The Rose-Breasted Grosbeak 



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Table III shows the disposition of the excreta and also the 

 number of times it was taken by each parent. This work was 

 -more equally distributed than that of feeding-. In the early 

 part of the study the sacs were largely devoured by the pa- 

 rents, but after the twenty-seventh the number so disposed 

 of exhibited a tendency to decrease, and on the last day all 

 were carried away. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



The male was more devoted to his family than is usual in 

 the individuals of his sex with which we have become ac- 

 quainted. One of the parents was always at or near the nest 

 and the male especially spent much time perched in a willow 

 watching it. If neither were to be seen at the nest a glance 

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above it. The female when on guard duty sat on the edge of 

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