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BOBWHITE AND OTHEB QUAILS OF UNITED STATES. 



eaten at a meal may suggest the value of the bird as a weed destroyer. 

 As many as 200 to 300 smartweed seeds, 500 seeds of red sorrel, and 

 700 seeds of ■ three-seeded mercury have been taken at a meal. Crops 

 pnd stomachs crammed with nothing but ragweed seeds a.re often 

 found. A bird shot November 6, 1902, at Marshall Hall, had eaten 

 1,000 ragweed akenes; another killed there the previous November 

 had eaten as many seeds of crab grass. Birds shot in Mecklenburg 

 County, Va., contained about 2,000 leguminous seeds, mainly tick- 

 trefoil, and various kinds of bush clover. A bird shot in October, 

 1902, at Pine Brook, N. J., had eaten 5,000 seeds of green foxtail 

 grass, and one killed on Christmas day, 1901, at Kinsale, Va., had 

 taken about 10,000 pigweed seeds. 



LIST OF WEED SEEDS EATEN. 



The list of seeds eaten, excluding mast and pine seeds, is as follows : 



Slender jiaspalum {Paspaliiiii seta- 



ceiini). 

 Slender finger grass (Simtlierisma flli- 



foniiis). 

 Crab grass {Hynlheri.ima saiifliiinalis). 

 Barnyard grass {Echiiiochlfjii rnis- 



galll). 

 Barbed panieuni (Panicum harhnla- 



t II III). 

 Snitch grass, tall smooth panicuni 



(Paiiiciiiii fiif/atuiii). 

 Spreading panicuui {Panicuni prolif- 



criiiii). 

 Witch grass {Panicinn capiUare). 

 Yellow foxtail (Chirtocliloa gliiiica). 

 Green foxtail (Chrrtocfiloa ririiUs). 

 Timothy (PliJewn prateiise). 

 Sheathed rush grass (Sporoholus vagi- 



iia'florux). 

 Slender si)ike grass (Uvioln la.ra). 

 Wild rice {Zuania aqiiatica). 

 Xut grass (Ci/prniK rotiiiifhis). 

 Rush (Scirpiisf). 

 Sedge (Care.r sp. ). 

 TnssDck sedge (Career stricia). 

 Skunk cabbage {Spatligeiiia faetiOa). 

 Red sorrel (Riinie.r acetonella) . 

 Curled dock (Riiine.i- crispiis). 

 Pale jiersicaria {Perslcaria lopatlii- 



folia). 

 Pennsylvania persicaria (Pemicurhi 



liciinftyJraiiicn). 

 Smartweed ( Perxiciiria hgilirjpiper). 

 Knotweed {Polygonum ariciilure). 



Black bindweed {Polygonum convolvu- 

 lus). 



Climbing false buckwheat {Tiniaria 

 scan(len.<<). 



Lamb's - quarters ( Ghenopodium al- 

 bum). 



Rough pigweed {Amaranthus rclro- 

 flexus). 



Carpet weed {Mollugo verticUlata). 



Corn cockle {Agrostemma githago). 



Chickweed {Alsine media). 



Charlock {Raphanus raplianistrmn) . 



Witch hazel {Hamamelis virginiana) . 



Acacia {Acacia sp.). 



Redbud {Cercis canadensis). 



Sensitive pea {Chamcecrista nictitans). 



Partridge pea {Ghamworista fascicu- 

 lar is). 



Cassia {Cassia sp.). 



Lupine {Lupin us sp. ). 



Clover {Tri folium sp.). 



Trefoil {Lotus sp.). 



Psoralea {Psoralea sp. ). 



Locust {Riihinia pseudacacia) . 



Florida coffee (.SVs6h» macrocarpa). 



Tick-trefoil {Meiboniia nudi flora and 

 M. grandiflora). 



Hairy bush clover {Lespedesa liirta). 



Creeping bush clover {Lespcdeza re- 

 prns). 



Bush clover {Lespcdeza vlohicea). 



.Japan clover {Lespedeza striata). 



Vetch {Ticia sp. ). 



Hog peanut {Falcata comosa). 



