APPENDIX, 
391 
Contents. — Mainly kernels of corn whole or in fragments, and the hulls of 
same ; bits of the shell of acorns and a few bits of the kernel of same ; 4 
seeds of poison ivy ; 1 seed of bind-weed {Polygonum?)', about 100 very 
small, black seeds ; a very few fragments of insects ; a very little gravel or 
sand. 
1316. Female. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. H. W. Henshaw. 
Animal matter, 3 per cent. ; vegetable, 72; gravel, etc., 25. Stomach about 
half full. 
Contents. — A few bits of corn and hulls of same ; pieces of grass and verj^ 
fine vegetable debris, part of it apparently the shell of some bony seed; 
4 or 5 small beetles, and minute portions of hard parts of others ; sand 
and gravel ; small tuft of mammal’s hair, probably of cat or dog ; frag-^ 
ments of one or more legs of crayfish ; eight or ten kernels of wild rice 
{Zizania aquatica)', 2 unknown seeds. 
1317. Female. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. H. W. Henshaw. 
Animal matter, 2 per cent. ; vegetable, 83 ; gravel, etc., 15. Stomach about 
three-fourths full. 
Contents. — Mainly pieces of corn and hulls of same ; 123 seeds of poison ivy ; 
a little fine vegetable matter not determined ; minute pieces of the hard 
parts of insects ; gravel and fine sand form about 15 per cent, of the en- 
tire contents. 
2528. Male. Washington, D. C. December 25, 1886. F. A. Lucas. 
Animal matter, 5 per cent. ; vegetable, 50; gravel, etc., 25 ; indeterminate, 20. 
Stomach well filled. 
Contents. — Remains of acorns, chestnuts, and similar material, in small pieces ; 
about 20 per cent, of other vegetable material, similar in color, but like 
fine mud, and probably part vegetable and part sand; bones of a small 
fish, forming 4 or 5 per cent, of contents ; a single leg of some insect, and 
2 or 3 other minute insect fragments ; gravel, consisting mainly of mother- 
of-pearl and fine sand. 
4117. Female. East Hartford, Conn. December 15, 1886; 10 a. m. C. C. Hanmer. 
Animal matter, 15' per cent. ; vegetable, 60; gravel, etc., 20; indeterminate, 5. 
Stomach well filled. 
Contents. — Remains of acorns, both shells and “ meat ;” a few bits of thorn- 
apple {Crataegus) but no seeds; bits of grass and finally divided vegetable 
matter ; a considerable amount of fine, dark hair, probably of mouse ; 
perhaps 5 per cent, of insect remains ; a large amount of pebbles and 
sand ; about 5 per cent, of fine “mud” not determined. 
Results in Details of the Examination of Stomachs of the Fish Crow 
{Corvus ossifragus). 
1332. Male. Washington, D. C. March 16, 1886; 4 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 5 per cent. ; vegetable, 93 ; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach full. 
Contents. — Eleven seeds of cat-brier {Smilax glauca)', 2 seeds of sour gum 
{Nyssa multiflora); a few bits of corn and many hulls, together with other 
fibrous vegetable matter ; 2 small masses of animal fiber, apparently flesh 
of some mammal ; single feather, probably of chicken ; a very little sand, 
etc. ; no insect remains. 
1333. Female. Washington, D. C. March 16, 1886 ; 4 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 10 per cent. ; vegetable, 88; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach about 
half full. 
Contents. — Two or three kernels of corn, and hulls of more, with some other 
vegetable matter ; bone of some mammal (probably taken with gravel) ; 2 
or 3 fuathers, kind not determined ; among the gravel was a bit of shell 
(of XJnio?) and several bits of egg-shell (hen’s); no insects. 
