APPENDIX, 391 



Contents. Mainly kernels of corn whole or in fragments, and the hulls of 

 same ; bits of the shell of acorns arid a few bits of the kernel of same ; 4 

 seeds of poison ivy ; 1 seed of bind-weed (Polygonum ?); about 100 very 

 small, black seeds ; a very few fragments of insects ; a very little gravel or 

 sand. 



1316. Female. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. H. W. Henshaw. 

 Animal matter, 3 per cent. ; vegetable, 72; gravel, etc., 25. Stomach about 



half full. 



Contents. A few bits of corn and hulls of same ; pieces of grass and ver}' 

 fine vegetable debris, part of it apparently the shell of some bony seed; 

 4 or 5 small beetle^, and minute portions of hard parts of others ; sand 

 and gravel ; small tuft of mammal's hair, probably of cat or dog; frag- 

 ments of one or more legs of crayfish ; eight or ten kernels of wild rice 

 (Zizania aquatica); 2 unknown seeds. 



1317. Female. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. H. W. Henshaw. 

 Animal matter, 2 per cent. ; vegetable, 83 ; gravel, etc., 15. Stomach about 



three-fourths full. 



Contents. Mainly pieces of corn and hulls of same ; 123 seeds of poison ivy ; 

 a little fine vegetable matter not determined ; minute pieces of the hard 

 parts of insects ; gravel and fine sand form about 15 per cent of the en- 

 tire contents. 

 2528. Male. Washington, D. C. December 25, 1886. F. A. Lucas. 



Animal matter, 5 percent. ; vegetable, 50; gravel, etc., 25; indeterminate, 20. 

 Stomach well filled. 



Contents. Remains of acorns, chestnuts, and similar material, in small pieces ; 

 about 20 per cent, of other vegetable material, similar in color, but like 

 fine mud, and probably part vegetable and part sand; bones of a small 

 fish, forming 4 or 5 per cent, of contents ; a single leg of some insect, and 

 2 or 3 other minute insect fragments ; gravel, consisting mainly of mother- 

 of-pearl and fine sand. 

 4117. Female. East Hartford, Conn. December 15, 1886; 10 a. m. C. C. Hanrner. 



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

 Stomach well filled. 



Contents. Remains of acorns, both shells and " meat ;" a few bits of thorn- 

 apple (Cratcegus) but no seeds; bits of grass and finally divided vegetable 

 matter ; a considerable amount of fine, dark hair, probably of mouse ; 

 perhaps 5 per cent of insect remains ; a large amount of pebbles and 

 sand ; about 5 per cent, of fine "mud" not determined. 



RESULTS IN DETAILS OF THE EXAMINATION OF STOMACHS OF THE FISH CROW 



(Corvus ossifragus). 



1332. Male. Washington, D. C. March 16, 1886 ; 4 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

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

 Contents. Eleven seeds of cat-brier (/Smilax glauca) ; 2 seeds of sour gum 



(Nyssa multiflora}; a few bits of corn and many hulls, together with other 

 fibrous vegetable matter ; 2 small masses of animal fiber, apparently flesh 

 ' of some mammal ; single feather, probably of chicken ; a very little sand, 

 etc. ; no insect remains. 



1333. Female. Washington, D. C. March 16, 1886 ; 4 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

 Animal matter, 10 per cent. ; vegetable, 88; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach about 



half full. 



Contents. Two or three kernels of corn, and hulls of more, with some other 

 vegetable matter ; bone of some mammal (probably taken with gravel); 2 

 or 3 feathers, kind not determined ; among the gravel was a bit of shell 

 (of Unio?) and several bits of egg-shell (hen's); no insects. 



