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Fig. 3. Photograph of the stomach contents of a western meadowlark 

 taken in a grain field at El Toro, Orange County, Calirornia, May 5, 1911. 

 The stomach contained 19 oat kernels, oat hulls, and parts of 2 small 

 ground beetles. 



Fig. 4. Photograph of twelve pairs of mandibles of the common cricket 

 (Gryllus pennsylvanidus) taken from the stomach of a western meadowlark 

 collected in a grain field at El Toro, Orange County, California, April 18, 

 1911. 



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