12 BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA AFFECTING FRUIT INDUSTRY. 



Seventy-three kinds of seeds were identified, at least generically, and 

 more than half of them were determined specifically. Many more 

 were ground up so as to be unrecognizable. The following is a list of 

 the seeds with the number of stomachs in which each kind occurred : 



Poverty weed (Iva axillaris) 3 



Gum weed (Grindelia squamosa) 2 



Bur marigold (Bidens sp.) 17 



Sunflower (Helianthus sp.) 1 



Tarweed ( Madia sativa) 67 



Mayweed (Anthemis cotula) 27 



Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) • 14 



Thistle ( Cirsium sp.) 5 



Blessed thistle ( Cnicus benedictus) 1 



Bur thistle ( Centaurea melitensis) 201 



Sow thistle (Sonchus asper) 2 



Sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) , 1 



Prickly lettuce (Lactuca scariola) 4 



California dandelion (Agoseris sp.) 2 



Blue vervain ( Verbena hastata) 22 



Stickseed (Echinospermum sp.) 16 



Burweed (Amsinckia tesselata) 11 



Ribwort (Plantago lanceolata) 2 



Pursh ribwort (Plantago purshi) 1 



Common plantain (Plantago major) 2 



Painted cup ( Castilleia sp.) 1 



Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum) 10 



Dodder (Cuscuta sp.) 3 



Morning glory ( Convolvulus sp.) 2 



Pimpernel (Anagallis sp.) 2 



Carrot (Daucus carota) 5 



Lupine (Lupinus sp.) 150 



Bur clover ( Medicago denticulata) 156 



Sweet clover ( Melilotus alba) 6 



Clover ( Trifolium sp.) 75 



Deer weed (Lotus glaber) 50 



Vetch ( Vicia sp.) 32 



Five-finger (Potentilla sp.) 1 



Turkey mullein (Eremocarpus setigerus) 168 



Sumac (Rhus laurina) 69 



Poison oak (Rhus diversiloba) 52 



Alfilaria (Erodium cicutarium)\ orv 

 Alfilaria (Erodium moschatum))' ' 



Carolina geranium (Geranium carolinianum) 1 .» 

 Common geranium (Geranium dissectum) . . J 



Wood sorrel (Oxalis corniculata) 1 



Mallow ( Malva rotundifolia) 11 



Shepherd's purse ( Capsella bursapastoris) 1 



Peppergrass (Lepidium sp.) 5 



Wild radish (Raphanus sativus) 5 



Black mustard (Brassica nigra) 32 



Wild turnip (Brassica campestris) 3 



California poppy (Eschscholtzia californica) 1 



Buttercup (Ranunculus sp.) 3 4 



