Vol. XX' 

 1903 - 



BowDiSH, Food Habits of West Indian Birds. IOC 



Sept. 19, five seeds and a beetle; $ , Oct. 5, large white grub and other 

 insects; 5' Oct. 15, several seeds of small fruit and wasps ; $, Oct. 19, 

 two thirds berries and one third insects. 



Blacicus blancoi. (J, Feb. 3, beetles ; (J, Feb. :o, beetles ; $ , May 30, 

 flies; (J, June 2, beetles ; .?, June 25, beetles ; $, July 15, beetles ; $ , July 

 18, insects and remains of berries; <?, seeds of berries; J", July 21, 

 beetles; ^ , July 27, beetles ; ^, July 31, beetles ; (J, Aug. 3, insects ; $, 

 Aug. 25, flies and millers; 2 J and i $, Aug. 30, beetles; 2 J, Sept. 2, 

 insects; (J, Sept. 3, beetles; $, Sept. 14, beetles; $, Sept. 15, beetles ; 

 <y and $, Sept. 22, beetles ; $ , Sept. 23, beetles ; $, Oct. 16, beetles. 



Vireo calidris. $, July 2, insects; J", May 27, insects; $, July i, 

 almost entirely seeds of small fruit ; $ juv., May 30, legs of beetle; $, 

 May 30, insectsand seeds of a small red fruit; c?", July 14, insects; $, 

 July 17, small fruit remains ; $, Sept. 28, insects. 



Vireo latimeri. J, $ and juv. $, Apr. i, insects and in juv. small 

 centipede; (J, Apr. 22, insects; $ juv. July 17, grasshopper and small 

 red berries and seeds; $ and $, July 26, insects and small fruit seeds; 

 (J, Aug. I, chiefly seeds ; $ juv., Sept. 5, worm and insects; $ juv., 

 Sept. 14, insects; $, Sept. 17, large tree seed and several beetles; $, 

 Sept. 18, cricket and five tree seeds; $, Sept. 23, flies and worm ; $, 

 Sept. 25, small worms; $, Sept. 26, small hairy caterpillars; $ and $, 

 Sept. 27, beetles and one seed; ?, Oct. 9, 10 small black seeds and trace 

 of insects; <J, Oct. 10, yellow berries and legs of insects. 



I also found seeds in the stomachs of the Black and White, 

 Parula, Myrtle, Palm, and Prairie Warblers, particularly the Myrtle 

 and Palm, the latter feeding almost exclusively on seeds of weeds, 

 near Santiago and Guama, Cuba. 



This would appear largely to eliminate the question of food 

 supply from the problem of causes of bird migration. 



