The Food of Birds. 135 
Table of the Food of the Brown Thrush. (Harporhynchus rufus, L.) 
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c 
ct 
jd 
CD 
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March 
£ April 
May 
CJ 
G 
G 
G 
7 
£ I August 
a 
CD 
c n 
2 
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0 
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0 
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u 
ID 
Q 
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64 
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Ratio of each element 
to whole of food. 
Number of specimens. . 
14 
15 
Kinds of Food. 
Number of specimens and ratio in which 
each element of food was found 
I. Mollusca 
* 
I 
t 
14 
•79 
10 
.04 
10 
.04 
12 
. 12 
12 
. 12 
4 
I 
t 
12 
• 5 i 
I I 
.14 
1 1 
• 14 
2 
62 
45 
42 
3 
33 
29 
6 
3 
56 
29 
3 
1 
7 
29 
12 
4 
I 
15 
t 
• 5 i 
.08 
.07 
.07 
.06 
.01 
.01 
.25 
.06 
.01 
t 
t 
t 
t 
•13 
.08 
.02 
t 
.02 
t 
II. Insecta 
14 
. ^ 1 
15 
•49 
1 1 
. 12 
10 
. 1 1 
1 
t 
6 
•03 
4 
.02 
2 
.01 
2 
.01 
14 
.27 
5 
.04 
7 
.26 
4 
.02 
3 
.0 ± 
i. Hymenofitera 
Formicidae 
Ichneumonidae 
9 
.07 
8 
.06 
2 
t 
6 
.05 
6 
2. Lepidofitera 
Caterpillars 
2 
•03 
7 
. 11 
7 
.11 
Noctuidae 
3. Diptera 
1 
05 
14 
.50 
7 
. 10 
4. Coleoptera 
12 
7 
•13 
3 
.04 
9 
. 10 
5 
.09 
Carabidae . 
Silphidae 
9 
• o 5 
3 
Nitidulidae 
1 
Staphylinidae 
1 
t 
3 
.01 
1 
t 
11 
•35 
6 . 
.26 
2 
•03 
Histeridae 
2 
t 
1 
t 
1 
t 
Bvrrhida* 
Scarabaeidae 
9 
• 13 
8 
• i 7 
4 
•13 
t 
Melolonthinae . . . 
2 
.0*1 
Euryomia 
2 
.09 
Buprestidae 
t 
3 
.01 
Elateridae 
• Ol 
8 
■03 
3 
•03 
1 
Tenebrionidae 
