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Times Fed— continued 



An effort was made to determine the kind of food fed to the 

 young, but this could not be done ver^^ accurately, except to note 

 that most of the insects were small, and that caterpillars were 

 brought frequently. 



The longest time between any two consecutive feedings was 12 

 minutes, except during the shower when a period of 16 minutes 

 elapsed. The shortest time between two consecutive feedings by 

 the same parent was one-half minute. The female fed four times 

 in four minutes, and on one occasion fed three times in a minute 

 and a half. Frequently there was only one minute between two 

 consecutive visits of the female. Often the male and female would 

 feed one immediately after the other. 



The male was singing during most of the day. Frequently he 

 sang with an insect in his bill, sometimes waiting several minutes 

 before feeding the young. Three times during the day he drove 

 away a red squirrel, and once another wren. 



During the remainder of the time that the young were in the 

 nest they were watched occasionally from day to day for short 

 periods with the following results : 



Number of Times Fed 



On July 14 the young birds left tlie nest. 



