390 BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



130J. Male. Washington, D. C. December 19, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 



Animal matter, trace; vegetable, 75 per cent ; gravel, etc., 24. Stomach well 

 filled. 



Contents. "Mast" (i. e., acorns, chestnuts and similar material), and large 

 quantities of the epidermis of some grain, perhaps corn ; 68 seeds of poison 

 ivy; large amount of sand, gravel, etc. ; minute fragments of insects. 



1302. Male. Washington, D. C. December 19, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

 Animal matter, 1 per cent. ; vegetable, 85 ; gravel, etc., 14. Stomach well filled. 

 Contents. Fragments of many kernels of corn, and two entire kernels ; about 



15 seeds of common sumach ; 30 seeds of poison ivy ; sand, gravel, and 5 or 



6 good-sized bits of mother-of-pearl ; a few small fragments of insects, and 

 one insect nearly entire. 



1303. Female. Washington, D. C. December 19, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

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

 Contents. About 20 whole kernels of corn, and fragments of as many more ; 



7 seeds of grape ; about 60 seeds of common sumach ; 5 seeds of poison ivy ; 

 gravel, coal and sand ; a few remains of insects. 



1304. Male. Washington, D. C. December 19, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

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



two-thirds full. 



Contents. About 10 entire kernels of corn (without skins), and as much more 

 in fragments ; 2 seeds of poison ivy ; gravel, and bits of coal ; about 5 per 

 cent, of insect remains. 



1311. Male. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

 Animal matter, 10 per cent. ; vegetable, 60 ; gravel, etc., 30. Stomach full. 

 Contents. Particles of wheat or corn, 3 or 4 kernels in all ; 100 seeds of com- 

 mon sumach ; remains of sea-weeds and other vegetable matter; remains 

 of a few small crustaceans (perhaps isopods) ; fragments of mussel shell 

 with parts of the mussel attached ; minute pieces of insects ; considerable 

 sand, and many pebbles. 



1312. Male. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

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

 Contents. One kernel of corn nearly entire, pieces of several more, and a 



large amount of hulls and other vegetable debris ; 20 or 25 seeds of harm- 

 less sumach, apparently of two species ; remains of a small crab or cray- 

 fish ; 10 or 12 small bones of a fish; numerous remains of insects (grass- 

 hopper legs, etc.), and pieces of rnyriapods ; sand, gravel, and pebbles, 

 with 1 or 2 bits of shell. 



1313. Male. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. H. W. Henshaw. 

 Animal matter, 1 per cent. ; vegetable, 15 ; gravel, etc., 70 ; indeterminate, 14. 



Stomach full. 



Contents. Seeds and gravel mainly, with a little mud and fine vegetable ref- 

 use ; traces of insects in addition to 2 or 3 small beetles entire ; about forty 

 seeds of common sumach, and about 80 of poison ivy ; a few small bits of 

 some grain, in all equal to about two kernels of wheat Among the gravel 

 was a small, worn, crayfish claw. 



1314. Male. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. H. W. Henshaw. 

 Animal matter, 10 per cent ; vegetable, 60 ; gravel, etc., 30. Stomach full. 

 Contents. Pieces of corn, perhaps 4 or 5 kernels in all ; bits of grass, hulls, 



vegetable fiber of various kinds, and considerable fine " mud," apparently 

 all vegetable ; 6 or 8 pieces of the carapace of a crayfish ; fragments of mus- 

 sel shell ( Unio ?); many small bones of common mouse (Mus musculus), 

 with some of the teeth ; many fragments of insects, much comminuted ; 

 sand, gravel, charcoal, and one or two imperfect snail shells. 



1315. Male. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. H. W. Henshaw. 

 Animal matter, 1 per cent ; vegetable, 97 ; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach well 



filled. 



