158 BEACH GRASS 



amounting in bulk to 662 cubic centimeters of 

 material after the pellets were broken up into 

 their composite parts. This I sent on to the 

 Biological Survey at Washington and received 

 from Mr. Nelson, Chief of the Survey, the fol- 

 lowing report : "The examination of crow roost 

 material sent in by you has been completed by 

 Mr. Kalmbach. It proved to be a most interest- 

 ing lot of pellets containing many more specifi- 

 cally different items than are to be found in simi- 

 lar material from roosts in this vicinity. I am 

 appending herewith the result of this examination 

 The numbers connected with the more abundant 

 seeds are approximate, as they were secured by 

 carefully counting the seeds in a portion of the 

 material and then multiplying to get the total. 



Insects 



1 Sphseroderus lecontei (Ground beetle) 



Trace of another carabid 



Traces of two other unknown beetles 

 3 Hypera punctata (clover-leaf weevil) 

 1 Sphenophorus sp. (bill-bug) 

 1 Rhodobsenus tridecimpunctatus (bill-bug) 



