336 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [JlHie, 



Fringillid^e. 



Passer domesticus (nestlings), 3. 



There is no record of a refusal by this bird. The toad is supposed 

 to be protected by acrid secretions of glands in the skin. 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) : — 



Rejected: 



Small Aphidse. 

 " Jassidae. 

 " Culicidse. 

 " Other Diptera. 

 " Halticinse. 

 " Araneida. 



The leaf hoppers (Jassidae), small flies (Diptera), flea-beetles 

 (Halticinse), and spiders (Araneida), at least, are common articles in 

 the natural diet of this species. 



Bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata) : 86 — 

 Accepted: 



CHiETOPODA. 



Earthworms, 7. 



ISOPODA. 



Oniscus asellus, 6. 



Chilopoda. 



Lithobiiis sp., 2. 



Julus sp., 2. 

 Ephemerida. 



Adults, many. 



Orthoptera. 

 acridiid^e. 



Dissosteira Carolina, 1. 



coleoptera. 

 Carabid^e. 



Agonoderus pallipes (pale yellow and black), 1. 

 Anisodactylus discoideus (black and brownish-yellow), 2. 



" rusticus (brownish-black), 2. 



Calosoma scrutator (metallic green, red, and blue), 1. 

 Chlcenius sp., 1. 



Galerita janus (black and reddish-brown), 2. 

 Harpalus caliginosus (black), 1. 



86 Partial account in Yearbook U. S. Dept. Agr., 1896 (1897), pp. 205, 206. 



