1^2 Sanderson, i^^oorf of Ntithatches and Chickadees. 



following list gives the contents in detail : Numbers 2 and 3 were 

 secured on Jan. 19 ; 4, 5 and 6 on Jan. 20 ; 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 

 18 on Feb. 21 ; 27 and 28 on Feb. 16 ; 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40 on 

 Feb. 24; 42, Feb. 25 ; 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 and 63 on 

 Apr. 17. 



List of Insects Found in 28 Stomachs of the Black-capped Chickadee. 



Lepidoptera : Tineids — Bticculatrix sp.? — 4 pupaj in Nos. 28 and 

 40; Ennomida; — Ennomos magnarius, — 27 eggs in Nos. 27 and 39; 

 Noctuidae — i Catocala (.?) — egg in No. 27, 62 larvae in Nos. 2, 16, 

 27, 28 and 38. Winter, 6 pupae, 66 larva;, and 26 eggs ; spring, 6 adults 

 and I larva. Total Lepidoptera: adults, 6; pupae, 6; larvae, 67; eggs, 

 26 ; in 9 stomachs. 



Diptera : Adults, i ; larva;, 7 ; in 4 stomachs. All in winter. 



Coleoptera: Carabida;. — 9 adults in Nos. 6, 15, 40, and 43; Scara- 

 ibidEe, 3 adults in Nos. 53 and 60; Cerambicidae, 2 pupa; in No. 39; 

 boring larva;, 105 in Nos. 27 and 28. Winter, 29 adults, 2 pupa;, and 

 ,118 larva;; spring, 18 adults. Total Coleoptera — adults, 7; pupa;, 2; 

 larva;, n8; in 16 stomachs. 



Orthoptera: 3 eggs in No. 12. (Winter.) 



Hemiptera : Tingitidae — Piesma ci?ieria — 2i adults in Nos. 27 and 

 42 ; Reduviidae, 450 eggs of two species in 12 stomachs ; Pentatomida; — 

 Stiretrus anchorage — 7 eggs in No. 5 ; Aphidae — Aphis mali — 15 eggs 

 in No. 28; CozoXA-^ — Mytilaspis fomorum scales, 77 in Nos. 15, 18, 

 27, and 39. Winter, 108 adults and 461 eggs; spring, 5 adults. Total 

 Hemiptera — adults, 93; eggs, 466; in 15 stomachs. 



Total winter, 125 adults, 8 pup;e, 193 larvae, and 504 eggs; spring, 24 

 adults, I larva, 5 eggs; in 15 stomachs. Total Insect Forms — adults, 

 149; pupie, 8; larva;, 194; eggs, 494 =845. Arachnida, 25. 



Habits. 



The Chickadee's habits of life also commend them as being 

 beneficial. They are usually found in small flocks of from six to 

 a dozen, of which the larger numbe-r are females. These often 

 mix with those of Goldfinches and Tree Sparrows, or are found in 

 company with a pair of Nuthatches, during the winter, but become 

 more independent as spring advances and there is an abundance 

 of bird life all about them. Over half of my specimens were 

 secured in bushes on low, damp, marshy ground, of along a creek 

 or roadside. They often descend to the ground in marsh land 



