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these creatures breed in the earth, this again shows the terrestrial 

 habits of the flicker. Spiders and myriapods were found in a good 

 many stomachs, but few were taken at one time, so the aggregate is 

 not large. Crustaceans, in the form of Oniscus (sowbugs), were 

 found in 5 stomachs. Snail shells, mostly fragments, were of fre- 

 quent occurrence, and one was identified as Zonitoides minusculus. 

 The total of these miscellaneous creatures is 1.49 per cent, which 

 completes the record of animal food. 



The following is a list of the insects identified in the stomachs : 



COLEOPTERA. 



Cidndela vulgaris. Quedius prostrans. 



Calosoma calidum. Stelidota 8-maculata. 



Elaphrus obliteratus. Melanotus communis. 



Scarites subterraneus . Copris minutus. 



Pterostichus sayi. Onthophagus hecate. 



Amara exarata. Onthophagus sp. 



Amara impuncticollis. Aphodius Jimetarius. 



Amara angulata. Aphodius inquinatus. 



Calathus ingrains. Aphodius bicolor. 



Platynus placidus. Aphodius sp. 



Platynus punctiformis. Lachnosterna sp. 



Brachynus puberulus. Ligyrus sp. 



Chlsenius sp. Caryoborus arthriticus. 



Agonoderus pallipes. Opatrinus aciculatus. 



Harpalus faunus . Blapstinus pruinosus . 



Harpalus pennsylvanicus. Blapstinus pulverulentus. 



Harpalus pleuriticus. Blapstinus sp. 



Harpalus ellipsis. Tanymecus confertus. 



Anisodactylus rusticus. Sitones hispidulus. 



Anisodactylus sp. Phytonomus punctatus. 



Stenus shoshonis. Sphenophorus sp. 



HYMENOPTERA (ANTS). 



Formica obscuripes. Camponotus minutus. 



Formica nitidiventris. Camponotus pictus. 



Formica subsericea. Camponotus sp. 



Formica subpolita. Myrmica scabrinodis. 



Formica gagates. Myrmica sabuleti. 



Formica subsenescens. Myrmica sp. 



Formica sp. Cremastogaster Iseviuscula. 



Lasius claviger. Cremastogaster minutissim^^ 



Lasius aphidicola. Cremastogaster sp. 



Lasius brevicornis. Aphxnogaster picea. 



Lasius americanus. Aphsenogaster julvum. 



Lasius alienus. Aphsenogaster treatss. 



Lasius miniatus. Aph&nogaster sp. 



Lasius subniger. Prenolepis imparis. 



Lasius sp. Pheidole sp. 



Camponotus marginatus. Solenopsis geminata. 



Camponotus melleus. Solenopsis debilis. 



Camponotus pennsylvanicus. Tetramorium sp. 



