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42 Female fed — eut-worm to No. 3. 

 42 Male fed— eut-worm to No. 3; brooded till 7:00. 

 (9 feeds during the hour.) 



7:04 Male fed — cut-worm to No. 1 and No. 3. 

 13 Male fed— beetle to No. 2. 

 25 Female fed — cut-worm to No. 3. 

 27 Female fed— beetle to No. 4. 



30 Female fed — worm to No. 1 ; carried away excrement. 

 35 Male fed — cut-worm to No. 1; ate excitement. 

 42 Male fed. 

 47 Male returns without feed: broods. 



(7 feeds during the hour.) 



8:00 Still brooding on the nest for the night. 



The young were weighed onthe following day, as indicated below. The 

 weight of the young was 40 grams. 



(l beetle ) 



The weight of -s 7 ants f is 1 gram. 



[l dragonfly J 



Weight of 308 pieces (estimated number of pieces), 35 grams. Approx- 

 imately this weight of food was consumed by four birds in a single day. 

 Thus each bird consumed approximately one-fourth its weight of insects and 

 worms. 



Total number of feeds, 156. 



Average number of feeds per hour, 9 5-8. 



Individual feeds during the day: 



To No. 1, 43 feeds (about). 



To No. 2, 42 feeds (about). 



To No. 3, 48 feeds (about). 



To No. 4, 40 feeds (about). 



Feeds by the male 78 times. 



Feeds by the female ' 78 times. 



Age of young not determined. 

 Classified list of food : 



150 cutworms. 



