The Food of Birds. 127 
Table of the Food of the Catbird. ( Mimus carolinus, L.) — Concluded. 
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June 
July 
August 
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Dec. 
Total 
Ratio of each element 
to whole of food. 
Number of specimens. . 
22 
19 
11 
12 
6 
70 
Kinds of Food. 
Number of specimens and ratio in which 
each element of food was found. 
Diplopoda 
6 
• °7 
2 
■03 
13 
•45 
2 
4 
• 04 
10 
•74 
1 
t 
12 
•54 
2 
6 3 
■ 76 
i 5 
43 
2 
9 
18 
I 
10 
1 
2 
2 
3 
•03 
.52 
.01 
.04 
.20 
.01 
12 
•03 
.01 
.01 
03 
IV. Fruits 
Strawberries 
2 
.07 
Raspberries 
9 
.21 
Blackberries 
10 
.64 
8 
•35 
Currants 
1 
.04 
Cherries 
6 
. 16 
1 
• OT 
3 
.40 
1 
• M 
Grapes 
Sumach 
2 
.07 
Ampelopsis 
I 
.02 
1 
.04 
3 
•15 
Elderberries 
Percentages for each month. 
Beneficial elements 
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1 ^ 
7 m 
10 
a 1 
Injurious elements 
20 
DO 
1 21 
/ D 
07 
16 
*7 
04 
Neutral elements 
58 | 
26 
181 
39 
77 
1 j 
44 
Harporhynchus rufus, L. Brown Thrush. 
Tlie brown thrush, although not so common a bird as 
the two preceding species, is still abundant enough to 
make its habits a matter of economic interest, both to the 
gardener and the farmer. It is reported by Baird, Brew- 
er and Ridgway to reside and breed all over the United 
States east of the Rocky Mountains, but in this State it 
is, like the robin and catbird, practically a strict migrant. 
Mr. E. W. Nelson reports its occasional occurrence in 
southern Illinois in midsummer. It reaches Bloomington 
