﻿FOOD HABITS OF THE VIBEOS 



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"Table 3. — List of items of vegetable food identified in stomachs of vireos and the 

 number of stomachs in which found ^ 



Kind of food 



Red- 

 eyed 



Phila- 

 delphia 



War- 

 bling 



Yellow- 

 throated 



Blue- 

 headed 



White- 

 eyed 



Hutton 



Bell 



Total number of stomachs exam- 

 ined 



653 



84 



356 



ifin 



329 



229 



77 



63 









Unidentified vegetable matter 







5 













Anthers of unidentified flower.. . . 



1 















Unidentified bud scales 



2 



4 

 7 

 3 



2 



2 



2 

 _. 



5 







TJnidentified woody galls 



6 

 36 

 4 



2 

 2' 





TTnidentified fruit sldns, . 



1 



X 



Unidentified seeds and seed pods .. 



1 



Pinaceae: 



Juniperussp— - 









1 





Gramineae: 



Digitaria ischaemum (small 

 crab grass).- 



1 















Digitaria sanguinale (large erab 

 grassj 















2 



Setaria glauca (yellow foxtail) .. 



1 

 1 

















Zea mays (maize) 

















Xfiliaceae: 



Smilax sp. (greenbrier) 









1 

 









Myricaeeae: 



jVIyrica carolinensis (bayberry) . 



5 

 3 



1 



1 





24 







TJrticaceae: 



Morus alba (white mulberry) 









Morus rubra (red mulberry) 











1 







Polygonaceae: 



Polygonum convolvulus (black 

 bindweed). .. 















1 



Polygonum sp. (smartweed) . _ . 













1 







Chenopodiaceae: 



Chenopodiumsp. Gamb's quar- 

 ters) 









1 









Amaranthaceae: 



-Amaranthus sp. (pigweed) 



1 

 1 



2 



6 



7 



1 



1 



1 



11 

 1 



] 



1 



1 













1 



Phytolaccaceae: 



Phytolacca decandra (poke- 

 weed) 





3 



1 





1 







Magnohaceae: 



Magnolia foetida (evergreen 

 magnoHa). 







Lauraceae: 



Sassafras variifolium (sassafras) 







1 











Benzoin ae.stivale (spicebush) 















Sa.xifragaeeae: 



Ribes sp. (currant) 











1 







Rosaceae: 



Pyrus arbutifolia (chokeberry). 

 Amelanehier sp. (shadbush) 







































7 







Rosa sp. (rose; 



2 













Prunus pennsylvanica (fire 

 cherry).. 















Prunus serotina (black cherry). 

 Prunus virginiana (choke- 

 cherrv) 































Prunus' sp. (cherrv) 





1 













Butaceae: 



Xanthoxylum amerlcanura 

 (prickly ash) 



1 















Anacardiaceae: 



Rhm fliversiloba (western su- 

 mac) 





1 













Rhus glabra (smooth sumac) 











1 

 9 







Rhus toxicodendron (poison 

 ivy) 















1 



Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac) 

 Rhus sp. (sumac) 



2 



. 1 









1 





4 



8 

 1 



6 





Arjuifoliaceae: 



Ilex vomitoria (youpon) 











Celftstraceae: 



Celastrua scandens (bltter- 













Rhamnaceae: 



Berchemla scandens (supple- 

 jack) 









1 









' See footnote to Table 2, p, 28. 



