FEEDING HABITS OF THE CHIPPING SPARROW 



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8:45 — The other bird (the female [?]) brought small objects, fed 



young, and cleaned the nest. 

 8:47 — One parent (the mother [?]) brought a blackish caterpillar 



and flew away as soon as it was given to a nestling. 

 8 :58 — One parent brought a medium-sized, greenish caterpillar. 

 9:01 — One bird (the male [?]) brought some small insect, fed, and 



flew away. 

 9:06 — The mother (?) brought a large, green caterpillar. 



Fig. I. — A Crane-Fly (Eaten by Young Chipping Sparrows). 



9 :o7 — The male (?) brought some small object. 



9 :i2 — The female ( ?) brought a very large, green caterpillar. 



9 : 13 — The male brought some small object. 



9:26 — One bird brought a large, green caterpillar, large enough to 



be the larva of Aniphipyra pyraniidoides, and of very much 



the appearance of that species. 

 9 138 — Both birds returned to the nest at the same time; one had a 



rather small larva, and the other a large, pale green one. 



One bird cleaned the nest. 

 9 -39 — 0"G bird brought a small, dark caterpillar, and carried away 



excrement. 



