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Marsh hawk. Circus hudsonius. By Dr. A. K. Fisher, pp. 370- 

 372. Plate I (colored). 



Common screech owl. Megascops asio. By Dr. A. K. Fisher, pp. 

 372-376. Plate II (colored). 



Flammulated screech owl. Megascops flammeolus. [By Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher.] p. 376. 



These three articles are arranged on the same plan, each stating the range of 

 the species treated and its general habits, following this with a compilation of 

 what has been observed regarding its food habits. 



1890. 



Report of the ornithologist and mammalogist. By C. Hart Merriam. 

 pp. 277-280. 



The general nature of the food of crows and the relation of meadowlarks to 

 clover seed are briefly discussed and the economic value of a few other species 

 is mentioned. 



Seed planting by birds. By Walter B. Barrows, pp. 280-285. 



The agency of birds in distributing the seeds of certain fleshy fruits is the 

 principal topic of this article, but references to other features of bird food 

 habits are included. 



Birds which feed on mulberries. By Dr. C. Hart Merriam. p. 285. 

 The fact is noted that when mulberries are ripe many insectivorus birds 

 forsake their chief diet for the time to feed upon this luscious fruit. A list of 

 26 species of birds observed to eat mulberries is given. 



1891. 



Report of the ornithologist and mammalogist. By C. Hart Merriam. 

 pp. 267-271. 



Contains a brief review of the economic investigations of the year, putting 

 especial emphasis upon the importance of the English sparrow problem. 



189S. 



Economic ornithology. By W. B. Barrows, pp. 193-197. 



This takes the place of that section of the report of the chief customarily 

 devoted to a review of the economic work of the year. It contains also, how- 

 ever, a preliminary report on the food of horned larks, based upon the examina- 

 tion of 59 stomachs. 



Food habits of the cedar bijd (Ampelis cedrorwri). By F. E. L. 



Beal. pp. 197-200. 



The results reached from the examination of 125 stomachs are as follows: 

 (1) That cedar birds eat a certain amount of insect food at all times when it 

 can be obtained, aggregating in the case of the stomachs examined 17 per cent 

 of the food for the whole year; (2) that the greatest amount of insect food is 

 eaten during the months (especially May) when fruit is most abundant; 

 (3) that the young in the nest are fed to a very great extent upon insect food. 



