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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS — We thank James Green, North 
Carolina Department of Agriculture, for assistance with iden- 
tification of the entomological material recovered from the stom- 
achs. Lloyd Kiff, Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, Will 
Post, Charleston Museum; Thomas Webber, Florida State Museum; 
J. V. Remson, Louisiana State University; George Barrowclough and 
Mary LeCroy, American Museum of Natural History; David Willard, 
Field Museum of Natural History; Timothy O. Matson, the Cleve- 
land Museum; Ned K. Johnson, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 
Berkeley; R. D. James, Royal Ontario Museum; Nathan Kraucunas, 
Milwaukee Public Museum; Scott Wood, Carnegie Museum of 
Natural History; and J. Philip Angle, United State National Museum 
provided access to material in their respective care. John Cely, South 
Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources, provided masses of South 
Carolina birds, and Patrick Whaling conducted the mercury analysis 
laboratory work. Renaldo Kuhler, North Carolina Museum of Natu- 
ral Sciences, prepared Figure 4. Specimens were collected under 
permits provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (PRT-2- 
4007) and the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. A 
grant from the Chapman Fund of the American Museum of Natural 
History allowed examination of the specimens there. 
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