THE CROW AND ITS RELATION TO MAN". 



11 



Table I. — Number of crow stomachs available for this investigation, arranged to 

 show locality and month in which collected. 





Adults. 



Nestlings. 



State. 



U 



a 



Ha 



3 



o 

 3 



ft 

 <! 



>> 





3 



Ha 



So 



3 



ft 

 « 

 OQ 



•J. 

 a> 



o 



~o 



C 



1 

 O 



% 



S 



o 



02 



o 



ft 





§ 



3 



t-5 



•X) 



"o3 



5' 



o 



Eh 





1 



1 



i 



2 



1 







2 



4 



2 





1 



15 



1 



6 



100 



44 



2 



58 



13 



24 



20 



20 



102 



9 



19 



12 



199 



37 



34 



4 



4 



55 



4 



6 



1 



160 



124 



48 



8 



26 



1 



11 



44 



1 



4 



3 



6 



3 



46 



1 



64 



1 



1 







1 





1 













1 



3 

 12 



2 

 6 

 3 









1 



29 



.... 



1 



3. 



1 

 3 



7 

















5 



21 

 1 



14 



1 



14 

 11 



1 

 4 



:: a 





3 





3 









2 















3 

 1 

 1 



13 



6 



8 

 2 

 2 

 1 



3 

 1 

 5 

 1 

 1 

 8 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 3 

 3 

 5 



4 

 4 



1 



1 



1 





2 



4 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 4 

 2 



2 



18 



25 



66 



4 



9=1 













3 

 6 

 3 

 3 



1 

 3 



3 

 1 



4 



2 





6 





6 













4 



47 



5 

 6 



2 

 23 



1 

 1 



n~ 



9 

 309 



3 



11 



T> 





2 



5 



4 



337 









6 



3 



2 



1 



51 



4 



6 



1 

 7 

 44 

 15 

 5 

 2 

 1 

 23 









1 



9, 













3 

 16 

 3 

 2 

 2 













8 

 15 



7 



8 





7 

 1 



12 



1 



14 

 3 

 11 



7 



10 



1 



4 

 2 



5 

 3 



29 





146 



161 





7 







3 





29 



9Q 

























1 

 3 





2 





















8 



21 







5 • 53 



4 



62 









1 

 1 





3 

















1 







1 



3 















1 



4 





















2 

 1 



46 

 18 



2 



4 







2 

 9 



"T 



3 



10 



101 



18 













17 



35 



3 



5 



4 



i(5 20 





48 













2 



2 

 6 



1 



"~5~ 



3 

 1 













Ohio . . . 











14 















1 



















5 



5 





1 

 1 



2 



16 



2 



7 







1 















8 



5 

 1 



2 











4 



4 























2 











2 























1 



1 



1 



















2 





1 











2 



1 















2 

 3 











1 





24 



1 



*>5 





20 



4 



1 





3 



1 



5 



1 



1 



12 



2 



6 

















4 



1 



7 



12 



9 

 1 



2 



3 



5 



5 



3 



1 



....! 8 





8 



























~57~ 











Totals by months. 



127 



69, 



132 



89 



1S7 



203 



100 



42 



75 



177 



72 



1,340 



48 



657 



73 



778 



Total adults, 1,340. Total nestlings, 778. Grand total, 2,118. 



FOOD OF ADULT CROWS. 



Animal Food. 



Animal food forms only 28.14 per cent of the yearly sustenance of 

 the adult crow, but economically it exceeds in importance the vege- 

 table portion. The assumption that the crow is primarily carnivorous 

 and that the vegetable matter eaten is taken more from necessity 

 than choice appears to be correct. Much of the vegetable food is of 

 no economic importance, while there is little of the animal portion 

 that is not intimately connected with the interests of man. The 

 greatest proportion of animal food is consumed in May (52.41 per 



