Life Histories of Various Species 
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fact that no fruit was brought to the nestlings, although straw- 
berries and cherries, both fruits for which the robins have a 
fondness, were convenient. I often saw adult robins feeding on 
the two fruits but this bird never brought any fruit to the nest- 
lings. 
Nest No. 2 was discovered June 5, 11)15. It contained four 
eggs which hatched on June 10. The blind was erected on the 
fifth some distance away and moved nearer a few feet at a time, 
so that by the time the eggs had hatched the parents were quite 
reconciled to its presence. To facilitate moving, it was put upon 
an open top buggy and moved about not only to this nest but to 
several others in the vicinity. 
This nest was under observation 11 hours and 45 minutes 
during five different dates as follows: June 11, 3 hours and 20 
minutes; June 12, 2 hours and 20 minutes; June 10, 1 hour and 
50 minutes; June 17, 2 hours and 15 minutes; June 18, 1 hour; 
June 21, 1 hour. 
This nest was in an apple tree in the midst of an orchard. 
Mulberry trees and raspberry bushes were near by, but at no 
time while I watched did the parents feed any fruit to the nest- 
lings. The female was frequently seen feeding on the mulberries 
and a dock of golddnches were noted once feeding on the ripen- 
ing fruit. 
During this time the nestlings were fed 34 times by the male 
and 10 times by the female, a total of 53. This difference was 
not due to any timidity on the part of the female but to the 
necessity of brooding the young. During the 53 feedings 8 cut- 
worms, 46 larvae of various kinds, some of which may have been 
cutworms, 38 earthworms, 1 maybeetle, 2 other beetles, 1 grass- 
hopper, 3 crickets, and 13 unrecognized forms were detected out 
of a probably greater number. On 28 visits only one nestling 
was fed, on 19 two were fed, and on 7 the entire brood of three 
shared in the load of food carried. 
The robins secured most of the food in a cornbeld a few yards 
away — picking up the earthworms and cutworms exposed by 
cultivation on three out of the five days. At other times they 
foraged in the garden and about the orchard. 
The excreta was carried away eight times and devoured a like 
number. 
On June lltli the female brooded 1 hour and 55 minutes out 
of a total time of 3 hours and 20 minutes the nest was under 
observation. On the 12th 46 minutes were spent in brooding out 
