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The Food of Birds. 



Table of the Food of Thrushes in April and May. 



No. of specimens examined 



Kinds of Food. 



i. mollusca 



2. Insecta 



Hymenoptera 



Ants 



Lepidoptera 



Noctuidae 



Diptera 



Tipulidae 



Bibionidae , 



Coleoptera 



Carabidas 



Scarabasidae 



Coprophagous 



Phytophagous 



Elateridas 



Rhynchophora 



Chrysomeiidse 



Hemiptera 



Predaceous 



Herbivorous 



Orthoptera 



3. Arachnida 



4. Myriapoda 



5. Fruits AND Seeds 



6. Fragments OF Grain 



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Ratio in which each element 

 of food was found. 



.65 

 .05 



•05 

 .08 

 .04 

 ■03 



.29 



•30 

 .11 

 .06 

 .05 

 .01 

 .01 

 .02 

 .02 

 .08 

 .06 



.08 

 .04 

 .09 



•31 



.28 



.07 

 .07 



■30 

 .05 

 .06 



;o6 

 t 



•03 

 .02 



.01 

 .01 



