336 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [June, 
FRINGILLIDZ. 
Passer domesticus (nestlings), 3. 
There is no record of a refusal by this bird. The toad is supposed 
to be protected by acrid secretions of glands in the skin. 
RvUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (Archilochus colubris) — 
Rejected: 
Small Aphide. 
«  Jasside. 
“  Culicide. 
“Other Diptera. 
Halticine. 
Araneida. 
The leaf hoppers (Jasside), small flies (Diptera), flea-beetles 
(Halticine), and spiders (Araneida), at least, are common articles in 
the natural diet of this species. 
Buvesay (Cyanocitta cristata) °— 
Accepted: 
CHETOPODA. 
Earthworms, 7. 
Isopopa. 
Oniscus asellus, 6. 
CHILOPODA. 
Lithobius sp., 2. 
Julus sp., 2. 
EPHEMERIDA. 
, Adults, many. 
ORTHOPTERA. 
ACRIDIIDE. 
Dissosteira carolina, 1. 
COLEOPTERA. 
CaARABIDE. 
Agonoderus pallipes (pale yellow and black), 1. 
Anisodactylus discoideus (black and brownish-yellow), 2. 
“ rusticus (brownish-black), 2. 
Calosoma scrutator (metallic green, red, and blue), 1. 
Chlenius sp., 1. 
Galerita janus (black and reddish-brown), 2. 
Harpalus caliginosus (black), 1. 
86 Partial account in Yearbook U.S. Dept. Agr., 1896 (1897), pp. 205, 206. 
