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upon are Harpalus, taken by twenty-eiglit of the birds, Anisodac- 

 tylus by eijtrhteen, Agonoderus by fourteen, Cratacanthus by thir- 

 teen, Pterostichus by twelve, and Evarthrus by eleven; numbers 

 which represent fairly well the relative abundance of individuals, 

 taking the entire season through. We note, however, a remarka- 

 ble deficiency of the liighly colored genera,--such as Galerita, 

 Brachynus, Lebia, Platynus, Chhenius, etc., which are either 

 absent, or found but rarely in these birds' food. Evidently these 

 more showy beetles are protected l>v some more effective 

 means tlian obscurity of color. Tn tlie following list, the fiirme 

 preceding the name of each species of biid denotes the immber 

 of specimens in which the insect meiitioiuMl was found: 



LIST OF GEXERA AND SPECIES OF OICINDELID.E AND CARAB- 

 ID.E EATEN BY 423 OF THE THRUSHES AMD THE BLUEBIRD. 



1. Cicindela lecontei: I Mimus carolinensis. 



2. Carabus palustris: 1 Sialia sialis. 



3. Scarites, sp.: 1 Harporhyncus rufus. 



4. Dischyrius globulosus: 1 Turdus pallasi. 



T). Aspidoglossa subangvdata: 2 Minuis carolinensis. 

 (). (yliviua bipustulata: 1 Harporhynciis rufus. 



7. Platynus, sp.: 1 Mimus carolinensis, 1 Harporhyncus lufus, 1 



Sialia sialis. 



8. Evarthrus, sp.: 1 Turdus nuistcliuus, 1 'i\ uiigratorius, '1 Mimus 



carolinensis, 5 Sialia sialis. 

 *.l. E. colossus: 1 Turdus pallasi, 1 Harporliyncus rufus. 



10. Pterostichus sp.: 1 Turdus mustelinus, 1 T. pallasi, I T. mi- 



g)-atorius, 1 Harporhyncus rufus, 5 Sialia sialis. 



11. P. lucublandus: 1 Turdus mustelinus, 1 Sialia sialis. 



12. P. sayi: 1 Mimus carolinensis. 



18. Auuira, sp.: 1 Turdus pallasi, 1 T. swjiinsoni, 1 T. uiigrato- 

 rius, 2 Sialia sialis. 

 14. Bi-achylobus litliophilus: 8 Turdus uiigratorius. 

 IT). Chbeiiius, sp.: 1 Turdus migratoiius, I Siiilia sialis. 

 IH. C. tonuMitosus: 1 Sialia sialis. 



17. Laclinocrepis parallelus: 1 Tui(his migratoiius. 



18. Geopinus incrassatus: 1 Turdus migratorius. 



]y. Cratacanthus dubius: ] Turdus mustelinus, 8 T. migratorius, 

 2 Mimus carolinensis, 2 Harporhyncus rufus, 5 Sialia sialis. 



