FEEDING HABITS OF THE CHIPPING SPARROW 
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8:45 — The other bird (the female [?]) brought small objects, fed 
young, and cleaned the nest. 
8:47 — One parent (the mother [?]) brought a blackish caterpillar 
and flew away as soon as it was given to a nestling. 
8 158 — One parent brought a medium-sized, greenish caterpillar. 
9:01 — One bird (the male [?]) brought some small insect, led, and 
flew away. 
9:06 — The mother (?) brought a large, green caterpillar. 
Fig. j _A Crane-Fly (Eaten by Young Chipping Sparrows). 
0:07— The male (?) brought some small object. 
g : i2 The female (?) brought a very large, green caterpillar. 
o ; [3 — The male brought some small object. 
o ; 26— One bird brought a large, green caterpillar, large enough to 
be the larva of Ampliipyra pyramidoides, and of very much 
the appearance of that species. 
g .38 Both birds returned to the nest at the same time; one had a 
rather small larva, and the other a large, pale green one. 
One bird cleaned the nest. 
g .39 One bird brought a small, dark caterpillar, and carried away 
excrement. 
