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Hummingbirds feeding their Young on Insects. — Mr. Manly Hardy has 
kindly consented to my publishing the following extract from one of his 
letters : “When I was in Colorado Mr. E. Carter told me this story. He 
found a Hummingbird’s nest one afternoon, containing two eggs. As he 
wanted the parent he left it and returning next day shot her. To his sur- 
prise there were two young in the nest instead of eggs. Upon dissecting 
the young he found two insects in the stomach of one of them, thus prov- 
ing that Hummingbirds sometimes feed their young on insects within 
twenty-four hours from the time they are hatched.” Unfortunately Mr. 
Hardy did not ascertain the particular species of Hummer above referred 
to. — William Brhjwster, Cambridge, Mass, July 1887. P. <J 
„ -Jr . . " xv - v '- 1 wi liic nest, ana wi 
the a d of a powerful field glass. As the day was clear and the light stror 
I could see the birds nearly as well as if I held the nest in my hand - 
William Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. J 
*It is remarkable that they should have attained so large a size in so short a time 
They did not, however, leave the nest until July 18. 
▲mk, YII. April, 1890. p. 
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