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FOOD OF WOODPECKERS OF UNITED STATES. 



of its California cousin and store up much food that it never eats, 

 thus contributing to the welfare of pilferers of the food. 



Lepidoptera, that is, caterpillars, are apparently not a favorite 

 food of the redhead. A few were eaten in the months from April to 

 October, inclusive, but in May only do they reach 10 per cent of the 

 food. The average for the year is 1 .63 per cent. One harmful species, 

 the wheat-head army worm (Helio-pJiila albilinea), was identified in 

 one stomach, which contained about a dozen specimens. Dragon- 

 flies, spiders, and millepeds, bits of a crayfish, eggshells, and a few 

 bits of bone and hair of some small rodent, altogether make up the 

 remaining 1 per cent. 



The following insects were identified in the stomachs of the red- 

 head : 



COLEOPTERA. 



Cicindela sp. 

 Carabus sp. 

 Calosoma scrutator. 

 Calosoma calidum. 

 Pasimachus depressus. 

 Scarites subterraneus. 

 Pterostichus sayi. 

 Pterostichus sp. 

 Amara fulvipes. 

 Galerita janus. 

 Chlsenius sp. 

 Geopinus incrassatus. 

 Agonoderus pallipes. 

 Anisodactylus discoideus. 

 Anisodactylus nigrita. 

 Anisodactylus sp. 

 Tropisternus sp. 

 Sphaeridium scarab seoides. 

 Necrophorus sp. 

 Creophilus villosus. 

 Staphylinus vulpinus. 

 Staphylinus maculosus. 

 Coccinella 9-notata, 

 Ipsfasciatus. 

 Melanotus fissilis. 

 Passalus cornutus. 

 Phanseus carnifex. 

 Canihon Ixvis. 

 Canthon sp. 

 Onihophagus sp. 

 Atsenius cognatus. 

 Aphodius fossor . 

 Aphodius Jimetarius. 

 Aphodius ruricola. 



Apis mellifera. 

 Vespa maculata. 



Aphodius inquinatus. 

 Aphodius sp. 

 Bolboceras farctus . 

 Dichelonycha sp. 

 Macrodactylus subspinosus. 

 Lachnosterna sp. 

 Anomala sp. 

 Allorhina nitida. 

 Euphoria fu Igida . 

 Euphoria inda. 

 Euphoria sepulchralis. 

 Prionus imbricornis. 

 Elaphidion sp. 

 Nodonota tristis. 

 Gastroidea cyanea. 

 Melasoma scripta. 

 Diabrotica 12-punctata. 

 Eleodes tricostata. 

 Meracantha contracta. 

 Corymbites cylindricollis. 

 Dicer ca obscurh. 

 Dicer ca sp. 

 Chrysobothris sp. 

 Ptinus dubius. 

 Ceruchus piceus. 

 Epicauta sp. 

 Epicserus imbricatus. 

 Sitones sp. 



Phytonomus punctatus, 

 Hylobius pales. 

 Balaninus sp. 

 Sphenophorus zese. 

 Sphenophorus sp. 



HYMENOPTERA, 



Ophion sp. 

 Camponotus sp. 



