300 



March. T\vciit\ uine ftxamiued. Tlie^ showed chiefly 

 insects and seeds; in five, corn was present, and in four 

 wheat and oats were found. All of these grains, how- 

 ever, were in connection with an excess of insect food. 



April. Thirty three examined. They revealed chiefly 

 insects, with but a small amount of vegetable matter. 



May. Eighty-two examined. Almost entirely in- 

 sects, cut-worms being especially frequent. 



June. Forty-three examined. Showed generally in- 

 sects, cut-worms in abundance; fruits and berries pre- 

 sent, but to very small extent. 



July. Thirty-eight examined. Showed mainly in- 

 sects; berries present m limittMj amount. 



August. Twenty -three examined. Showed chiefly 

 insects, berries and corn. 



September. Eighteen examined. Showed insects, 

 berries, corn and seeds. 



October. During this month (1S82), the writer made 

 repeated visits to roosting resorts, where these birds 

 were collected in great numbers, and shot three hun- 

 di-ed and seventy-eight, which were examined. Of this 

 number the following is the result of examinations, in 

 detail of one hundred and eleven stomachs; 



Thirty, corn and coleoptera (beetles'); twenty-seven, 

 corn only; fifteen, orthoptera (grasshoppers); eleven, 

 corn and seeds; eleven, corn and orthoptera: seven, col 

 eoptera ; three, coleoptera and orthoptera ; three, wheat 

 and coleoptera; two, wheat and corn; one, wheat; one, 

 diptera (flies). 



The remaining two hundred and sixty-seven birds 

 were taken from the 10th to the 31st of the month, and 

 their food was found to consist almost entirelv of corn. 



