ago LIFE-HISTORIES OF BIRDS 



young, ufi wearied in their attentions, and, seek by 

 loud cries and menaces to drive away intruders; 



Thq young are fed upon the larVae and mature 

 formsiof divers ipsects. The fallowing list -com- 

 prehends a portion of their bill of fare : — Jiumbrwu^ 

 ierrestns,. Anisopteryx verndta, A. pometaria, 

 Zeitne catenaries, Choerodes transversata, JJybernia 

 tiliaria, Letuaiiici tmjputicia, Agrotis tess^Uata, 

 Pieris rapes, Colias philodlce, Utetheisa bella, Theda 

 humuli, Gortyna sees, in thair larval stages. Musca 

 douiestica, Tabanus lineola, Cidex ieeniorhync/ms. 

 Aphis mali, A. roses, Lachnastema ^uercina jnla-r-yaA 

 fojrms, and many of the smaller moths oi-Neciutdte, 

 Tqriricidcsa.nd Tineidte. As they mature, ^feod 

 suited to their development is administered. 

 They are from 1 2 to 13 days old- when they leave 

 the nest, and in ten days more are able to maintain 

 themselves. Two broods are reared in a season; 

 the latter during the beginning of July. 



After the breeding season is over both young 

 and old collect in small flocks and feed together. 

 We deem it highly probable, owing to the small 

 size of these autumnal flocks, that they are com- 

 posed of individuals of one family alone. When 

 food becomes scarce in consequence of climatLc 

 changes, the greater number of these birds depart 

 for the South ; a few remaining "as before re- 

 marked, during the entire winter. 



Whether those that have been bred in the 

 neighborhood remain it is diflicult to affirm with 

 certainty. As the winter occupants seem to be 



