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BULLETIN 868, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table IV. — List of items identified in the food contained in 2,626 starling stomachs 

 examined, and the number of stomachs in which each was found. 1 



ANIMAL MATTER. 



COLEOPTERA (GENTTLNA) (BEETLES). 



Unidentified adults 



Unidentified larvae 



Cicindelidcc (tiger beetles): 



Cicindela purpurea 



Cieindela repanda 



Cicindela punctulata 



Cicindela sp 



Cicindela sp. , larvae 



Carabidae (ground beetles): 



Unidentified 



Unidentified larvae 



Omophron americanum 



Carabus sylvosus 



Carabus serratus 



Carabus vinctus 



Carabus nemoralis 



Carabus sp 



Calosoma sayi '.. 



Calosoma calidum 



Calosoma sp 



Elaphrus fuliginosus , 



Elapbrus sp 



Scarites subterraneus 



Scarites sp 



Bembidium versicolor 



Bembidium quadrimaculatum 



Bembidium sp 



Patrobus longicornis 



Pterosticbus sayi 



Pterosticbus lucublandus 



Pterostichus patruelis 



Pterostichus sp 



E varthrus sigillatus 



Evartlirus sp 



Amara avida 



Amara pennsylvanica 



Amara impuncticollis 



Amara basillaris 



Amara fallax 



Amara musculus 



Amara sp 



Dicaelus elongatus 



Dicaelus sp 



Platynus cupripennis 



Platynus nutans 



Platynus placidus 



Platynus crenistriatus 



Platynus sp 



Casnonia pennsylvanica 



Casnonia sp 



Galerita janus 



Galerita sp 



Lebia grandis 



Lebia sp 



Cymindis pilosa 



Cymindis sp 



Chlaenius tricolor 



Chlaenius tomentosus 



Chlaenius sp 



Anomoglossus emarginat u:; 



1 A total of at least 494 specifically different 



106 

 137 



1 

 1 

 9 

 20 

 1 



729 

 3 

 1 

 1 

 4 



12 

 2 



11 

 1 



19 

 8 

 1 

 1 



22 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 3 

 2 

 4 

 121 

 2 



&3 

 3 

 2 

 3 



21 

 1 

 3 

 1 

 2 

 131 

 1 



20 



46 

 1 

 1 

 9 



15 



38 



32 

 1 

 4 

 1 

 1 

 8 

 9 

 2 



72 



103 



1 



Coleoptee a— Continued. 



Carabidee— Continued. 



Cratacanthus dubius 11 



Agonoderus pallipes 3 



Agonoderus testaceus 1 



Agonoderus sp 5 



Harpalus dichrous 1 



Harpalus erraticus 1 



Harpalus caliginosus 144 



Harpalus faunus 9 



Harpalus pennsylvanicus 82 



Harpalus compar 18 



Harpalus erythropus 6 



Harpalus berbivagus 2 



Harpalus sp 318 



Selenophorus pedicularius . . '. 1 



Stenolophus conjunctus 5 



Stenolopbus sp 2 



Anisodactylus rusticus 89 



Anisodactylus carbonarius 1 



Anisodactylus baltimorensis 3 



Anisodactylus lugubris 1 



Anisodactylus sp 224 



Dytiscidae (predacious diving beetles): 



Agabus disintegratus 1 



HydrophilidEe (water scavenger beetles): 



Tropisternus glaber 2 



Tropisternus sp 1 



Philhydrus sp 1 



Sphseridium scarabaeoides 21 



Cercyon unipunctatum 1 



Cercyon sp 1 



Cryptopleurum minutum 1 



Silphidfo (carrion beetles): 



Unidentified 1 



Necrophorus sp 3 



Silpha surinamensis 1 



Silpha noveboracensis 3 



Silpha americana 1 



Silpha sp 4 



Staph ylinidae (rove beetles): 



Unidentified 155 



Quedius molocblnus 1 



Staphylinus maculosus 29 



Staph ylinus mysticus 9 



Staphylinus sp 58 



Philonthus politus 1 



Philonthus hepaticus 1 



Philonthus fusiformr- 1 



Philonthus micans 1 



Philonthus sp 14 



Stenus sp 3 



Cryptobium sp t 2 



Hosperobium sp 1 



Pacdorus littorarius 2 



Scaphidiidfe (shining fungus beetles;: 



P.iocerasp 1 



Coccinellidm (ladybugs): 



Unidentified adults 18 



Unidentified larvse 1 



Megilla maculata 5 



food items have been found in the food of the starling. 



