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FOOD HABITS OF THE GROSBEAKS. 
LIST OF SEEDS, FRUITS, OTHER VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES, AND INVERTE- 
BRATES EATEN BY THE ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 
CULTIVATED PLANTS. 
Corn (Zea mays). 
Oats (Arena sativa). 
Wheat (Triticum vulgare). 
Cherry (Prunus cerasus). 
Peas (Pisum sativum). 
WILD FRUITS. 
Mulberry (Morus rubra). 
Pokeberry (Phytolacca decandra). 
Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua). 
Blackberry (Rubus sp.). 
Strawberry (Fragaria sp.). 
Juneberry (Amelanchicr canadensis), 
Red haw (Crataegus sp.). 
Wild red cherry (Prunus 
ranica),. 
Choke cherry (Prunus virginiana). 
pennsyl- 
Wild black cherry (Prunus serotina). 
Redbud (Cercis canadensis), 
Supple-jack (Berchemia scandens). 
Iough-leaved cornel (Cornits asperi- 
folia). 
Checkcrberry 
ben: ). 
Night.uade (Solanum sp.). 
Sweet elder (Saubucus canadensis). 
Ked-berried elder (Nambucus pubens). 
(Gaultheria — proeum- 
BUDS AND FLOWERS. 
Cottonwood (Populus sp.). 
Post oak (Quercus minor). 
WEEDS. 
Green foxtail (Chetochloa viridis). 
Sedge (Carex sp.). 
Knotgrass (Polygonum avriculare), 
Pale persicaria (Polygonum lapathi- 
foliwm). 
Pennsylvania persicaria 
pennsylvanioum). 
Black bindweed (Polygonum convolvu- 
lus). 
(Polygonum 
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Dock (Rumez sp.). 
Pigweed (Amaranthus sp.). 
Ploodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis). 
Wild radish (Raphanus sativus). 
Youch-me-not (Impatiens biflora),. 
Dodder (Cuscuta sp.). 
Blue vervain (Verbena hastata). 
Giant ragweed (Ambrosia trifida). 
COLEOPTERA. 
Ground-beetles (Carabidse) : 
Pasimachus depressus. 
Ladybirds (Coccinellide) : 
Chilocorus bivulnerus, 
Brachyacantha ursina, 
Tiisteridie : 
Hister sp. ; 
Nitidulids : 
Ips fasciatus. 
Click-beetles (Elateride). 
Bronzy wood-borers (Buprestide) . 
Chalcophora virginiensis, 
Dicerca obscura, 
Fireflies (Lampyride) : 
Ellychnia corrusca, 
Photinus pyralis. 
Podabrus tomentosus. 
Telephorus bilineatus. 
Telephorus carolinus. 
Telephorus rotundicollis. 
Lamellicorn beetles (Scarabieide) : 
Aphodius fimetarius. 
Aphodius granarius. 
Aphodius inquinatus, * 
Dichelonycha elongata. 
Lachnosterna sp. 
