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4452. Male. East Hartford, Conn. January 31, 1887 ; 10 a. m. Williard E. Treat 

 Animal matter, 50 per cent. ; vegetable, 42 ; gravel, etc., 8. Stomach well filled. 

 Contents. Shreds and tendinous masses of animal matter, probably carrion ; 



remains of a few acorns or chestnuts ; 77 seeds of poison ivy (Rhus toxi- 



codendron) ; about 175 seed of harmless sumach (#/ms) ; a small amount 



of gravel and sand ; no insects. 

 3059. Male. Sandy Spring, Md. February 4, 1887 ; a. m. H. H. Miller. 



Animal matter, per cent ; vegetable, 87 ; gravel, etc., 10; indeterminate, 3. 



Stomach well filled. 

 Contents. Corn almost entirely, more than half of it in large pieces, some nearly 



entire kernels and a large quantity of hulls ; about 10 per cent, of gravel 



and sand, the bulk of it being rusty quartz ; a small amount (3 per cent y 



of fine "mud," not identifiable ; no insects. 



4461. East Hartford, Conn. February 14, 1887 ; 10 a. m. Willard E. Treat 

 Animal matter, 40 per cent; vegetable, 50; gravel, etc., 10. Stomach well 



filled. 



Contents. Remains of corn and perhaps other grains, with a few bits of grass 

 and hulls of seeds ; about 60 seeds of harmless sumach (fthus), apparently 

 of two distinct species ; 2 seeds of red cedar (Juniperus) ; a large amount 

 of muscular fiber, fat, and sinews, probably carrion ; sand and gravel ; no 

 insects. 



4462. Female. East Hartford, Conn. February 14, 1887 ; 10 a. m. Willard E. Treat 

 Animal matter, 5 per cent, vegetable, 45; gravel, etc., 50. Stomach nearly 



empty. 



Contents. Remnants of corn and hulls ; a few bits of acorn shells ; a bit of 

 skin (without hair) of some animal ; a single hog bristle ; a fair amount of 

 fine sand, and two or three small pebbles ; no insects. 



4463. Female. East Hartford, Conn. February 14, 1887 ; 10 a. m. Willard E. Treat. 

 Animal matter, 1 percent; vegetable, 45; gravel, etc., 50; indeterminate, 4. 



Stomach about half full. 



Contents. About 100 seeds of harmless sumach (Rhus), and a considerable 

 amount of hulls, skins, etc., of these or other seeds and fruits ; a few 

 minute bits of the hard parts of insects ; a little very fine black "mud," 

 not determined , sand, gravel, and bits of coke. 



4464. Male. East Hartford, Conn. February 14, 1887 ; 10 a. m. Williard E. Treat 

 Animal matter, 75 per cent ; vegetable, ; gravel, etc., 25. Stomach almost 



empty. 



Contents. One hog bristle ; a very little muscular fiber and sinew and some 



fat, doubtless all carrion ; a small amount of fine sand ; no insects. 

 3139. Male. West Goshen, Pa. February 15, 1886. Dr. B. H. Warren. 



Animal matter, 5 per cent ; vegetable, 93; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach about 

 half full. 



Contents. Remains of numerous kernels of corn ; 6 seeds of sumach ; a small 

 bone from tarsus or carpus of some animal, apparently of the size of a dog 

 or sheep ; a single piece of slate about one-half inch long; no insects. 

 1331. Male. Washington, D. C. March 13, 1886 ; 4 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 



Animal matter, 1 percent. ; vegetable, 97 ; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach well filled. 



Contents. Unidentified vegetable matter mainly ; a few bits of corn or other 

 grain, with some hulls, bits of grass, and what appears to be young sprouts 

 of some vegetable ; 3 or 4 small seeds not identified ; a single claw of a cray- 

 fish and a few bits of insect remains ; no pebbles and very little sand. 

 1379. Young. Saint Louis, Mo. May 23, 1885. Otto Widmann. 



Animal matter, 99 per cent ; vegetable, ; gravel, etc., 1. 



Contents. Many bones of frog ; numerous fragments of insects ; a very little 

 sand. 



