Vo, i?fs XV ] Townsend, A Winter Crow Roost. 415 



1 Sphenophorus sp. (bill-bug) 



1 Rhodobsenus tridecimpunctatus (bill-bug) 



1 Sitona hispidula (clover-root curculio) 

 17 acridids (shorthorned grasshoppers) 



2 Gryllus (crickets) 



1 l^menopteron 

 Trace of a fly 



2 jaws of caterpillar 



3 small Tineid cocoons 



Other invertebrates. 



Spider fragments and cocoon 



Jaws of 3 Nereis sp. (marine worm) 



100 Melampus sp. 



A few fragments and about 750 operculi of Littorina sp.? 



Mytilus sp. 



Other mollusk fragments 



Parts of a crab 



Vertebrates. 

 Bones of fish 

 Bones and scales of snake 

 Shell of hen's egg 

 4 Microtus pennsylvanicus (Meadow mouse) 



1 Condylura cristata (Star-nosed mole) 



2 Blarina brevicauda (Short-tailed shrew) 

 Several larger bone fragments (carrion) 



Plants. 



10,000 seeds of Myrica carolinensis (Bayberry) 

 1,200 " " Rhus radicans and R. vernix (Poison Ivy and Poison 



Sumac) 

 1,100 " " typhina and glabra (Staghorn and Smooth Sumac) 

 80 " " Berberis sp. (Barberry) 

 360 " " Oxycoccus sp. (Cranberry) 

 30 " " Juniperus sp. (Red Cedar and Low Juniper) 

 50 " " Srnilax sp. (Cat-brier) 

 100 " " Ilex verticillata (Winter berry) 

 2 " " Vitis sp. (Grape) 

 2 " " Solanum sp. (Night shade) 

 A few kernels of oats and hulls 

 A few kernels of wheat and hulls 

 A few kernels of barley and hulls 

 A few kernels of corn (fragmentary) and hulls 

 Trace of buckwheat 

 Fragments of seeds of pumpkin or squash 



