384 BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



5510. Nestling. Gainesville, Va. May 13, 1887 ; 5 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

 Animal matter, 90 per cent. ; vegetable, ; gravel, etc., 0; indeterminate, 10. 



Stomach well filled. 



Contents. Mainly insects ; a few bones of a small frog ; about 10 per cent, of 

 fine "mud," apparently a mixture of animal, vegetable, and mineral mat- 

 ter, but not determinable ; no sand or gravel. 



5511. Nestling. Gainesville, Va. May 13, 1887 ; 5 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

 Animal matter, 90 per cent. ; vegetable, 7 ; gravel, etc., 1 ; indeterminate, 2. 



Stomach about two-thirds full. 



Contents. Six or eight small pieces of vegetable matter, apparently bits of an 

 acorn or chestnut ; a few shreds of vegetable fiber ; 2 or 3 minute bones of 

 a fish ; 3 bits of shell, probably of snail ; a single small pebble and a few 

 grains of sand; a large amount (nearly 90 per cent.) of insect remains, 

 among which pieces of beetles are numerous ; a small amount of fine mud- 

 like material, probably from the insects. 



2514. Adult female. Sing Sing, N. Y. June 30, 1886 ; 3 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

 Animal matter, 1 per cent. ; vegetable, 99; gravel, etc., 0. Stomach full. 

 Contents. Mainly corn, one whole kernel and many large pieces, and a large 



amount of hulls and finely pulverized corn; 3 stones of cherries (culti- 

 vated), a few bits of black vegetable material like the shell of an acorn ; a 

 few bits of the hard parts of beetles ; no sand or gravel. 

 2677. Young. Englewood, N. J. June 27, 1886 ; 5 p. m. F. M. Chapman. 



Animal matter, 95 per cent. ; vegetable, 5; gravel, etc., 0. Stomach well filled. 



Contents. Remains of small bird, apparently an unfledged young; remains 



of insect larvae and insects, but these may have come from the stomach of 



the young bird eaten by the crow ; a few bits of the hulls of corn, and 



other vegetable debris. 



3045. Adult (?). Peterborough, Madison county, N. Y. June, 1886. G. S. Miller, Jr, 



Animal matter, 3 per cent. ; vegetable, 95 ; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach well filled. 



Contents. Kernels of corn, oats, and a few of wheat, together with a large 

 quantity of hulls, mainly of oats ; a few small fragments of insects ; 4 small 

 pebbles, and a very little sand. 



3769. Male. Immature. Peck's Island, New Jersey. July 1, 1886; noon. J. 

 Percy Moore. 



Animal matter, 15 per cent. ; vegetable, 10; gravel, etc., 75. Stomach about 

 half full. 



Contents. Mainly sand and bits of shell ; two or three bits of seaweed and a 

 very little other vegetable matter ; 1 gasteropod shell about half an inch 

 long; 3 or 4 joints of a crustacean's legs; hundreds of minute fish verte- 

 brae, almost microscopic ; about 5 per cent, of insect remains in very fine 

 pieces. 



2515. Male. Immature. Sing Sing, N. Y. July 1, 1886; 9 a. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

 Animal matter, 99 per cent. ; vegetable, 0; gravel, etc., 0; indeterminate, 1. 



Stomach about half full. 



Contents. Insects, mainly larvae ; a few bits of what appears to be bark or 

 wood, but not positively identified ; no sand or gravel. 



2516. Male adult. Sing Sing, N. Y. July 1, 1886 ; 9 a. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

 Animal matter, 2 per cent. ; vegetable, 95 ; gravel, etc., 3. Stomach well filled. 

 Contents. Nine cherry stones, with skins and pulp of about 3 ; fragments of 



corn or other grain, and the hulls of same ; about 20 seeds of Rubus sp. ? 

 and 6 or 8 unknown seeds ; a few remains of insects, apparently beetles ; 5 

 small pebbles and a little sand. 



Dr. Fisher says the cherry stones are from cherries which grow every- 

 where in the woods about Sing Sing, and probably have escaped from cul- 

 tivation. They are very dark when ripe, almost black. 



