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ITS VEGETABLE FOOD. 



Mr. Beal found the following vegetable substances 

 in the stomachs of Blue Jays: 



Grain and mast.— Coin, \\iieal, oats, buckwheat, 

 acorns, chestnuts, beechnuts, hazlenuts, sumac (Rhus), 

 knotweed (Polygonum), sorrel (Rumex). 



Fruit and miscellaneous.— Apples, strawberries, cur- 

 rants (Ribes rubrum), blackberries (Rubus), mulberries 

 (Morns), blueberries (Vaccinium), huckleberries (Gay- 

 lussacia), wild cbeiiies (Pruuus serotina), choke-cher- 

 ries (Prunus virginiana), wild grapes (Vitis cordifolia). 

 service berries (Amelanchier canadensis), elderberries 

 (Sambucus canadensis), sour-gum berries (Nyssa aqua- 

 tioa), hawthorn (Crataegus), chikeberries (Aronia ar- 

 butifolia),p()ke berries (Phytolacca decandra), oak galls, 

 mushrooms, tubers. 



