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BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 
2564. Female. Broadway, Queens county, N. Y. October 16, 1886 ; noon. William 
Butcher. 
Animal matter, 18 per cent; vegetable, 75 ; gravel, etc., 7. Stomach well filled. 
Contents. — Remains of acorns or chestnuts ; remains of insects ; gravel, in- 
cluding many bits of shell. 
1141. Adult. Sing Sing, N. Y. October 18, 1885. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 10 percent.; vegetable. 75; gravel, etc., 10; indeterminate, 5. 
Stomach well filled. 
Contents. — Fragments of acorns or chestnuts ; about 50 seeds of j)oison su- 
mach ; remains of various insects ; skin and pulp of a few berries. 
1515. Watkins, N. Y. October 20, 1885 ; 8.45 a. m. H. C. Griswold. 
Animal matter, 25 per cent.; vegetable, 25; gravel, etc., 50. Stomach about 
half full. 
Contents. — Fragments of seeds, one of which appears to be that of a squash or 
melon ; a little unidentifiable vegetable matter ; remains of insects ; sand 
and gravel. 
8940. Male. Rockville, Conn. October 22, 1886. H. K. James. 
Animal matter, 60 per cent.; vegetable, 35: gravel, etc., 5. Stomach full. 
Contents. — Remains of some large seed, possibly corn or beans of some kind; 
large quantity of insect remains, mainly grasshoppers ; small quantity of 
gravel, mostly bits of quartz, but one fair-sized garnet. 
4080. Male. East Hartford, Conn. October 22, 1886 ; noon. C. C. Hanmer. 
Animal matter, 2 per cent.; vegetable, 96 ; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach full. 
Contents. — Remains of acorns or chestnuts almost entirely, and mainly with- 
out any bits of shell ; a small amount of insect fragments in very small 
bits ; a few pieces of charcoal, and a very little sand. 
1460. Male. Redford, Mich. October 26, 1885 ; 7 a. m. (Killed over corn-field.) 
William J. Muldragh. 
Animal matter, 0 per cent.; vegetable, 99 ; gravel, etc., 1. Stomach about half 
full. 
Contents. — Mainly fragments of the pulp or flesh of some nut or berry, pos- 
sibly acorns ; 2 grape seeds ; 3 small pebbles, no sand ; no insect remains ; 
no traces of corn. 
1201. Male, Washington, D. C. October 30, 1885; 4 p. m. Dr. C. Hart Merriam. 
Animal matter, trace ; vegetable, 89 per cent.; gravel, etc., 5 ; indeterminate, 5. 
Stomach well filled. 
Contents. — Twenty or thirty kernels of corn in fragments ; 21 stones of flower- 
ing dogwood {Cornus Jlorida): 125 seeds of poison ivy; sand and gravel; 
and what appears to be fine mud ; no trace of insect remains. 
1202. Female. Washington, D. C. October 30, 1885 ; 4 p. m. Dr. C. Hart Merriam. 
Animal matter, 1 per cent. ; vegetable, 94 ; gravel, etc., 5. Stomach full. 
Contents. — About 40 seeds of Virginia creeper {Ampelopsis quinquefolid')', 
about 50 seeds of grapes ( Vitis)^ at least 2 species ; about 20 seeds of poison 
ivy, 1 of poison sumach, and 30 more unidentified ; pulps and skins of 
grapes and other fruit ; bits of sea-weed, grass, and unrecognizable vege- 
table matter ; a few bits of insects ; sand, gravel, 2 or 3 bits of mollusk 
shell, and single, worn claw of crayfish. 
1250. Female. Washington, D. C. November 14, 1885; 11.30 a. m. Dr. A. K. 
Fisher. 
Animal matter, 8 per cent.; vegetable, 90 ; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach full. 
Contents. — Nine seeds of Virginia creeper { Amp elop sis'); 12 stones of flower- 
ing dogwood {Cornus florida) ; fragments of about 5 kernels of corn ; a 
few hairs of a small mammal (probably mouse) ; 1 very small gasteropod 
shell ; bones of the head of a small fish ; minute fragments of one insect. 
2301. Adult. Washington, D. C. November 7, 1886; 4.30 p. m. H. W. Henshaw. 
Animal matter, 10 per cent.; vegetable, 65; gravel, etc., 20; indeterminate, 5. 
Stomach full. 
