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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 — Continued. 



VEGETABLE MATTER— Continued. 



Polygonacese— Continued. 



Polygonum pennsylvanicum (smart- 

 weed ) 



Polygonum persicaria (smartweed) 



Polygonum sp. (smartweed) 



Chenopodiacese: 



Chenopodium sp. (pigweed) 



Amaranthacere: 



Amaranthus sp. (amaranth) 



Aizoaceae: 



Mollugo verticillata (Indian ehickweed). 

 Phytolaccaceae: 



Phytolacca decandra (pokeweed) 



Caryophyllacese: 



Silene media (chickweed) 



Berberidacea?: 



Berberis vulgaris (barberry) 



Berberis sp. (barberry) 



Lauraceae: 



Sassafras sassafras (sassafras) 



Brassicacere: 



Brassica sp. (mustard) 



G rossulariacese: 



Ribes sp. (currant) 



Rosacese: 



Fragaria sp. (strawberry) 



Rubus sp. (blackberry) 



Halaceae: 



Sorbus sp. (mountain ash) 



Amelanchier sp. (June berry) 



Malus sp. (cultivated apple) 



Pyrus sp. (cultivated pear) 



Amygdalacete: 



Prunus serotina (wild black cherry) 



Prunus virginiana (chokecherry) 



Prunus maritima (beach plum) 



Prunus sp. ( cultivated cherry) 



Prunus sp. (wild cherry) 



Cassiaceae: 



Gleditsia triacanthos (honey locust) 



1 

 2 



45 

 3 



207 



18 



1 



469 

 62 



Pabaceae: 



Trifolium sp. (clover) 3 



Robinia pseudacacia (locust) 2 



Anacardiacese: 



Rhus glabra (smooth sumac) 32 



Rhus copallina (dwarf sumac) 1 



Rhus radicans (poison ivy) 89 



Rhus vernix (poison oak) 1 



Rhus sp. (sumac) 266 



Aquifoliaceae: 



Ilex verticillata (black alder) 2 



Celastraceae: 



Celastrus scandens (bittersweet) " 4 



Vitaceae: 



Psedera quinque folia (Virginia creeper). 



Ampelopsis sp. (?) (ampelopsis) 



Vitis sp. (grape) 



Cornacese: 



Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) 



Cornus amomum (kinnikinnik) 



Cornus asperifolia (rough-leaved dog 

 wood) 



Cornus paniculata (panicled dogwood) . . 



Cornus sp. (dogwood) 



Nyssa sylvatica (sour gum) 



Ericaceae: 



Gaylussacia frondosa (huckleberry) 



Gaylussacia baccata (huckleberry) 



Gaylussacia sp. (huckleberry) 



Vaccinium sp. (blueberry) 



Solanaceae: 



Solanum sp. (nightshade) 



Plantaginaceae: 



Plantago lanceolata (ribgrass) 



Plantago sp. (plantain) 



Caprifoliaceac: 



Viburnum sp. (arrowwood) 



Sambucus canadensis (elder) 1.48 



Compositse: 



Ambrosia artemisiifolia (ragweed) 29 



Taraxacum taraxacum (dandelion) 4 



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