FRANKLIN S SPERMOPHILE. 



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Table showing contents of 29 stomachs of Franklin's Spcrmopliilc 

 (Spermophi I u s fra n Mini) . 



Sex. 



Date 



d 



1887 

 May 17 



? 

 ? 



May 18 

 May 27 



d 



June 6 



9 



June 6 



d 



June C 



d 



June 6 



d 



June 7 



9 



June 7 



d 



June 7 



d 



June 7 



d 



June 8 



d 



June 8 



d 



June 8 



d 



June 11 



9 



June 18 



d 



d 



June 20 

 June 22 



9 

 9 



June 28 

 July 8 



d 



July 12 



9 



July 12 



9 



July 18 



d 



July 19 



d 



July 22 



d 



July 22 



d 



July 26 



d 



Aug. 10 



d 



Aug. 10 



Locality. 



Heron Lake, Minn 



do 



Flan dreau, S. Dak 



Ortonville, Minn. 

 do 



Fort Sisseton, S. Dak 



. do 



Browns Valley, Minn. 



Harwood, N. Dak 



do 



Grand Forks, 1ST. Dak 

 do 



Pembina, N. Dak 



Devils Lake, 1ST. Dak. 

 do 



Percent- 

 age of 

 animal 



matter. 



Percent- 

 age of 

 vegetable 

 matter. 



90 



Contents. 



A beetle; caterpillars; grain; 

 herbage. 



Leg of beetle ; seeds ; herbage. 



One beetle: many caterpillars; 



, seeds; herbage. 



A few caterpillars and beetles; 

 seeds. 



20 larvaj; grasshopper's leg; 

 small insects ; oats; basswood 

 seeds; herbage. 



Larva? ; fragments of insects; 

 basswood seeds; vegetable mat- 

 ter. 



26 coleopterous larvae; seeds; 

 herbage; piece of Equisetum 

 stem. 



Coleopterous larvae; cricket; 

 small insects; spermophile 

 hair: vegetable matter. 



Over 20 coleopterous larvae; re- 

 mains of vegetable matter. 



Coleopterous larvae; cricket; 

 beetle; smaller insects; vege- 

 table matter. 



Beetles and caterpillars; bulla 

 and fibrous vegetable matter. 



A. caterpillar's skin ; bit of vege- 

 table fiber ; black indeterminate 

 matter. 



Caterpillar remains; hulls of oats 

 and perbaps other grains ; bulls 

 ox basswood seeds; chewed veg- 

 etable matter. 



Over a dozen caterpillars; seed 

 pulp; herbage. 



Beetles; lepidopterous larvae; 

 feathers ; some of the animal's 

 hair; chewed vegetable mat- 

 ter; a few grain hulls; bass- 

 wood seeds. 



Mostly insects; larva?; ants; a 

 little vegetable matter. 



Insects; grain; herbage. 



A few bits of insects ; strawberry 

 seeds; herbage; grain. 



Mostly grasshoppers and roots. 



Large" white grubs (larva? of bee- 

 tles), vegetable matter. 



Insects and vegetable matter; 

 strawberry seeds. 



Insects: finely cbewed herbage 

 and seeds ; strawberry seed. 



Insects; one larva; shells of 

 beetles; oats. 



A few pieces of insects ; chewed 

 . grain 



Small insects , hairs of SpermopM- 

 lus 13-lineatus; wheat; seeds 

 of Chenopodium. 



Crickets; beetles; leaves; roots; 

 grain; indeterminate matter. 



Eggs of some insect; indetermi- 

 nate matter. 



Feathers ; a few hairs ; oats ; skins 

 and seeds of Solatium berries. 



Caterpillar; cocoon and chrysalis; 

 1 feather; hairs; roots and 

 wheat. 



