﻿FOOD 
  HABITS. 
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  Downy 
  niilkpea 
  (Galactia 
  volubilis). 
  Bindweed. 
  (Convolvulus 
  sp.). 
  

  

  Prairie 
  rhynchosia 
  (Dolicholus 
  latifo- 
  Corn 
  gromwell 
  (Lithospermum 
  ar- 
  

  

  lius). 
  vense). 
  

  

  Trailing 
  wild 
  bean 
  (Strophostyles 
  hel- 
  Hoary 
  puccoon 
  (Lithospermum 
  canes- 
  

  

  veola). 
  ecus). 
  

  

  Pink 
  wild 
  bean 
  (Strophostyles 
  umbel- 
  Gromwell 
  {Lithospermum 
  officinale). 
  

  

  lata). 
  Vervain 
  (Verbena 
  stricta). 
  

  

  Crane's 
  bill 
  (Geranium 
  carolinianum 
  ). 
  Bastard 
  pennyroyal 
  (Trichostema 
  

   Yellow 
  sorrel 
  (Oxalis 
  stricta). 
  dichotonium). 
  

  

  Croton 
  (Croton 
  sp.). 
  Ribgrass 
  (Plantago 
  lanceolata) 
  . 
  

  

  Texas 
  croton 
  (Croton 
  te.rensis). 
  Button 
  weed 
  (Diodia 
  teres). 
  

  

  Three-seeded 
  mercury 
  (Acalypha 
  gla- 
  Trumpet 
  creeper 
  (Camps 
  is 
  radicans). 
  

  

  cilens). 
  Orange 
  hawkweed 
  (Hieracium 
  auran- 
  

   Spotted 
  spurge 
  (Euphorbia 
  maculata). 
  tiacum). 
  

  

  Flowering 
  spurge 
  (Euphorbia 
  corol- 
  Marsh 
  elder 
  (Iva 
  ciliata). 
  

  

  lata). 
  Giant 
  ragweed 
  (Ambrosia 
  trifida). 
  

  

  Red 
  maple 
  (Acer 
  rubrum 
  ) 
  . 
  Ragweed 
  (Ambrosia 
  artemis'urfolia). 
  

  

  Box 
  elder 
  (Rulac 
  negundo). 
  Everlasting 
  (Antennaria 
  sp.). 
  

  

  Jewel 
  weed 
  (Impaticns 
  sp. 
  ). 
  Sunflower 
  (Helianthus 
  sp. 
  ). 
  

  

  Sida 
  (Sida 
  spinosa). 
  Common 
  sunflower 
  (Helianthus 
  an- 
  

   Violet 
  (Viola 
  sp.). 
  nuus). 
  

  

  Ash 
  (Fra.rinus 
  sp.). 
  Crownbeard 
  (Verbesina 
  sp.). 
  

  

  Morning 
  glory 
  (Ip&lrnwa 
  sp.). 
  Beggar 
  ticks 
  (Bidens 
  sp.). 
  

  

  Mast 
  and 
  Pine 
  Seeds 
  as 
  Food. 
  

  

  Mast, 
  including 
  acorns 
  of 
  the 
  swamp 
  oak 
  (Quercas 
  palustris), 
  the 
  

   white 
  oak 
  (Q. 
  alba), 
  beechnuts, 
  the 
  blue 
  beech 
  (Garpinus 
  carolini- 
  

   ana). 
  and 
  the 
  chestnut, 
  amounts 
  to 
  2.47 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  

   year. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  pine 
  lands 
  of 
  Florida 
  the 
  bobwhite 
  freely 
  eats 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  

   the 
  long-leaf 
  pine 
  (Pinus 
  palustris). 
  Of 
  the 
  '39 
  birds 
  from 
  Walton 
  

   County 
  (November, 
  December, 
  and 
  January, 
  1902 
  and 
  1903), 
  21 
  had 
  

   their 
  crops 
  and 
  stomachs 
  mainly 
  filled 
  with 
  this 
  nutritious 
  food. 
  

   They 
  had 
  usually 
  clipped 
  off 
  the 
  wings 
  of 
  the 
  samaras 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  

   large 
  seeds. 
  Several 
  crops 
  were 
  full 
  of 
  germinating 
  pine 
  seeds, 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  embryos 
  having 
  cotyledons 
  2 
  inches 
  long. 
  In 
  the 
  region 
  about 
  

   Washington 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  the 
  scrub 
  pine 
  {Pinus 
  cirginiana) 
  also 
  are 
  

   eaten 
  to 
  a 
  small 
  extent. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  these 
  seeds 
  are 
  a 
  good 
  winter 
  

   food 
  should 
  be 
  remembered 
  by 
  holders 
  of 
  game 
  preserves. 
  Observa- 
  

   tions 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  key 
  seeds 
  of 
  the 
  maple 
  also 
  are 
  eaten, 
  though 
  

   much 
  less 
  extensively. 
  

  

  Fruit 
  as 
  Food. 
  

  

  Unlike 
  the 
  catbird 
  and 
  the 
  cedarbird, 
  whose 
  food 
  consists, 
  respec- 
  

   tively, 
  of 
  50 
  and 
  87 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  fruit, 
  the 
  food 
  of 
  bobwhite 
  for 
  the 
  

   year 
  includes 
  only 
  9.57 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  fruit. 
  It 
  is 
  least 
  frugivorous 
  

   in 
  spring 
  and 
  most 
  so 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  in 
  December 
  and 
  January, 
  taking 
  

   20.1 
  per 
  cent 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  month 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  18 
  per 
  cent 
  during 
  

   the 
  two 
  winter 
  months. 
  If 
  more 
  birds 
  collected 
  in 
  June 
  had 
  been 
  

  

  