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BULLETIN 1249, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Food items of the common pipit, identified to th-e genus or species, as determined 

 by the examination of 301 stomachs. 



{The figures indicate the number of stomachs in which the items were found.] 



Vegetable Food. 



Pinaceae. 



' Pinus palustris (longleaf 



pine) 1 



Poaceae. 



Syntherisma s ang uinalis 



(crabgrass) 32 



Syntherisma ischaemium 



(crabgrass) 6 



Brachiaria platyphylla 1 



Panicum capillare (witch- 

 grass) 10 



Panicum fasciculatum (witch- 

 grass) 1 



Panicum sp (witchgrass) 4 



Chaetochloa, lutescens (yel- 

 low foxtail) 3 



Chaetochloa sp. (foxtail) 9 



Paspalmn sp. (hairgrass) 1 



A vena sativa (oats) 1 



Dactyiocteniuni aegyptium 



(Egyptian grass) 5 



E leu sine in die a (goose- 

 grass) 3 



Hordeum sp. (barley) 1 



Triticum aestivnm (wheat) 3 



Zea mays (corn) 2 



Cyperaceae. 



Scirpus sp. (bulrush) 1 



Carex sp. (sedge) 5 



Polygonaceae. 



Rumex sp. (dock) 5 



Polygonum opelousanum 



(smartweed) 1 



Polygonum sp. (smartweed) 5 



Chenopodiaceae. 



Chenopodium sp. (goosefoot). 4 

 Amaranthaceae. 



Ama ranth us sp. (pigweed) 19 



Portulacaceae. 



Calandrinia sp. (rockpurs- 



lane) 4 



Corrigiolaceae. 



Sclera nthus annuus ( kna- 

 wel) 1 



Silenaceae. 



Al-sine sp. (chickweed) 7 



Ranunculaceae. 



Ranunculus sp. ( buttercup )__ 1 

 Brassicaceae. 



Brassica sp. (wild mustard). 1 

 Hamamelidaceae. 



Li qui dambar styraciflua 



(sweetgurn) l 



Fabaceae. 



Trifolium sp. (clover) 4 



Geraniaceae. 



Erodium sp. (alfilaria) 1 



Violaceae. 



Viola langsdorfii 1 



Rutaceae. 



Zanthoxylum sp. (prickly- 

 ash).^ 1 



Euphorbiaceae. 



Croton sp. (goatweed) 1 



Acalypha virginica (Virginia 

 copperleaf) 2 



C h a m a e syce serpylHfolia 

 (spurge) 7 



Chamaesyce sp. (spurge) 32 



Empetraceae. 



Em-pet rum nigrum (crow- 

 berry) 1 



Verbenaceae. 



Verbena sp 1 



Rubiaceae. 



Diodia teres (buttonweed) 1 



Caprifoliaceae. 



Sambucus canadensis (elder). 1 

 Ambrosiaceae. 



Ambrosia elatior ( ragweed) __ 1 



Ambrosia sp. (ragweed) 1 



Asteraceae. 



Helianthus sp. (sunflower) __ 1 



Deinandra sp. (tarweed) 2 



Madia sp. (tarweed) 1 



Cent a urea sp. (knapweed) 2 



Animal Food. 



Acridiidae (brown grasshoppers). 



Chortophaga viridifasciata 1 



Melanoplus sp 1 



Locustidae (green grasshoppers). 



Ceuthophilus sp 1 



Gryllidae (crickets). 



Oryllua assimilis 3 



Nemobius sp 2 



Scutelleridae (shield-bugs). 



Camirus porosus 2 



llomacmus parvulus 1 



Cydnidae (negro-bugsL 



Thyreocoris sp 1 



Aethus sp 1 



Pentatomidae (stink-bugs). 



Thyanta custator , 1 



Thyanta sp 1 



Dendrocoris sp 1 



Coreidae. 



Corizus sp 1 



Lygaeidae. 



Nysius sp. (false chinch bug). 4 



