APPENDIX. 
397 
Contents of Stomachs of English Sparrows {Passes' domesticus). 
[Examined at West Chester, Pa., by Dr. B. H. Warren, Prof. C. B. Cochran and Benj. M. Everhart.] 
Catalogue number. 
Age. 
Date of 
capture. 
Locality 
Wheat. O 
s 
REA] 
W 
Cj 
o 
LS. 
0> 
N 
a 
a 
o 
a 
1 Fruit and fruit seed. j 
1 Grass seed. | 
1 Weed seed. | 
Undetermined vegetable 
matter. 
1 Bread, rice. etc. 
1 Buds and blossoms. | 
Insect 
food. 
Remarks. 
1879. 
I 
Adult. . 
Mar. 13. 
Chester CO.. Pa., . 
is 
2 
do. . 
Mar. — , 
do. 
is 
• 
Clover seed 
3 
do. . 
do. 
do. 
* 
* 
do. 
4 
do. . 
do. 
do. 
* 
* 
Blades of grass. 
5 
do. . 
do. 
do. 
* 
e 
is 
Clover seed. 
6 
do. . 
do. 
do. 
* 
is 
do. 
7 
do. . 
do. 
do. 
* 
Blades of grass. 
8 
do. . 
do. 
do. 
* 
is 
Clover seed. 
9 
do. . 
do. 
do. 
* 
is 
do. 
10 
do. . 
do. 
do. 
* 
is 
Small black seed. 
1880. 
11 
do. . 
Mar. 1, 
do. 
is 
* 
White corn and 
small seed. 
12 
do. . 
Mar. 3. 
do. 
* 
i 
1 beetle. . 
Few small black 
seeds. 
13 
do. 
do. 
* 
is 
is 
Green vegetable 
matter. 
14 
Adult. . 
do. 
do. 
* 
, . 
. 
is 
Blossoms of pear; 
seed of bitter- 
weed. 
15 
do. . 
do. 
do. 
k 
is 
IG 
do. . 
Mar. 4, 
do. 
is 
is 
Small seeds. 
17 
do. . 
Mar. 12. 
do. 
* 
18 
do. . 
Mar. 15. 
do. 
* 
19 
do. . 
Mar. 22, 
do. 
♦ 
20 
Mar. 5, 
do. 
* 
* 
21 
Mar. 6, 
do. 
i. 
is 
Small black seeds. 
22 
do. 
do. 
is 
Small seeds. 
23 
^ • 
Mar. 20, 
do. 
is 
Small seeds and 
1879. 
blades of grass 
24 
Apr. 3, 
do. 
* 
is 
Seeds of bitter 
weed. 
25 
Apr. 5. 
do. 
* 
i. 
Small seeds 
26 
Apr. 9. 
do. 
is 
do. 
27 
Apr. 25, 
do.' 
* 
* 
White corn. 
28 
do. 
do. 
¥ 
, , 
i- 
Buds of pear. 
29 
Apr. 26. 
do. 
* 
is 
Clover seed. 
30 
Apr. 30. 
do. 
* 
Buds of haw tree. 
31 
do. 
do. 
* 
is 
Small black seeds. 
1880. 
32 
Apr. 17. 
do. 
* 
33 
Apr. 20. 
do. 
i; 
Seeds. 
34 
Apr. 23. 
do. 
ic 
is 
Small black seeds. 
35 
Apr. 27, 
do. 
* 
is 
36 
do. 
* 
* 
White corn. 
37 
do. 
Westchester, Pa., 
i 
* 
Small seeds. 
38 
Apr. 29. 
do. 
is 
is 
Small black seeds. 
39 
May 6, 
do. 
* 
40 
do. 
do. 
is 
41 
do. 
do. 
42 
do. 
do. 
* 
43 
May 7, 
do. 
is 
is 
Buds of haw tree; 
few black seeds. 
44 
May 8. 
do. 
* 
45 
do. 
do. 
♦ 
46 
do. 
do. 
is 
47 
do. 
do. 
* 
48 
do. 
do. 
49 
do. 
do. 
* 
50 
do. 
do. 
* 
51 
do. 
do. 
* 
52 
May 9, 
do. 
* 
\ 
53 
do. 
do. 
* 
54 
do. 
do. 
* 
55 
May 20, 
do. 
* 
Rye bread. 
56 
do. 
do. 
* 
do. 
57 
do. 
do. 
, , 
White corn. 
58 
Young, 
May 23. 
do. 
Apterous 
insects. 
59 
May 25. 
do. 
* 
60 
May 29, 
do. 
* 
61 
do. 
do. 
♦ 
* 
62 
do. 
do. 
* 
. . 
. 
. 
♦ 
