﻿SCHEDULE 
  OF 
  STOMACH 
  EXAMINATIONS. 
  

  

  21 
  

  

  examined, 
  2 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  eaten 
  a 
  weevil. 
  Fourteen 
  painted 
  bunt- 
  

   ings 
  were 
  taken, 
  2 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  likewise 
  eaten 
  1 
  weevil 
  apiece. 
  

  

  Mockingbirds 
  were 
  very 
  common, 
  and 
  many 
  were 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  fields 
  

   feeding 
  on 
  cotton 
  worms. 
  Twenty-nine 
  specimens 
  were 
  collected, 
  3 
  

   Df 
  which 
  had 
  taken 
  1 
  weevil 
  apiece. 
  

  

  Other 
  localities. 
  — 
  During 
  September 
  and 
  October 
  five 
  additional 
  

   localities 
  were 
  visited, 
  as 
  follows: 
  Castro 
  ville, 
  September 
  25; 
  Seguin, 
  

   September 
  26-29; 
  Matthews, 
  Colorado 
  County, 
  September 
  30-Octo- 
  

   ber 
  4: 
  Hempstead, 
  October 
  6-9, 
  and 
  Navasota, 
  October 
  10-16. 
  

   Cuero 
  was 
  also 
  revisited 
  September 
  6-9 
  and 
  Gurley, 
  October 
  17-20. 
  

   At 
  these 
  localities, 
  with 
  the 
  single 
  exception 
  of 
  Cuero, 
  weevils 
  were 
  

   found 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers, 
  but 
  at 
  most 
  places 
  birds 
  were 
  

   remarkably 
  scarce, 
  and 
  the 
  stomachs 
  of 
  those 
  collected 
  contained 
  no 
  

   weevil 
  remains. 
  At 
  Matthews, 
  in 
  the 
  Colorado 
  Kiver 
  bottoms, 
  red- 
  

   winged 
  blackbirds 
  and 
  bronzed 
  grackles 
  were 
  abundant, 
  though 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  few 
  of 
  them 
  fed 
  in 
  the 
  cotton 
  fields. 
  

  

  SCHEDULE 
  OF 
  STOMACH 
  EXAMINATIONS. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  following 
  lists 
  are 
  enumerated 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  thus 
  far 
  exam- 
  

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  in 
  connection 
  with 
  boll-weevil 
  investigations. 
  a 
  

  

  Record 
  of 
  birds 
  examined 
  which 
  had 
  eaten 
  boll 
  weevils. 
  

  

  

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  Feb., 
  and 
  

  

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  , 
  and 
  

  

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  During 
  July, 
  

  

  Aug., 
  and 
  

  

  Sept. 
  

  

  During 
  Oct., 
  

  

  Nov., 
  and 
  

  

  Dec. 
  

  

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  Western 
  niehthawk 
  ( 
  Chordeiles 
  v. 
  henrvi) 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  2 
  

   4 
  

  

  7 
  

   6 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Phoebe 
  (Sayornis 
  phcebe) 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  13 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  Least 
  flycatcher 
  (Empidonax 
  minimus) 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  10 
  

   54 
  

   11 
  

  

  5 
  

   3 
  

  

  11 
  

   3 
  

  

  

  

  1 
  

   3 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  

  

  24 
  

   49 
  

  

  183 
  

   66 
  

  

  

  

  Red-winged 
  blackbird 
  (Agelaius 
  phcenieeus) 
  . 
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   Meadow 
  lark 
  (Sturnella 
  magna 
  and 
  subspecies) 
  

  

  

  

  

  2 
  

   28 
  

   12 
  

  

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  18 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  S4 
  

   27 
  

   144 
  

  

  26 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  39 
  

  

  47 
  

   10 
  

   131 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Brewer 
  blackbird 
  (Euphagus 
  cyanocephalus) 
  . 
  . 
  

   Great-tailed 
  grackle 
  (Megaquiscalus 
  major 
  ma- 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  3 
  

   2 
  

  

  9 
  

   2 
  

  

  

  

  

  5 
  

   2 
  

   18 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  

  

  6 
  

  

  

  

  

  Western 
  savanna 
  sparrow 
  (Passer 
  cuius 
  s. 
  alau- 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  Western 
  lark 
  sparrow 
  (Chondestes 
  grammacus 
  

  

  

  

  

  3 
  

  

  

  

  51 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  White-throated 
  sparrow 
  (Zonotrichia 
  albicolUs^ 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  9 
  

   9 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  25 
  

   53 
  

   107 
  

   23 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  2 
  

   2 
  

   18 
  

   3 
  

  

  2 
  

   2 
  

   19 
  

   3 
  

  

  

  Texan 
  pyrrhuloxia 
  (Pyrrhuloxia 
  sinuatatexana) 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  White-rumped 
  shrike 
  (Lanius 
  I. 
  excubitorides). 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  12 
  

   8 
  

   5 
  

  

  29 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

   3 
  

  

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  4 
  

  

  

  6 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  

  

  73 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  1 
  

   5 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  6 
  

  

  Black-crested 
  titmouse 
  (Bseolophus 
  atricrista- 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  

  1 
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  a 
  Including 
  those 
  examined 
  by 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology. 
  

  

  