388 BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



2564. Female. Broadway, Queens county, N. Y. October 16, 1886 ; noon. William 

 Dutcher. 



Animal matter, 18 per cent; vegetable, 75 ; gravel, etc., 7. Stomach well filled. 



Contents. Remains of acorns or chestnuts ; remains of insects ; gravel, in- 

 cluding many bits of shell. 

 1141. Adult. Sing Sing, N. Y. October 18, 1885. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 



Animal matter, 10 per cent; vegetable. 75; gravel, etc., 10; indeterminate, 5. 

 Stomach Avell filled. 



Contents. Fragments of acorns or chestnuts ; about 50 seeds of poison su- 

 mach ; remains of various insects ; skin and pulp of a few berries. 

 1515. Watkins, N. Y. October 20, 1885; 8. 45 a. m. H. C. Griswold. 



Animal matter, 25 per cent.; vegetable, 25; gravel, etc., 50. Stomach about 

 half full. 



Contents. Fragments of seeds, one of which appears 'to be that of a squash or 

 melon ; a little unidentifiable vegetable matter ; remains of insects : sand 

 and gravel. 

 3940. Male. Rockville, Conn. October 22, 1886. H. K. James. 



Animal matter, 60 per cent; vegetable, 35: gravel, etc., 5. Stomach full. 



Contents. Remains of some large seed, possibly corn or beans of some kind; 

 large quantity of insect remains, mainly grasshoppers ; small quantity of 

 gravel, mostly bits of quartz, but one fair-sized garnet 

 4080. Male. East Hartford, Conn. October 22, 1886 ; noon. C. C. Hanmer. 



Animal matter, 2 per cent; vegetable, 96 ; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach full. 



Contents. Remains of acorns or chestnuts almost entirely, and mainly with- 

 out any bits of shell ; a small amount of insect fragments in very small 

 bits ; a few pieces of charcoal, and a very little sand. 

 1460. Male. Redford, Mich. October 26, 1885 ; 7 a.- m. (Killed over corn-field.) 



William J. Muldragh. 



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

 full. 



Contents. Mainly fragments of the pulp or flesh of some nut or berry, pos- 

 sibly acorns ; 2 grape seeds ; 3 small pebbles, no sand ; no insect remains ; 

 no traces of corn. 



1201. Male. Washington, D. C. October 30, 1885 ; 4 p. m. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 

 Animal matter, trace ; vegetable, 89 per cent; gravel, etc., 5 ; indeterminate, 5. 



Stomach well filled. 



Contents. Twenty or thirty kernels of corn in fragments ; 21 stones of flower- 

 ing dogwood (Cornusflorida); 125 seeds of poison ivy; sand and gravel; 

 and what appears to be fine mud ; no trace of insect remains. 



1202. Female. Washington, D. C. October 30, 1885 ; 4 p. m. Dr. C. Hart Merriarn. 

 Animal matter, 1 per cent ; vegetable, 94 ; gravel, etc., 5. Stomach full. 

 Contents. About 40 seeds of Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia); 



about 50 seeds of grapes ( Vitis), at least 2 species ; about 20 seeds of poison 

 ivy, 1 of poison sumach, and 30 more unidentified ; pulps and skins of 

 grapes and other fruit ; bits of sea-weed, grass, and unrecognizable vege- 

 table matter ; a few bits of insects ; sand, gravel, 2 or 3 bits of mollusk 

 shell, and single, worn claw of crayfish. ^ 



1250. Female. Washington, D. C. November 14, 1885; 11.30 a. m. Dr. A. K. 

 Fisher. 



Animal matter, 8 per cent; vegetable, 90 ; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach full. 



Contents. Nine seeds of Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis'); 12 stones of flower- 

 ing dogwood (Cornus florida) ; fragments of about 5 kernels of corn ; a 

 few hairs of a small mammal (probably mouse) ; 1 very small gasteropod 

 shell ; bones of the head of a small fish ; minute fragments of one insect 

 2301. Adult Washington, D. C. November 7, 1886 ; 4.30 p. m. H. W. Henshaw. 



Animal matter, 10 per cent; vegetable, 65; gravel, etc., 20; indeterminate, 5. 

 Stomach full. 



