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FEEDING HABITS OF THE CHIPPING SPARROW 
dropped ; then the bird settled down on the nest and remained 
two minutes, when it left. 
Two minutes later both birds returned and fed the young. 
One picked up excrement from the nest, flew a few feet away, 
and immediately returned and sat on the nest. At 4 : 06 the 
bird on the nest left (at 4 : oS the sun rose) and at 4 : 09 one bird 
returned and settled on the nest. At 4: 13 it got off the nest 
and caught an insect of some sort on a branch of the little tree 
in which the nest was placed, the insect being within a foot of 
where the bird was sitting. This insect was fed to one young 
bird and the parent bird flew away. The record for the next 
hour was as follows : 
4:16 — One bird returned, fed, flew off with excrement. 
4:19 — One bird returned with food; settled on nest. 
4 ^5 — Bird on nest flew away. 
4:30 — One bird (thought to be the male) lit in a poplar tree near 
by, flew from branch to branch, then flew into tree in 
which nest was, fed one young bird with an insect or 
worm, then flew away. 
4:31 — The other parent (believed to be the female) returned, fed, 
and settled on the nest. 
4:34 — Bird on nest flew off; the other bird came at once, fed, and 
flew away. 
4:35 — A parent (believed to be the female) returned, fed, and flew 
away. 
4:38 — One old bird (thought to be the female again) returned, fed, 
and settled on the nest. 
4:41 — Bird on the nest left. 
4:42— A parent (supposed to be the male) returned, fed, and car- 
ried away excrement. 
4:56 — Old bird (supposed to be the male again) returned with food 
which was given to one of the young, and carried away 
excrement. 
4:58 — Old bird (supposed to be the female) returned, fed one of 
the young, and settled on the nest a minute before flying 
away. 
4:59 — The other bird returned, fed one of the young ones, and 
cleaned the nest. 
5 :o5 — Old bird (thought to be the male) returned, fed nestling, 
and flew away. 
5 :o7 — One parent (probably the mother) returned, fed, brooded a 
moment, then flew away. 
5 ; 10 — The same bird (apparently) returned, fed, and flew off. 
5 : 1 2 — Again the old bird believed to be the mother, returned, fed, 
and then settled on the nest. 
