134 



THE ENGLISH SPARROW IN AMERICA. 



TABLES OF FOOD AS SHOWN BY DISSECTION. 



Contents of stomachs of English Sparrows (Passer domesticus). 



[Examined at the Department of Agriculture.] 





Sex 

 and 

 age. 



Date of 

 capture. 



Locality. 



Cereals. 



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Insect food. 



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 2 



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 a 



1 

 a. 



Kind of insect. 



4061 



cf ini. 

 9 



2 



d 



9 



9 



9 



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9 



2 



d 



9 



d 



9 



9 



9 



d 



2 



d 



9 



cf 



d 



d 



9 



9 



d 



d 



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9 



9 



d 



d 



d 



2juv. 



cf ad. 



d 



9JUT. 



d ad. 

 9 im. 

 d im. 

 9 im. 

 9 im. 

 9 ad. 



im. 

 9 im. 

 d im. 

 d im. 

 d im. 



im. 

 9 im. 



d im. 

 d ad. 



1886. 

 Sept. 21 



Oct. 26 

 ...do .... 



East Hartford, 

 Conn, 

 do 







X 



X 

 X 









X 



X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 

 X 



X 



X 

 X 



X 



X 



X 













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do 























4084 



...do .... 



.. do 























4085 



...do .... 

 ...do.... 



....do 



.. do 



... 



... 



... 



X 



X 



... 













4086 













4087 



Oct. 29 

 ...do .... 

 ...do ... 



....do 



do .. 







X 















4(88 



















4089 



.. do ... 







* 



















4090 



...do .... 



do 























409?, 



Nov. 5 

 ...do .... 

 ...do .... 



Nov. 22 

 ...do .... 



....do 



...do 



....do 



....do 



.. do 



... 



X 



X 



X 



X 



X 



::: 



X 



- 



... 













4098 













4094 













4099 













4100 













4! 01 



.. do .... 



..do . 





















4102 

 41 OR 



.: do.... 



...do .... 



...do .... 



...do .... 



...do .... 



...do .... 

 Dec. 2 



...do .... 



...do .... 



...do.... 



...do .... 

 Dec. 6 

 July 31 

 May 5 

 May 7 

 May 4 

 Sept. 12 



June 27 



Ana. 2 



1887. 

 Apr. 12 



1885. 

 Nov. 1 

 July 7 

 July 11 

 Julv 14 

 ...do .... 



....do 



do 









X 







4104 



....do 



....do 



do 





X 



... 



x 















4105 













41(6 













4107 



do 







X 



















4110 



do 









X 

 X 



x 















4111 



....do 



do 





















4112 













41 1R 



....do 



. . do . . . 



... 



x 

















4114 













4115 



...do . 





X 

 X 

















2149 



Gainesville.Va.. 

 Milwaukee, Wis 

 . . do 























2327 























2329 























2397 















X 



X 

 X 













2699 



Alfred Centre, 



N.Y. 

 "West Goshen, 



Pa. 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Washington, 

 D.C. 



Cleveland, Ohio. 

 Sins Sing, N. Y . 

 do 





* 





















3075 





















3812 





















4589 

























1468 





X 

 X 



X 





















15 











x 













40 





















45 



....do 

























46 



do 













X 













47 



...do .... 



do 

























49 



.. do .... 



do 

























98 



July 25 

 July 27 

 . . do 



... do 



x 























103 



....do 



do ... 



X 



X 











X 



X 



X 













104 



X 





X 







105 



...do .... 



do 





106 



...do.... 



.... do 





















107 



...do .... 



....do 





X 





* 















124 



July 28 

 Aug. 4 



Aug. 10 

 ...do 



....do 



....do 















152 











X 



;< 





3 -wasps; 2 small 

 grasshoppers. 



191 



....do 

















195 



....do 













X 







x 





3 young grasshop- 

 pers ; 1 leaf flea 

 beetle. 



