386 BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



Contents. Remains of oats (mainly the hulls); fine grass and some other 

 vegetable fiber ; bones and nearly all the teeth of a field-mouse (Arvicola 

 riparius), forming about 25 per cent, of the whole stomach contents; 

 about 30 per cent, of insect remains ; about 6 per cent, of fine " mud " not 

 identifiable. 



4886. Young. Hillsborough, New Brunswick. July 15, 1886 ; 3 to 4 p. m. Jonathan 



D wight, Jr. 

 Animal matter, 10 per cent.; vegetable, 45; gravel, etc., 45. Stomach nearly 



empty. 

 Contents. Remains of seeds and berries, two kinds of seeds not recognized ; 



remains of insects ; 10 pebbles ; no sand. 



4887. Male, young. Hillsborough, New Brunswick. July 16, 1886; 8 a. m., Jonathan 



Dwight, Jr. 



Animal matter, 35 per cent.; vegetable, 65 ; gravel, etc., 0. Stomach less than 

 half full. 



Contents. A piece of moss about half an inch long ; hulls of five or six rasp- 

 berries; seven seeds of red raspberry (Rubus strigosus); remains of a 

 large cutworm ; no gravel or sand. 



4888. Female, young. Hillsborough, New Brunswick. July 16, 1886 ; 8 a. m. Jona- 



than Dwight, jr. 



Animal matter, 1 percent.; vegetable, 99; gravel, etc., 0. Stomach less than 

 half full. 



Contents. Hulls and a few seeds of raspberry ; two small unknown pods not 

 yet ripe ; twelve or fifteen very small seeds, possibly those of strawber- 

 ries ; a single fragment of some beetle ; no gravel or sand. 



4962. Male, immature. Hillsborough, New Brunswick. July 29, 1886; 5 p. m. 

 Jonathan Dwight, Jr. 



Animal matter, 20 per cent; vegetable, 80 ; gravel, etc., 0. Stomach about 

 half full. 



Contents. A large amount of pulp and skins of some fruit not identified (the 

 pulp looks like that of an early apple, but the skins are too thin); two 

 stones of some species of Prunus, perhaps a beech plum ; remains of in- 

 sects, mainly (?) beetles, but one large cutworm ; no gravel. 



735. Immature. Sing Sing, N. Y. September 18, 1885 ; 10 a. m. Dr. C. Hart 

 Merriam. 



Animal matter, 5 per cent; vegetable, 60; gravel, etc., 20; indeterminate, 15. 



Stomach well filled. 



Contents. Twenty-two stones of wild cherry (Prunus serotina)', 9 of cornel (Cor- 

 nus sp. ?), and 3 unidentified ; also pulp of above berries; a few pieces of 

 of what appears to be an acorn or chestnut ; various hard parts of insects. 

 1540. Alfred Centre, N. Y. September 20, 1885 ; a. m. F. S. Place. 



Animal matter, 45 per cent; vegetable, 53 ; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach full. 



Contents. Fragments of the "meat" of some nut or large seed; pieces of 

 acorns or chestnuts ; numerous fragments of fruit pulp, probably apple ; 

 many insect remains (45 per cent) ; 5 small pebbles ; no sand. 

 154L Alfred Centre, N. Y. September 20, 1885 ; a. m. F. S. Place. 



Animal matter, 40 per cent; vegetable, 60 ; gravel, etc., 0. Stomach full. 



Contents. Seven stones of wild cherry (Prunus serotina); 5 or 6 triangular 

 seeds (of Polygonum ?) skins and other vegetable matter from both the 

 preceding, and some long vegetable fiber from some other plant ; numer- 

 ous insect remains ; no sand or gravel. 

 2239. Male. Washington, D. C. September 7, 1886; 11 a. m. W. B. Barrows. 



Animal matter, per cent; vegetable, 70; gravel, etc., 5; indeterminate, 25. 

 stomach almost empty. 



Contents. One grape seed ; vegetable fiber finely divided ; 2 or 3 bits of sand 

 and gravel ; fine mud-like material, not identifiable ; no insects. 



