FOOD HABITS OF THE VIKEOS 
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Table 3. — List of items of vegetable food identified in stomachs of vireos and the 
number of stomachs in which found x 
Kind of food 
Red- 
eyed 
Phila- 
delphia 
War- 
bling 
Yellow- 
throated 
Blue- 
headed 
White- 
eyed 
Hutton 
Bell 
Total number of stomachs exam- 
ined-. 
653 
84 
356 
160 
329 
229 
77 
63 
Unidentified vegetable matter 
5 
Anthers of unidentified flower 
1 
Unidentified bud scales 
2 
2 
4 
2 
2 
..... 
5 
6 
36 
4 
7 
3 
2 
1 
1 
Unidentified seeds and seed pods... 
1 
Pinaceae: 
Juniperus sp 
1 
•Gramineae: 
Digitaria ischaemum (small 
crab grass) 
1 
Digitaria sanguinale (large crab 
grass) _ 
2 
Setaria glauca (yellow foxtail) 
1 
1 
Zea mays (maize) 
Xiiliaceae: 
Smilax sp. (greenbrier) 
1 
6 
Myricaceae: 
Myrica carolinensis (bayberry). 
Urticaceae: 
Morus alba (white mulberry) 
5 
3 
1 
1 
24 
Morus rubra (red mulberry) ... 
1 
Polygonaceae: 
Polygonum convolvulus (black 
bindweed) 
1 
Polygonum sp. (smartweed) 
1 
Chenopodiaceae: 
Chenopodium sp. (lamb's quar- 
ters) -. 
1 
Amaranthaceae: 
Amaranthus sp. (pigweed) 
1 
1 
2 
6 
7 
1 
1 
1 
11 
1 
] 
1 
1 
1 
Phytolaccaceae: 
Phytolacca decandra (poke- 
weed).. 
3 
1 
1 
Magnoliaceae: 
Magnolia foetida (evergreen 
magnolia) 
Lauraceae: 
Sassafras variifolium (sassafras) 
1 
Benzoin aestivale (spicebush).. 
Saxifragaceae: 
Ribes sp. (currant)... 
1 
Rosaceae: 
Pyrus arbutifolia (chokeberry) . 
Amelanchier sp. (shadbush) 
Rubus sp. (blackberry) 
7 
Rosa sp. (rose) 
2 
Prunus pennsylvanica (fire 
cherry) 
Prunus serotina (black cherry) 
Prunus v i r g i n i a n a (choke- 
cherry) 
Prunus sp. (cherrv) 
1 
Rutaceae: 
Xanthoxylum americanum 
(prickly ash) 
1 
Anacardiaceae: 
Rhus diversiloba (western su- 
mac) 
1 
Rhus glabra (smooth sumac) 
1 
9 
Rhus toxicodendron (poison 
ivy) 
1 
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac) 
2 
Rhussp. (sumac) 
1 
4 
8 
1 
6 
Aquifoliaceae: 
Celastraceae: 
Celastrus scandens (bitter- 
sweet) 
1 
Rhamnaceae: 
Berchemia scandens (supple- 
jack) 
1 
See footnote to Table 2, p. 28. 
