THE ROBINS GO A-TRAVELLING 



the colleagues of the surgeon, a second yel- 

 low-jacket, who was busily dismembering 

 another fly. When 'he had s'horn the vic- 

 tim of legs and wings, he flew away with the 

 body. This act seems to be performed 

 merely with an idea of doing away with use- 

 less material and of making the prey more 

 portable; not to prevent escape. The male 

 yellow-jacket is the hunter, the female re- 

 maining at home to take care of the young, 

 and he carries the booty away in order 

 to fill the thousand hungry mouths await- 

 ing it in the nest. Of course the male takes 

 his occasional share of the game, but in all 

 my watching I never saw one of them eat- 

 ing. 



You will understand that Chupes and 

 Jenny resented the presence of these hunt- 

 ers, as through them they were deprived of 

 so much of the spoil that they looked upon 

 as their lawful prey. And you will also un- 



