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March. Twoiil v i)ine exauiiut'd. Tlicy sliowed chii'tly 

 insects and seeds; in live, corn was present, and in lour 

 wheat and oats were found. All of these grains, liow- 

 ever, weie in connection with an excess of insect foo«l. 



Api'il. Thiitythree examined. They revealed cliielly 

 insects, with but a small amo'unt of vegetable mattei-. 



May. Plightj'-two examined. Almost entirely in- 

 sects, cut-worms being especially frequent. 



June. Foriy-tliree examined. Showed generally in- 

 sects, cut-worms in abundance; fruits and berries pre- 

 sent, but to very small extent. 



July. Thirty-eight examined. Showed mainly in- 

 sects; berries present in limited amount. 



August. Twenty-three examined. Showed chiefly 

 insects, berries and corn. 



September. Eighteen examined. Showed insects, 

 berries, corn and seeds. 



October. During this month (1882), the writer madi' 

 repeated visits to- roosting resorts, where these birds 

 were collected in great numbers, and shot three hun- 

 di'ed and seventy-eight, which were examined. Of this 

 number the following is the result of examinations, in 

 detail of one hundred and eleven stomachs; 



Thirty, corn and coleoptera (beelles); twenty-seven, 

 corn only; fifteen, orthoi»tera (graisshoppers) ; eleven, 

 corn and seeds; eleven, corn and orthoptera; seven, col- 

 (Mtptera; thiee, coleoptera and <)i-thoi»tera : three, wheat 

 and coleoptera; two, wli<»at and corn; one, wheat; on<', 

 dij>tera (flies). 



The i-enmining two hundred and sixty-seven birds 

 were taken from the lOth to the ^^Ist of the montli. and 

 theii' food was found to consist almost entirelv of corn. 



