124 AUTUMN FOOD OF THE MYRTLE WARBLER 
No. 2. 
Per cent- 
12 bayberries (4 in gullet) 1 62 
2 flies (Musca domestica ?) 9 
1 blue fly (Dip tern) 9 
Beetles (Aphodius inquinatus) 3 
Beetles ( Coleoptera ) 5 
r aphid (?) 1 
Feathers 1 
Material undetermined 10 
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No. 3. 
Per cent- 
7 bayberries 82 
Beetles ( Coleoptera ) 6 
Insects undetermined 7 
Material undetermined 5 
* 100 
No. 4. 
Per cent.. 
10 bayberries 91 
Fly ( Dipt era] 5 
Insects undetermined 4 
* 100 
Eleven specimens were taken in a pasture at Durham, October 16, 1899- 
There were many bayberry bushes in the pasture, some of which had 
already been stripped of their fruit by the birds. The food taken by these 
birds was as follows : 
No. 1. 
Per cent- 
2 bayberries 62 
4 hymenopterous parasites 7 
Flies ( Diptera ) 12 
Beetles ( Aphodius ) 4 
Aphides 2 
Bugs ( Ilemiptera ) 4 
Undetermined insects 7 
Feathers... 1 
100 
No. 2. 
Per cent- 
3 bayberries 44 
Plant lice (Aphides) 33 
Eggs of aphides 4 
