392 BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



1334. Female. Washington, D. C. March 16, 1886; 4 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

 Animal matter, 98 per cent. ; vegetable, trace ; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach about 



one-third full. 



Contents. A mass of meat and sinews, doubtless carrion ; a very few small 

 bits of coal and sand, and one or two bits of egg-shell (hen's); a very few 

 vegetable fibers, perhaps of grass ; no insects. 



1335. Male, Washington, D. C. March 16, 1886 ; 4 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 

 Animal matter, 75 per cent ; vegetable, 5 ; gravel, etc., 20. Stomach about 



one-third full. 



Contents. Shreds of meat, and strips and small sheets of animal membrane; 

 not identifiable, doubtless carrion; a few bits of grass and woody fiber; 

 particles of sand and pebbles, and numerous small pieces of egg shell 

 (hens), together with fragments of a mussel shell ( Unio ?), and 2 small 

 bones, apparently mammalian, but discolored and probably taken as 

 gravel; no insects. 



1336. Washington, D. C. March 16, 1886 ; 4 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 



Animal matter, 5 per cent ; vegetable, 75 ; gravel, etc., 5; indeterminate, 15. 

 Stomach about half lull. 



Contents. Mainly remnants of oats with the hulls, and corn in fine pieces ; a 

 little meat fiber ; a few downy feathers ; 3 or four unknown seeds; some 

 sand and gravel and bits of egg shell (hen's) ; no insects. 



657. Female. Immature. Sing Sing, N. Y. September 10, 1885; 6.30 a. m. Dr. 

 A. K. Fisher. 



Animal matter, C ; vegetable, 100. Stomach half full. 



Contents. Fragments of oats, pieces of acorns or chestnuts ; unrecognizable 



vegetable matter ; no traces of animal matter. 

 2529. Male. Washington, D. C., November 1, 1886. F. A. Lucas. 



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

 two-thirds full. 



Contents. Seeds, pulp, and skins of about 20 poke-berries (Phytolacca decan- 

 dra) ; remains of two or three grasshoppers, and perhaps other insects ; 

 no gravel. 

 2284. Male. Washington, D. C., November 1, 1886; 3 p. m. F. A. Lucas. 



Animal matter, 65 per cent ; vegetable, 30 ; gravel, etc., 5. Stomach well filled. 



Contents. Five grape seeds, pieces of grape skins, many fragments of grass- 

 hoppers (and otner insects?), a little sand, bits of egg shell, one scale from 

 shell of tortoise, probably all taken as gravel. 

 2302. Female. Washington, D. C., November 7, 1886; 4.30 p. m. H. W. Henshaw, 



Animal matter, 35 percent ; vegetable, 65 ; gravel, etc., 0. Stomach well filled. 



Contents. Seeds and skins of about 20 small grapes, apparently " frostgrapes" 



(Vitis cordifolia) ; about 130 seeds of poke-berry {Phytolacca) ; heads, 



wings, and legs of several grasshoppers ; no gravel or sand except one 



small piece of mica. 



2583. Male. Washington, D. C., November 19, 1886; 9.30 a. m. William Dutcher. 



Animal matter, 50 per cent ; vegetable, 50; gravel, etc., 0. Stomach nearly 

 empty. 



Contents. Three seeds of poke-berry and one or more skins of same; 3 seeds 



of red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) ; no insect remains ; no gravel. 

 1310. Male. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-05 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 



Animal matter, 1 per cent; vegetable, 96: gravel, etc., 3. Stomach about 

 half full. 



Contents. Two or three grains of wheat, and many fragments of this or other 

 grain ; 2 seeds of Virginia juniper ; many fragments of some black, bony 

 seed, looking much like ground coffee ; 2 or 3 small "pin feathers" still 

 inclosed in the sheath except at tip ; many small fragments of egg-shell 

 (hen's) ; a very little sand, and 1 bit of stone ; no trace of insect remains. 



