2IO LiFE-HIStORIES OF BIRDS 



following insects constitute a portion of its i biU 

 of fare: — Tabctnus lineola^ T. cinctus, Stome^ys 

 cq,ldjtrap,s, Musca domes tica, M. ctssar, Ctflex tcE- 

 niorhynchus, Anthrax elongata' among, diptera; 

 Aphis malt, A. rosce, Apis' mellifica, Selandria 

 roses,, among hymenoptera; dt.vidla.rwss^ oi Chosrodes 

 trafisversata, Angeronia cracataria, Ennomos subsig- 

 naria, Zerene catenaria, Anisopteryx vernatp,} A. 

 pQtnetariO', Lozotcenia rosaceana, Anchyloperor'/ra- 

 garieg, and mature forms of Utetheisa bell0, ^geria, 

 ttipili/orme, Limacode's scapha, and Plusior precoMo- 

 nis, among lepidoptera. In the fall it is less in- 

 sectivorous and more frugivorous; subsisting 

 upon Juniperus Virginiana, Vacciiiiuni stamineum, 

 Lonicera peridymcnuin and other fruits. 

 , The young venture from the nest when twelve 

 days old, but are not sufficiently matured until, a 

 week later, for self-maintenance. They do not, 

 however, dissolve connection with their parents, 

 bpt Ayander about from place to place with, .the 

 letter, subsisting upon small lepidopterous larvae, 

 diptera, and the smaller coleoptera,, until there .is 

 a scarcity of such food. On the approach of cold 

 weather, they feed, as before remarked, ' uppn 

 various kinds of berries. The flocks at first are 

 made up of individuals of the same family. But 

 later, ,by the continual additions of small famihes 

 which are met with in roaming from pl^ce to 

 place, a large flock is the ultimate result. 



Besides , the low lisping call wliich the. Cedar 

 Bird possesses, it has a song which is uttered in a 



