APPENDIX. 
347 
Statement of the Stomach Contents of More Than 1,000 Hawks 
and Owls. 
<[In Dr. Warren's specimens, the star (*) indicates that the stomach contained foodof the character spec 
ifled in the column-heading under which it occurs, but that its specific identity was not determined.] 
Swallow-tailed Kite ( Elanoides forjicatus). 
Locality. 
Date. 
Poultry 
or game 
birds. 
Other birds. 
Mammals. 
Miscellaneous. 
Hawkinsville. Fla.. . . 
Mar. 31. 1885, 
Lizard; tree- 
toad ; grass 
hopper?; bee¬ 
tles. 
Do. . . 
do. 
Lizard ; grass¬ 
hoppers; bee¬ 
tles. 
Dixon county. Neb., . 
June —. 1805, 
60 locusts. 5 oth¬ 
er insects. 
Do. 
do. 
69 locusts. 3 oth¬ 
er insects. 
Sarpy county. Neb., . 
Sept. —. 1873, 
75 insects. 
Summary .—Of 5 stomachs examined 5 contained insects ; 2, lizards; 1. tree-toad. 
Mississippi Kite ( Ictinea mississippiensis). 
Madisonville. La., . . 
May 29. 1886, 
Fragments. 
Do. . . 
May 30, 1886, 
Beetles. 
Summary .—Of the 2 stomachs examined, both contained insects. 
Marsh Hawk (Circus hudsonius.) 
Amityville, L. I., N. Y., 
Oct. 17. 
1885, 
Washington, D. C., . . 
Oct. 29. 
1886. 
Bergen county. N. J., 
Nov. 26. 
1885. 
Washington. D. C., . . 
Jan. —, 
1887, 
Junco. 
Sandy Spring, Md., . . 
Feb. 11, 
1887, 
Do. . . 
Oct. 2. 
1887, 
Do. . . 
Oct. 14, 
1887, 
1887, 
Do. . . 
Nov. 17, 
Do. . . 
Nov. 18, 
1887. 
Tree sparrow, . . 
Do. . . 
Nov. 23. 
1887. 
Travare. Dak. 
July 5, 
1887, 
Pembina, Dak., .... 
July 30, 
1887, 
Do. .... 
do. 
Do. .... 
do. 
Oct. 4. 
Oct. 18, 
1887, 
Long Island City, N. Y. 
1887, 
Duck. 
East Hartford, Conn., 
Sept. 17, 
1887, 
Cromwell, Conn. 
Oct. 5, 
1886, 
Devil’s Lake, Dak.. . . 
Aug. 11, 
1887, 
Do. . . 
Aug. 17, 
1887. 
Sandy Spring. Md., . . 
Oct. 17, 
1887, 
Do. . • 
Feb. 13. 
1887, 
Sing Sing. N. Y. 
Oct. 1, 
1881, 
Fowl. 
Small bird. 
Do. . . . 
Sept. 17. 
1882, 
Wethersfield. Conn.. . 
Sept. 17. 
1887, 
Small bird, . . . 
Do. 
Sept. 24, 
1887, 
East Hartford, Conn.. 
Nov. 12, 
1886, 
Do. 
Oct. 17, 
1886, 
Paint Rock, Texas. . . 
Dec. 7, 
1886, 
Fowl. 
Washington, D. C.. . . 
Sept. 11, 
1886, 
East Bradford, Pa.. . . 
Aug. 22, 
1878. 
2 warblers, . . . 
Westtown, Pa., .... 
Aug. 30. 
1878, 
Oxford, Pa. 
Nov. 5. 
1879, 
Brazile Creek. Neb., . 
Oct. —, 
Do. 
do. 
Otoe county, Neb., . . 
Sept. —, 
1864. 
Meadow mouse. 
3 meadow mice. 
Meadow mouse, 
do. 
Meadow mouse, 
do. 
2 pine mice; 2 
meadow mice. 
Pine mouse ; 2 
meadow mice. 
Meadow mouse. 
2 s t r i p e d go¬ 
phers. 
Striped gopher. 
Hair of striped 
gopher. 
Striped gopher. 
Shrew. 
2 meadow mice. 
Meadow mouse. 
Striped gopher. 
Meadow mouse, 
do. 
Mice. 
do. 
3 meadow mice. 
2 meadow mice. 
Skunk. 
Mice. 
do. 
do. 
Empty. 
Reptiles; G9 in¬ 
sects. 
15 locusts. 77 
other insects. 
71 locusts. 10 
other insects. 
