iP PEND IX. 
347 
Statement of the Stomach Contents of More Than 1,000 Hawks 
AND Owls. 
[In Dr, Warren’s specimens, the star (*) indicates that the stomach contained food of the character spec 
ifled in the column-heading under which it occurs, but that its specillc identity was not determined.] 
SwAiif^ow-TAiLED KITE {Elunoides forJicaUis). 
Locality. 
Date. 
Poultry 
or game 
birds. 
Other birds. 
Mammals. 
Miscellaneous. 
Hawkinsville. Fla. , . . 
Mar. 31, 1885. 
Lizard ; tree- 
toad ; grass 
hoppers; bee- 
tles. 
Do. , 
do. 
Lizard ; grass- 
hoppers; bee- 
tles. 
Dixon county. Neb., . 
June — , 1865, 
60 locusts, 5 oth- 
er insects. 
Do. 
do. 
69 locusts, 3 Oth- 
er insects. 
Sarpy county. Neb., . 
Sept. — , 1873, 

75 insects. 
Summary . — Of 5 stomachs examined 5 contained insects; 2, lizards; 1, tree-toad. 
Mississippi Kite {Ictinea mississippiensis) . 
Madisonville. La., . . 
May 29, 1886, 
Fragments. 
Do. . . 
May 30, 1886, 
Beetles. 
Summary . — Of the 2 stomachs examined, both contained insects. 
Marsh Hawk {Circus hudsonius.) 
Amityville, L, I. , N. Y. , 
Washington, D. C., . . 
Bergen county, N. J., 
Washington, D. C., . . 
Sandy Spring, Md. , . . 
Do. . . 
Do. . . 
Do. . . 
Do. . . 
Do. . 
Travare. Dak 
Pembina, Dak 
Do. . . . . 
Do. . . . . 
Oakdale, N. Y 
Long Island City, N. Y. 
East Hartford, Conn., 
Cromwell, Conn 
DeTil’s Lake, Dak.. . . 
Do. . . 
Sandy Spring. Md., . . 
Do. . . 
Sing Sing, N. Y 
Do. . . . 
Wethersfield. Conn., . 
Do. 
East Hartford, Conn. . 
Do. 
Paint Rock, Texas. . . 
Washington, D. C.. . . 
East Bradford, Pa. . . . 
Westtown, Pa., . . . . 
Oxford, Pa., 
Brazile Creek. Neb.. . 
Do. 
Otoe county. Neb., . . 
Oct. 17, 
1885, 
Meadow mouse. 
Oct. 29, 
1886, 
3 meadow mice. 
Nov. 26, 
1885, 
Meadow mouse. 
Jan. — . 
1887, 
do. 
Feb. 11, 
1887, 
Junco. 
Oct. 2, 
1887, 
Meadow mouse. 
Oct. U, 
1887, 
do. 
Nov. 17, 
1887, 
2 pine mice ; 2 
meadow mice. 
Nov. 18, 
1887, 
Tree sparrow, . . 
Pine mouse ; 2 
meadow mice. 
Nov. 23, 
1887. 
Meadow mouse. 
July 5, 
1887, 
2s'triped go- 
phers. 
July 30, 
1887, ' 
Striped gopher. 
do. 
Hair of striped 
gopher. 
do. 
1887, 
Striped gopher. 
Oct. 4. 
Shrew. 
Oct. 18, 
1887, 
2 meadow mice. 
Sept. 17, 
1887, 
Duck. 
Oct. 5, 
1886, 
Meadow mouse. 
Aug. 11, 
1887, 
Striped gopher. 
Aug. 17, 
1887. 
Meadow mouse. 
Oct. 17, 
1887, 
do. 
Feb. 13, 
1887, 
Oct. 1, 
1881, 
Fowl. 
Sept. 17. 
1882, 
Small bird. 
Sept. 17, 
1887, 
Mice. 
Sept. 24. 
1887, 
Small bird, . . . 
do. 
Nov. 12, 
1886, 
3 meadow mice. 
Oct. 17, 
1886, 
2 meadow mice. 
Dec. 7, 
1886, 
Skunk. 
Sept. 11, 
1886, 
Fowl. 
Aug. 22. 
1878. 
Mice. 
Aug. 30, 
1878, 
2 warblers, . . . 
do. 
Nov. 5. 
1879, 
do. 
Oct. — , 
1869, 
do. 
Sept. — , 
1864. 
Empty. 
Reptiles; 69 in- 
sects. 
15 locusts. 77 
other insects. 
71 locusts. 10 
other insects. 
