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FOOD OF WOODPECKERS OF UNITED STATES. 



these creatures breed in the earth, this again shows the terrestrial 

 habits of the flicker. Spiders and myriapods were found in a gcod 

 many stomachs, but few were taken at one time, so the aggregate is 

 not large. Crustaceans, in the form of Oniscus (sowbugs), were 

 found in 5 stomachs. Snail shells, mostly fragments, were of fre- 

 quent occurrence, and one was identified as Zonitoides minusculus. 

 The total of these miscellaneous creatures is 1.49 per cent, which 

 completes the record of animal food. 



The following is a list of the insects identified in the stomachs : 



COLEOPTERA. 



Cicindela vulgaris. 

 Calosoma calidum. 

 Elaphrus obliteratus. 

 Scarites subterraneus . 

 Pterostichus sayi. 

 Amara exarata. 

 Amara impuncticollis . 

 Amara angulata. 

 Calaihus ingrains. 

 Platynus placidus. 

 Platynus punctiformis. 

 Brachynus puberulus. 

 Chlsenius sp. 

 Agonoderus pallipes. 

 Harpalus faunus . 

 Harpalus pennsylvanicus. 

 Harpalus pleuriticus. 

 Harpalus ellipsis. 

 Anisodactylus rusticus. 

 Anisodactylus sp. 

 Stenus shoshonis. 



Formica obscuripes. 

 Formica nitidiventris. 

 Formica subsericea. 

 Formica subpolita. 

 Formica gagates. 

 Formica subxnescens. 

 Formica sp. 

 Lasius claviger. 

 Lasius aphidicola. 

 Lasius brevicornis. 

 Lasius americanus. 

 Lasius alienus. 

 Lasius miniatus. 

 Lasius subniger. 

 Lasius sp. 



Camponotus marginatus. 

 Camponotus melleus. 

 Camponotus pennsylvanicus. 



Quedius prostrans. 

 Stelidota 8-maculata. 

 Melanotus communis. 

 Copris minutus. 

 Onthophagus hecate. 

 Onthophagus sp. 

 Aphodius jimetarius . 

 Aphodius inquinatus. 

 Aphodius bicolor. 

 Aphodius sp. 

 Lachnosterna sp. 

 Ligyrus sp. 

 Caryoborus arthriticus. 

 Opatrinus aciculatus. 

 Blapstinus pruinosus. 

 Blapstinus pulverulentus. 

 Blapstinus sp. 

 Tanymecus confertus. 

 Sitones hispidulus. 

 Phytonomus punctatus. 

 Sphenophorus sp. 



HYMENOPTERA (ANTS). 



Camponotus minutus. 

 Camponotus pictus. 

 Camponotus sp. 

 Myrmica scabrinodis. 

 Myrmica sabuleti. 

 Myrmica sp. 



Cremastogaster Ixviuscula. 

 Cremastogaster minutissimz 

 Cremastogaster sp. 

 Aphxnogaster picea. 

 Aphsenogaster fulvum. 

 Aphxnogaster treatx. 

 Aphxnogaster sp. 

 Prenolepis imparls. 

 Pheidole sp. 

 Solenopsis geminata. 

 Solenopsis debilis. 

 Tetramorium sp. 



