ECONOMIC VALUE OF BIRDS TO THE STATE. 59 



" Number of Eggs of the Fall Canker-worm Found in the Stomachs of Chickadees. 



EGGS. 



No. I, - - ... 273 



2, 261 



3, - - 216 



4, - - 278 



making in all 1,028 eggs found in the stomachs of four birds. Four birds killed 

 later in the season had eaten the female imagos of the spring canker-worm {Palea- 

 crita vernatd), as follows : 



MOTHS. 



"No. I, - - 41 



2, - - - 18 



3, - - 27 



4, - .- 19 



making a total of 105. In No.s. 2, 3 and 4 of the last table there were a large 

 number of eggs also. It is safe to say that there were 150 eggs in each stomach, in 

 addition to the female moths eaten. 



" Mr. Bailey carefully counted the eggs in the ovaries of twenty of these female 

 moths, with the following result : 



No. I, - 158 



2, - 272 



3, - 127 



4, - - 184 



5, - "3 



6, 13s 



7, - - 140 

 8 220 



n - 200 



y> 



10, - 130 



11, - III 



12, 160 



13, ^93 



14, ^31 



15, - "^' 



16, - - - - 242 



i7> ■ - "^ 



18, .-...- 281 



19, - - - - 192 



20, - .... 217 



