ECONOMIC VALUE OF BIRDS TO THE STATE. 59 

 " Number of Eggs of the Fall Canker-worm Found in the Stomachs of Chickadees. 



EGGS. 



No. 1, - 273 



2, - -- -- 261 



3. 216 

 4, - - - 278 



making in all 1,028 eggs found in the stomachs of four birds. Four birds killed 

 later in the season had eaten the female imagos of the spring canker-worm {Palea- 

 crita veriiatd), as follows : 



MOTHS. 



"No. 1, - 41 



2, - - 18 



3, 27 

 4, - - - - 19 



making a total of 105. In Nos. 2, 3 and 4 of the last table there were a large 

 number of eggs also. It is safe to say that there were 1 50 eggs in each stomach, in 

 addition to the female moths eaten. 



"Mr. Bailey carefully counted the eggs in the ovaries of twenty of these female 

 moths, with the following result : 



No. 1, - 158 



2, - - 272 



3, - I2 7 



4, ----- - 184 



5- ----- 213 



6 , - - - 135 



7, — - - Mo 



8, - -- -- -- -- -- - 220 



9, - -- -- -- -- -- - 200 



10, - - - 130 



11, - - - - - - - - - - - - in 



12, - 160 



13, " - " " " J 93 



14, - - " I3 1 



15, ------- 281 



16, 242 



17, - - " 116 



18, - - 281 



!9, I 9 2 



20, ------------ 217 



