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BULLETIN 862, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE I.—Items of vegetable food identified in the stomachs of the ducks treated in this 
bulletin and the number of stomachs in which found—Continued. 
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. Green-| Blue- | Cinna-| 5. 
Kind of food. wall, | pate, |™inged) winged) mon | 7." | Quek 
Total number of stomachs examined...........-- 417 255 653 319 41 790 413 
SuBKINGDOM SPERMATOPHYTA—Continued. | | 
Alismaceae—Continued. = | 
Alisma plantago-aquatica (water plantain).....-|.......|.....-. 3 | i terete 3 pore 
Alisma subcordatum (American water plantain).).......)...._.- [|'S: [22 Sec | eee ee ese eee 
Alisme:Sp. @water plantain) cc ssea cee ee ee ee 1 | 1ijeceeeee 3? |CSa ee 
Hydrocharitaceae. 
Philotria canadensis (waterweed)......---------|------- lg] ae (Leekeee oo | 2S ere eee 
Philotria Sp: (waterweed)-—-<--cscccecseewnsos- Ue ees oes a 2: |S. oe ae ee lees 
Vallisneria spiralis (wild celery)......---.----- 3 2S Eee sft ales co 4 4 
Vallisneria'sp2 (wild: celevy )2tacs sen oec eee 2 ee ee eee 2 | Us| Pe poe, 5) eee eel |e 
Limnoviurm:spongia (ILO Dit) == «s<< esse = eee eee Be eo eee ees 4 12 
Gramineae. : 
Unidentified) grasses aesasmiacce ae eine eee 5) 16 37 24 3 32 15 
IAUKY TAMERS Sa atoooopocuccoSacodocodcusosdeudle =coade 1 GO (pee asain et aoe ol es eee 
Syntherisma sanguinalis (crab graSs)....-------. Poesia ese oe See ool ae ee Pee ee tees eee It 
Panicum capiliare (tumble weed) ease ese ae | ree ee | a | ee eae 1 Fl eae 
IEW TSTILO (RY VAL onc Sac oes os aber eesdocessocsesese ee ee 
Panicum subgenus Dichanthelium........----- Beene Pees Peeetant See ess poet eke 2ce 19 
Panicum sp. (Switch grass) -.--- 2. --225------- 9 ll 59 ASs| eee ee 25 2 
Panicum obtusum (range grass) ----.-.---------|-..---- Meee yal Sete tl eee eels ctr 
Echinochloa crus-galli (wild millet)....-...-...- iba ee 14 i Renee 9 il 
Echinochloa -colonag (jungle vice) sics.<-=s 4s eel eee | ae ib | seeps Sh Fe eet a Pre Ete 
iBchinochlowSps(COCESPULISTASS) Ses.ssee soe | See ener eee | eee 17) See [el Stent 
Chaetochloa glauca (foxtail)........-----.------- 1 eee er 3 Sil eee 32 see 
Ghaetochlomuiridis(ereen\foxtail))*eeees sence cee |= aan aes eee eee 1S | pees Ae Sere a3 
Chactochtoaisp:. Coxtail) = 22 = sein cceaws sea scene eee eee 6 §:)ceee 7a Gee 
Zizania palustris (wild rice). Be ae sete aie Seer | ie eee 5 18 22) os one 8 17 
Zizaniopsis miliacea (cut-grass)...-...---------- ils | See Se 8 ie ee aecsee 6 | 2 
Homalocenchrus oryzoides (rice cut-grass)......- aE tee es 3 ON ee “4 4 
Oryza sativa (cultivated rice)...----.-..-.--=..- 19 1 21 IPAS Sea 52 1 
Spartina glabra, var. pilosa (Salt-marsh grass). .|.......|...-.--|.---.---]--------|--.---- | 1 ee 
Spartina sp. (Salt-marsh graSs)..........----.-- a aes ie 1 ith oe 4 (eccek es 
Phleum alpinum (mountain timothy).......-.-)....-..).-.---- Do] ee | oS aS ee ee 
Sporovolus'Sp.: (GUSH-PTAaSS) 52 eterna oe eee ees ease | eee To) ic oe eee eres 
WA'qrostis sp. (bettt-@Tass) = .22s-.56.-2- 5-222 05-0525 | eee Nigh la peers eet PoE SS 
Beckmannia erucaeformis (Beckmann grass) .-.-.|.....-.|.....-- Tt 8 ee ee 
Gynodon dachylon) (Bermud a78tass) Secs een | pee ae one | eee | eee eee eee 
Distichlis spicata (Salt grass).......-.-------- tk 35 5 3k peel een appre e acer s? 
IMONANENOCRLOE-WhLOTALS So Sosa ee eee eee 1 RR rae 16 13 5 36: | sceeee 
ragrostisisp=((love rass) = sso<c sacs cee Ss Soe [eee ae | eee al nee eee ae ae eee =e 1 
IROUSDa(SPealsSlaSS) se eee eee eee eee eee Gy, | ercered mecca se (Sacre crsrtal neta se tS ee 
Panicularianervata: (Meadow grass) =~ <2. s-e22 = bse eee oe ee se ee ee | eee 17 
Panicularia sp. (meadow grass).-....---------- 1 eee eee ae etn ren cee al (P Scone lk SS 
IPUCCINCLUG TULL ALONG, steer Soe eee He eee | eee lee ae see eee al eel (Pets ae hs 
HHestucassp (16SCUC ATASS) aesces oe aa ae Slee Serer eee ee ara | eee ee ere Dilkieseetee 
Avene sativa) (Cultivated! Oats) san se. ee ee eee eee eee ae ae | ae eee {upiaees 
Hordeum vulgare (cultivated barley)...---.---- ETNA Seek niacin ees | Ree Ey oes 
TOT CEUNY PUSULLUT eee ee ee 2 lial Weegee eel decease ee rial eee lees Jn-- ==> 
Triticum vulgare (cultivated wheat)..........--|....---|------- 1) eee ecleeesees Srilcicenees 
Zea mays (cultivated Corn). .<..-.-.-ese-erre-- eal eectars sae 1 IDES aonce | 3 1 
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