. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . )[)ing Sparrow from to June 22, 181)8. The valuable record of these observations. Fig. 25. —Cliipi)ing Siiarrow feeding young. shows that these two birds, having only three young in thenest, visited it at least one hundred and eighty-two timesduring that da>; and Dr. Weed says that they made almosttwo hundred trips, although some of the tri})s eviden
. Useful birds and their protection. Containing brief descriptions of the more common and useful species of Massachusetts, with accounts of their food habits, and a chapter on the means of attracting and protecting birds . )[)ing Sparrow from to June 22, 181)8. The valuable record of these observations. Fig. 25. —Cliipi)ing Siiarrow feeding young. shows that these two birds, having only three young in thenest, visited it at least one hundred and eighty-two timesduring that da>; and Dr. Weed says that they made almosttwo hundred trips, although some of the tri})s evidently weremade to furnish grit for grinding the food. The birds w^ercbusy from daylight to dark, with no long intermission. Thefood, so far as identified, consisted largely of and crane flies were seen, and it was believed thata great variety of insect food was brought. ^ A committee on useful birds, selected from the Pennsyl-vania State Board of Agriculture, reported that an observerhad watched the nest of a pair of ]\Iartins for sixteen hours,from 4 until 8 , to see how many visits the parentbirds made to the young. One hundred and nineteen visitswere made by the male and one hundred and ninetj^-three bythe female.^ The Feeding H,il)its of the Chipping Sparrow, hy C. M. Weed. Bullttin
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