FOOD HABITS OF SHOAL-WATER DUCKS. 



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Table I. — Items of vegetable food identified in the stomachs of the ducks treated in this 

 bulletin and the number of stomachs in which found — Continued. 



Kind of food. 



Gad- 

 wall. 



Bald- 

 pate. 



Green- 

 winged 

 teal. 



Blue- 

 winged 

 _ teal. 



Cinna- 

 mon 

 teal. 



Pin- 

 tail. 



Wood 

 duck. 



Total number of stomachs examined 



417 



255 



653 



1 

 19 



319 



41 



790 



413 



Subkingdom SPERMATOPHYTA— Continued. 

 Umbelliferae. 



Apium sp. (wild parsley) 





Hydrocotyle sp. (water pennywort) 



3 





12 



2 





3 

 7 

 1 

 3 



44 



Centella asiatica (marsh pennywort) 



















5 











Cornaceae. 



Ourmut am.nm.um. (kinnildnnik'l 











3 

















3 





1 



1 



2 









1 











9 

















2 















1 



11 



Ericaceae. 









2 













2 



1 





1 



7 









1 







1 



Styracaceae. 



Styrax grandifolia (storax) 









1 



Styrax sp. (storax) 















7 



Oleaceae. 



Fraxinus americana (white ash) 















r 



Fraxinus sp. (ash) 















i 







. 











31 



Gentianaceae. 







2 







2 



1 



8 



28 





Asclepiadaceae. 



Asclepias sp. (milkweed) 





1 



2 

 .3 









Convolvulaceae. 



Cuscuta sp. (dodder) 



2 

 1 



19 



47 

 1 



11 

 16 



2 



1 



Boraginaceae. 



Heliotropium indicum (wild heliotrope) 



v^erbenaceae. 



22 





1 





3 



11 





1 

 1 

 5 

 1 



1 

 1 



1 











Lippia sp. (fog-fruit) 





1 



22 



13 





7 









Labiatae. 





























Mentha sp. fmintl 







2 



5 

 5 

 5 









Solanaceae. 



Solanum sp. (night shade) 















Scrophulariaceae. 











1 





Plantaginaceae. 



Plantago sp. (plantain) 







1 







