ECONOMIC VALUE OF BIRDS TO THE STATE. 169 



"jVi/m/vr of Eggs of the Fall Cankcr-7i<onn Found in the Stontaehs of Chickadees. 



EGGS. 



No. I, - - - 273 



2, - 261 



3- - ■ - - - 216 



4, - 278 



making in all 1,028 eggs found in the stomachs of four biids. Four birds killed 

 later in the season had eaten the female imagos of the spring canker-worm {Pa/ea- 

 crita vcriiata), as follows : 



MOTHS. 



"No. I, - 41 



2, - 18 



3. - - 27 



making a total of 105. In Nos. 2, 3 and 4 of the last table there were a large 



number of eggs also. It is safe to say that there were 150 eggs in each stomach, in 



addition to the female moths eaten. 



"Mr. Bailey carefully counted the eggs in the ovaries of twenty of these female 



moths, with the following result : 



No. I, 158 



2, 272 



3. - - 127 



4, 184 



5' 213 



^' - - 135 



7> 140 



8, ---...-..... 220 



9, ------------ 200 



1°, 130 



II, - - Ill 



12, 160 



13. - 193 



14, - - - - - - - 131 



15. 281 



16, 242 



17. 116 



18, 281 



19. 192 



20, 217 



