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nortliarn aabsjpeoioa of this' wldo-ranglng bird, the Thlok-billod Fedwlng 
(Aiwlalus fortis 1 and the lorthem Hedwing tA<celalas p . arotolOCTiB l have 
bean taken near Van Boren in western Arkaneas (of Howell, A» U., Birds of 
Arkansas, Biol* Borrey Boll* 38, 1911, pp* 67>56) so that these forms may 
oooor in Arkansas Ooonty also, doring late fall and throxigh the winter* 
Bpeoimens taken near Van Boren in 1910 were oolleoted between Beoember 10 
and 17. 
Twelve Blackbirds among which were represented speoiaens of the foor 
species enoBterated at the beginning of the previoos paragraph were collect- 
ed from flocks feeding in rice stobule near Be Witt, on Becember 19* These 
birds had all eaten rice to a considerable amoont as shown in the following 
tabolation in which the nomber of rice kernels foond with the percentage 
by balk of rioe oontalned in stomach and crop as compared with other food 
are givens 
Agelaios p* nredatorloB 
#146438, 56 grains of rioe, remains of others 89 % 
#146439 , 42 " »* •• •• " 96 
#146440, 130 »• " « M w •• 84 
#146442 , 20 " 90 ^ 
figphagns carol Inns 
#146446, 6 grains of rioe Z&ft 
#146447, 20 " N N remains of others 65 % 
#146448 , 13 •' » It » w !• 40 ^ 
#146449, Fragmentary rioe grains 86 % 
HQlothms £ 3 . ater * 
#146443, 115 grains of rioe 65 % 
#146444, 66 " " 70 % 
#146446, 12 •* ** ** remains of others 70^ ’ 
gnlsoaloe 0 * Aeneas* 
#146441, 67 grains of rioe, remains of others 69 % 
The rioe eaten was all without t^uestion waste grain but it is of 
Interest to note that only one grain of red rioe was identified in the 
