78 th'j: entomologist's kecord. 



16. Turdus musicus, Linn,, race clarkei (recte clarkii, Hartert). 

 The British Song Thrush. 



Observer.— E. H. Curtis. Time. — Morning. , 



Date. — June 1st, 1914. Sex.- — Both parents. 



Place. — Owslebury, Hants. Duration. — 2 hours. 



Food. — The young fed eleven times on snails or worms, and on one 

 occasion with something else unidentified. 



Same particulars as above. Duration. — 1 hour 50 minutes. 



Date. — -June 1st, 1914. 



Time. — 11.1. Sex. — $. 



Food. — Green larva, like Taeniocampa, and other unidentified food. 



Time.— 11.12. Sex.— $ . 



Food. — Worms and snails. 



Time.— 11.45. Sex.— J . 



Food. — One green and two brown Lepidopterous larvae. 



Time.— 12. Sex.— J , 



Food. — A beakful of small green and brown Lepidopterous larv&e. 



Time.— 12.25. Sex.— 3". 



Food. — Unidentified. 



Time.— 12.30. Sex.— ?. 



Food. — Unidentified, 



Time.— 12.33. ^ Sex.— J. 



Food. — Unidentified. 



Time.— 12.45. Sex.— J , 



Food. — Worms and snails. 



Time.— 12.50. Sex.— <?. 



Food. — Brown and green larvae. 



Same nest, same details. Duration. — 1 hour. 



Time.— 3.5. Sex.— ? . 



Food. — Unidentified. 



Time.— 3.35. Sex.— ? . 



Food. — Worms. 



Time.— 3.48. Sex,— 3^ . 



Food. — Unidentified. 



Time. — 4. Sex. — g. 



Food. — Worms and something else. 



[Note. — 25 visits. Food brought every time. Food identified 19 

 times. No Lepidopterous imagines brought, but Lepidopterous larvae 

 4 times.] 



17. Turdus morula, L. The Blackbird. 



Observer. — W. P. Curtis. Time. — Afternoon. 



Date.— May 17th, 1914. Sex.— 5 . 



Place. — Canford, Dorset. Duration. — 2 hours. 



[Note. — Six visits were paid by the J , the 5^ never came at all. 

 As the $ persistently kept her back to me I never was able to see the 

 food properly, but I thought that upon nearly every occasion it was 

 worms.] 



