330 The American Naturalist. [April, 



Colo., May 11, 1890. Food, Euphoria inda, one specimen, almost 

 whole ; Cidndela sp., fragments ; hymenopterous insects, broken, rather 

 large, thorax black, abdomen red. 



(7.) Pyranga ludoviciana. $ . Shot by Mr. P. Lowe, Big Arroyo, 

 Colo., May 14, 1890. Food, fragments of a blow-fly (Lucilia or Calli- 

 phora) ; fragments of a beetle (perhaps a longicorn) ; and some green 

 eggs, apparently those of a Smerinthus. These eggs were numerous, 

 but I found no fragments of the 9 moth in which they must have been 



(8.) Salpinctus obsoletus. Shot by Mr. W. P. Lowe, Big Arroyo, 

 Colo., May 14, 1890. Food, fragments of bettles, including a weevil. 



(9.) Geococeyx calif omianus, $ . Shot by Mr. W. P. Lowe, Big 

 Arroyo, Pueblo Co., Colo., Dec. 5, 1889. Food, grasshoppers (Acrid- 

 idce), Ophryastes tuberosus and perhaps another allied species, and a 

 blue-green rugose metallic fragment of an unknown insect. 



(10.) Ampelis garrulus, ? . Shot by Mr. \V. P. Lowe, Badito, Huer- 

 fansCo., Colo. Food, berries of juniper i ,Inni/,> ,-u* communis'). 



(11.) Aphelocoma ivoodhousei, £ . Shot by Mr. W. P. Lowe, Badito, 

 Huerfans Co., Colo. Food, fragmentary >eeds (papilionaceous?), frag- 

 ments of bones of a small passerine bird. 



(12.) Merula migratoria. Cusack Ranch, Custer Co., Colo., April, 

 1888. Food, seeds and geodephagous beetles. 



Mr. Lowe is responsible for the identification of the birds shot by 

 him ; he sent me only the stomach-contents. 



— T. D. A. Cockerell, N. M. Agr. Exp. Sta. 



The Manx Cat. — A correspondaut of the Zoologist notes an 



interesting fact concerning a Manx cat in his possession. This tailless cat 



took of its own accord a mate of the normal type, and from the union 



resulted a litter of three, which like the mother lacked tails. Friendly 



relations continued to exist between the parent cats until six successive 



litters had been produced, each litter in turn showing to a less degree 



the mother Manx cat's influence upon the form of the progeny, as may 



be seen in the following table compiled by the owner of the cats. 



Litters. Tailless. Half tail. Normal tail. 



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2 2 1 



