FEEDING HABITS OF TIIE CHIPPING SPARROW 
103 
The above record will give a fair itlea of the activity of these 
parents during the day. Between 5 ar) d 6 o clock food was 
brought fourteen times; between 6 and 7, seven times; 7 and 
8, eleven times ; 8 and 9, twelve times ; 9 and 10, ten times ; 10 
and 11, seventeen times; 11 and 12, ten times. 1 he altei- 
noon hours were equally well filled. During the fust houi (12 
to 1) fifteen visits to the nest were made, while the second hour 
saw twenty-one visits recorded. Between 2 and 3 the paients 
came twelve times; between 3 and 41 tune times; between 4 
and 5, thirteen times; between 5 and 6, nine times; between 6 
and 7, ten times. The day’s work closed at 7 : 5 °’ w hen it 
was too dark to see the late worm should he still be wandering 
about. 
THE RECORD IN DETAIL 
The detailed record of these observations for the remainder 
of the dav is given below in small type. _ The essential facts of 
interest to the general reader are summarized in the paragraphs 
above and at the end of the bulletin : 
c :1 y The other parent (supposed to be the male) lit in a tree 
near by ; the female flew off, and the bird in the tree came 
to the nest, fed one of the young, and flew away. 
5 :2o— The female (?) returned fed, and flew away. 
5 :2 6 The male (?) returned, fed, and carried away excrement. 
5 ; 3 2 The female (?) returned, fed, and flew oft'. 
5 : 34 — The female (?) returned, fed, and flew off. 
3 ;3 6 The male (?) returned, fed, and carried away excrement. 
5 : 44 — The female (?) returned, fed, and flew away. 
3 : 3 i The male ( ?) returned, fed, and flew away. 
r -.5 [.5 — The female (?) returned, ted, and flew away. 
c : 5 6— The female (?) returned, fed, and flew away. 
6:06— The female (?) returned, fed, and carried away excrement. 
6 ;0 8 — The male (?) returned, fed, and flew away. 
6:09— The female (?) returned and flew away without feeding the 
young. 
6:17 — The female (?) returned, fed, and flew away. 
6:28 One parent returned, fed, and flew away. 
6 ; 34 One parent returned with a large, green worm ; the nestling 
to which it was given had considerable difficulty in swallow- 
ing it. 
5- 3 o One bird returned with some small insect. 
6- 44 One parent brought a small, dark-colored larva resembling 
that of a saw-fly. 
(A man working a lawn-mower near the nest was probably 
the cause of this interval of sixteen minutes.) 
