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FIG. 5. Photograph of twelve pair of mandibles of the common cricket (Gryllus sp.) 

 taken from the stomach of a western meadowlark collected in a grain field at El 

 Toro, Orange County, California, April 18, 1911. (Original.) 



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FIG. 6. Photograph of stomach contents of a western meadowlark collected at Big 

 Pine, Inyo County, California, April 19, 1911. The stomach contained 13 cut- 

 worms, 26 elaterid beetles (Drasterius sp. ), and ten small ground beetles. 

 ( Original. " 



