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Every sportsman knows that it is almost useless to look for 
game birds between the hours of lo a.m. and 3 p.m., and it is 
likely that the owners of the empty crops were gathered in while 
on their w^ay to their evening feeding grounds. No buds, leaves 
nor insect remains were found in these stomachs. The contents 
may be considered as only partly representative of the food taken 
during early fall, since the list given may be classified as grain, 
berries and the seeds of wild wood plants. 
The eight birds from which the following list was obtained, 
were collected in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada, October 
16, 1898. They probably, on account of the locality, belonged to 
the sub-species B. ii. togata, the Canadian ruffed grouse, but op- 
portunity was not afforded to decide the matter definitely. Al- 
though the above date is nearly a year earlier than that of the two 
birds previously mentioned, still as it is later in the season the 
specimens from Washington Co. have been considered first. 
The crops of the eight birds contained the following : ( i ) 
buds of the birch tree, Betula lutea or B. papyrifera; (2) beech 
nuts, Fagus Americana Sweet; (3) leaves of white clover, Tri- 
folinin repeiis; (4) leaves of wood sorrel, Oxalis Acetosella ; 
(5) leaves of sheep sorrel, Rumex Acetosella L.; (6) leaves of 
red raspberry, Ruhiis strigosus Mx.; (7) leaves of partridge- 
berry vine, Mitchella repens; (8) leaves of the sow-thistle, Son- 
chus oleraceus L. ; (9) small mushrooms about three-quarters of 
an inch in diameter. 
In the gizzards were found partly digested remains of most of 
the above and in addition many highly polished seeds or stones 
of the pin cherry Pruniis Pennsylvanica, L., probably from dry 
berries picked from the ground, or possibly the bare seeds were 
mistaken for gravel of which the stomachs always contain con- 
siderable quantities. No insects, grain or seed were found. The 
long leaves of the sow-thistle were entire, and had been neatly 
rolled up or folded before swallowing. 
Fourteen birds taken in Barron Co., in the northwestern part 
of Wisconsin, between November loth and 20th, 1899, contributed 
to the list that follows : No insects were found in any of these 
stomachs, although those of insectivorous birds collected at the 
same time were full of insect rem.ains. 
The crops and stomachs contained seeds of ( i ) staghorn su- 
rnac, Rhus hirta L. ; (2) white cedar or arbor vitae, Thuja oc- 
cidentalis; (3) red mulberry. Morns rnhra; (4) some member of 
the family Liliaceae ; (5) hedge buckwheat Polygonum dumetor- 
nm; (6) partridge berry, Mitchella repens; (7) some species of 
Smilax ; (8) cockspur thorn, Crataegus Crus-Galli; (9) of some 
