Bird Notes 



Notes on a Young Robin Recorded by Oswald Schreiner, 

 Chevy Chase School, D.C. 



Bird was taken from its nest May 10, three days after hatching. 

 Amount eaten. 



May 10 A.M. Three pellets of bread soaked in milk, 4 worms 

 in piece. 



Noon. 16 worms. 



P.M. 28 wonns, three pellets of bread. 

 May 11 A.M. 12 worms, 4 pellets of bread. 

 Noon 16 worms 

 P.M. 12 worms 

 May 12 A.M. 8 worms 

 Noon 8 worms 



P.M. 12 worms and two teaspoonfuls of hash 

 May 13 A.M. 8 worms and 4 mouthfuls of hash. 

 Noon Teaspoonful of hash 

 P.M. Teaspoonful of hash 

 May 14 A.M. Teaspoonful of hash 

 Noon Teaspoonful of hash 

 P.M. Teaspoonful of hash 

 May 15 A.M. Teaspoonful of hash 

 Noon 10 worms 

 P.M. 14 worms 

 May 16 A.M. Teaspoonful of hash 

 Noon 10 worms 

 P.M. 14 worms. 

 May 17 A.M. 10 worms . 

 Noon 14 worms 

 P.M. 15 worms. 

 May 18 Today he learned to eat worms picked up by him- 

 self so a further record is impossible. He enjoyed the cicadas 

 and lived on them for a week. He learned to fly on the thirteenth; 

 not much but a little. He took his first bath on the twentieth. 

 He became more or less wild soon after and left. 



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