franklin's spermopiiile. 



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Table showing contents of 29 stomachs of Franklin's Spermophile 

 (Spcrmophilus fran Mini) . 



Cat, 

 No. 



Sex. 



Date 



Locality. 



, 



Pcvcont* 

 age of 

 animal 

 matter. 



Ppi'PPllt. 

 X l/l KjXjLI V) 



age of 

 vegetable 

 matter. 









1887 









11 



cf 



May 17 



Heron Lake, Minn 



10 



90 



12 



9 



May 18 



do 



1 



99 



. 23 



9 



May 27 



Flandreau, S. Dak 



50 



51) 



34 



cf 



June 6 





3 



97 



• 35 



9 



June 6 



do 



25 



75 



36 



cf 



June 6 





50 



50 



37 



d 



June 6 



do 



20 



80 



39 



cf 



June 7 





50 



50 



40 



9 



June 7 



do 



50 



50 



41 



cf 



June 7 



do 



50 



50 



42" 



cf 



June 7 



do 



50 



50 



45 



cf 



June 8 



do 



45 



55 



46 



cf 



June 8 



do 



10 



90 



47 



cf 



June 8 





25 



75 



61 



cf 



June 11 



do 



5 



95 



72 





June 18 



Fort Sisseton, S. Dak . 



90 



10 



74 



cf 



June 20 



do 



25 



75 



75 



cf 



June 22 



Browns Valley, Minn. 



5 



95 



90 



9 



June 28 





50 



50 



128 



9 



July 8 



do 



50 



50 



134 



cf 



July 12 



Harwood, N. Dak 



10 



90 



135 



9 



July 12 



do 



25 



75 



138 



9 



July 18 



Grand Forks, N. Dak . 



50 



50 



146 



cf 



July 19 



do 



5 



95 



147 





July 22 



Pembina N Dak 



15 



85 



148 



cf 



July 22 



do 



20 



80 



168 



cf 



July 26 



do 



75 





209 



cf 



Aug. 10 



Devils Lake, N. Dak . . 



1 



90 



210 



cf 



Aug. 10 



do 



15 



85 



Contents. 



A beetle; caterpillars; grain; 



herbage. 

 Leg of beetle; seeds; herbage 

 One beetle; many caterpillars 



seeds; herbage. 

 A few caterpillars and beetles 



seeds . 



20 larvae; grasshopper's leg 

 small insects; oats; basswood 

 seeds; herbage. 



Larvae ; fragments of insects; 

 basswood seeds ; vegetable mat- 

 ter. 



26 coleopterous larvae; seeds; 

 herbage; piece of Equisctum 

 stem. 



Coleopterous larvae; cricket; 

 small insects; spermophile 

 hair ; vegetable matter. 



Over 20 coleopterous larvae; re- 

 mains of vegetable matter. 



Coleopterous larvae ; cricket; 

 beetle; smaller insects; vege- 

 table matter. 



Beetles and caterpillars; hulls 

 and fibrous vegetable matter. 



A caterpillar's skin ; bit of vege- 

 table fiber; black indeterminate 

 matter. 



Caterpillar remains ; hulls of oats 

 and perhaps other grains; hulls 

 of basswood seeds; chewed veg- 

 etable matter. 



Over a dozen caterpillars; seed 

 pulp; herbage. 



Beetles ; lepidopterous 1 a r v ae ; 

 feathers; some of the animal's 

 hair; chewed vegetable mat- 

 ter; a few grain hulls; bass- 

 wood seeds. 



Mostly insects; larvae; ants; a 

 little vegetable matter. 



Insects; grain; herbage. 



A few bits of insects; strawberry 

 seeds; herbage; grain. 



Mostly grasshoppers and roots. 



Large white grubs (larvae of bee- 

 tles), vegetable matter. 



Insects and vegetable matter; 

 strawberry seeds. 



Insects; finely chewed herbage 

 and seeds; strawberry seed. 



Insects; one larva; shells of 

 beetles; oats. 



A few pieces of insects ; chewed 

 grain 



Small insects , hairs of Spermophi- 

 lus 13-Uneatus; wheat; seeds 

 of Ghenopodium. 



Crickets; beetles; leaves; roots; 

 grain; indeterminate matter. 



Eggs of some insect; indetermi- 

 nate matter. 



Feathers ; a few hairs ; oats ; skins 

 and seeds of Solanum berries. 



Caterpillar; cocoon and chrysalis ; 

 1 feather; hairs; roots and 

 wheat. 



