female with 3 

 or 4 larvae of Cheimatobia hrumata. 



11. 50 Male, with a great number of small insects quite 

 indistinguishable ; he fed two young birds with them. 



11. 55 Male with several larvae and at least one Tephrosia 

 punctularia. As the light then went completely off the tree I 

 left to do some general photography I was desirous of doing. 

 4.0 I came back to get a photograph of the tent at full height, 

 and whilst I was photographing the tent the male came in 

 bringing 4 large gray geometer moths ('! Boarmia repandata). 

 Note. I had seen B. repandata at rest on a tree not far from 

 the nest, so I know it was out. 



June 16th. E.H.C. visited this pair of birds and was 

 ready at 7.45 a.m. His notes were as follows : 



7.50 Hen came to the nest with larvae and other food. 



7.51 Cock brought larvae ; on both occasions the feeding 

 was partly by regurgitation. The young birds have been 

 behaving as usual, chattering away all the time since we 

 got within earshot. The cock and hen did not feed the young 

 birds while we were getting up our gear, but stayed about 

 " churcking " as I have before noted, and very much after the 

 the manner of a blackbird's alarm note. 



8.5 Female fed young with larvae. 



8.10 Cock, 8.13 hen, and 8.25 cock, fed young. 8.29 Cock 

 fed young partially with food in his beak, which I could not 

 see, and partly by regurgitation. 



8.35 Hen brought body of a grey moth and a large geometer 

 larva. 8.39. Cock brought brown larva which did not 

 look to me like the larvae of lepidoptera. 8.44 Hen fed 

 young in great haste. 8.48 cock fed young very rapidly. 



