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  BOBWHITE 
  AND 
  OTHER 
  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 
  

   and 
  stomachs 
  crammed 
  with 
  nothing 
  but 
  ragweed 
  seeds 
  are 
  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 
  EATEX. 
  

  

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

  

  Slender 
  paspalum 
  {'Paspalum 
  seta- 
  

   ceum). 
  

  

  Slender 
  finger 
  grass 
  (Syntherisma 
  fili- 
  

   form 
  is). 
  

   Crab 
  grass 
  (Syntherisma 
  sanguinalis) 
  . 
  

   Barnyard 
  grass 
  (Hchinochloa 
  crus- 
  

  

  galli). 
  

   Barbed 
  panicum 
  {Panicum 
  barbula- 
  

  

  tum 
  ) 
  . 
  

   Switch 
  grass, 
  tall 
  smooth 
  panicum 
  

  

  {Panicum 
  virgatum) 
  . 
  

   Spreading 
  panicum 
  {Panicum 
  prolif- 
  

  

  erumj. 
  

   Witch 
  grass 
  {Panicum 
  capillarc). 
  

   Yellow 
  foxtail 
  (Chcetochloa 
  glauca). 
  

   Green 
  foxtail 
  (GTiwtochloa 
  riridis). 
  

   Timothy 
  (Phleum 
  pratense). 
  

   Sheathed 
  rush 
  grass 
  {Sporobolus 
  vagi- 
  

  

  nwflorus). 
  

   Slender 
  spike 
  grass 
  (Uniola 
  la.ra). 
  

   vnid 
  rice 
  {Zizania 
  aquatica). 
  

   Nut 
  grass 
  (Gyperus 
  rotundus). 
  

   Rush 
  (Scirpusf). 
  

   Sedge 
  {Carer 
  sp.). 
  

   Tussock 
  sedge 
  {Carer 
  stricta). 
  

   Skunk 
  cabbage 
  (Spathyema 
  fcetida). 
  

   Red 
  sorrel 
  {Rume.r 
  acetosella). 
  

   Curled 
  dock 
  {Rume.r 
  crispus). 
  

   Pale 
  persicaria 
  (Persicaria 
  lopathi- 
  

  

  folia). 
  

   Pennsylvania 
  persicaria 
  {Persicaria 
  

  

  pennsyl 
  runica). 
  

   Smartweed 
  {Persicaria 
  hydropiper). 
  

   Knotweed 
  {Polygonum 
  ariculare). 
  

  

  Black 
  bindweed 
  {Polygonum 
  convolru- 
  

   his). 
  

  

  Climbing 
  false 
  buckwheat 
  (Tiniaria 
  

   scan 
  dens). 
  

  

  Lamb's 
  - 
  quarters 
  (Clienopodium 
  al- 
  

   bum). 
  

  

  Rough 
  pigweed 
  (Amaranthus 
  retro- 
  

   pZexus). 
  

  

  Carpet 
  weed 
  (Mollugo 
  rerticillata) 
  . 
  

  

  Corn 
  cockle 
  {Agrostemma 
  githago). 
  

  

  Chickweed 
  {Alsine 
  media). 
  

  

  Charlock 
  {Raphanus 
  raplianistrum). 
  

  

  Witch 
  hazel 
  {Hamamelis 
  virginiana). 
  

  

  Acacia 
  {Acacia 
  sp.). 
  

  

  Redbud 
  {Cercis 
  canadensis). 
  

  

  Sensitive 
  pea 
  (Ghamcecrista 
  nictitans). 
  

  

  Partridge 
  pea 
  (Cliamwcrista 
  fascicu- 
  

   lar 
  is). 
  

  

  Cassia 
  {Cassia 
  sp.). 
  

  

  Lupine 
  (Lupinus 
  sp.). 
  

  

  Clover 
  (Tri 
  folium 
  sp.). 
  

  

  Trefoil 
  {Lotus 
  sp.). 
  

  

  Psoralea 
  {Psoralea 
  sp.). 
  

  

  Locust 
  {Robinia 
  pseudacacia). 
  

  

  Florida 
  coffee 
  (Sesban 
  macrocarpa) 
  . 
  

  

  Tick-trefoil 
  (Meibomia 
  nudifiora 
  and 
  

   M. 
  grandifiora). 
  

  

  Hairy 
  bush 
  clover 
  (Lespedeza 
  liirta). 
  

  

  Creeping 
  bush 
  clover 
  {Lespedeza 
  re- 
  

   pens). 
  

  

  Bush 
  clover 
  {Lespedeza 
  vlolacea). 
  

  

  Japan 
  clover 
  {Lespedeza 
  striata). 
  

  

  Vetch 
  {Ticia 
  sp.). 
  

  

  Hog 
  peanut 
  {Falcata 
  comosa). 
  

  

  