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Fig. 7. Photograph of stomach contents of a western meadowlark 

 taken in a barley field at El Toro, Orange County, California, May 3, 

 1911. The stomach contained 2 cutworms, 44 ground beetles (Calathus 

 ruficollis'), 2 flies, 1 spider, and 13 fly pupae (Syrphus sp.). 



Fig. 8. Photograph of the stomach contents of a western meadowlark 

 collected at Big Pine, Inyo County, California, April 19, 1911. The stom- 

 ach contained 13 cutworms, 26 elaterid beetles (Drasterius sp.), and 10 

 small ground beetles (Amara sp.). 



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