360 
BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 
Sparrow Hawk— Continued. 
Locality. 
Date. 
Poultry 
or game 
birds. 
Other birds. 
Mammals. 
Miscellaneous. 
Chester county, Pa.. . . 
Feb. 16, 1880, 
Mice. 
Delaware county, Pa., 
.Jan. 30. 1880, 
do. 
Chestercounty, Pa., . . 
Jan. 14. 1881. 
do. 
Insects. 
East Bradford. Pa.. . . 
Jan. 1. 1880, 
Chestercounty, Pa., . . 
Nov. 20. 1879, 
Mice. 
do. 
Do. . . 
Aug. 25, 1876, 
Do. . . 
July —. 1870. 
Bat. 
Do. . . 
Jan. 16, 1879. 
Junco,. 
Mice. 
8 locusts; 27 
other insects. 
Dixon county. Neb., . 
July -, 1865, 
Mouse. 
Dakota, county, Neb.. . 
do. 
Gopher. 
38 insects. 
DO. . . 
June —, 1866, 
Quail, . 
29 insects. 
Do. . . 
July —. 1866, 
34 insects. 
Do. . . 
Aug. —, 1867, 
Rabbit. 
22 insects. 
Cedar county, Neb.. . . 
do. 
Mice. 
47 locusts. 
Pierce county. Neb.. . 
July —, 1869, 
Gopher. 
40 insects. 
Sarpy county. Neb.. . . 
Sept.—, 1871. 
Mice,. 
37 insects. 
Do. . . 
June—, 1872, 
Birds. 
43 insects. 
Lancaster county. Neb.. 
Sept. , 1873. 
40 insects; frogs 
Hale county, Ala., . . 
Mar. 17, 1888. 
Grasshoppers; 
crickets. 
Gainesville, Fla. 
Jan. 4. 1888. 
Remains of in¬ 
sects. 
Do. . . 
Los Gatos, Cal. 
Jan. 9, 1888, 
Dec. 7, 1887, 
Sparrow. 
Larvae and 
other insects. 
Do. .... 
Do. .... 
Do. .... 
Dec. —, 1887, 
Jan. 19. 1885. 
Dec. 31. 1887. 
. 
Warbler. 
Meadow lark ; 
sparrow. 
Crickets. 
Sandy Spring, Md., . . 
Apr. 2, 1888. 
Field sparrow. 
White grub ; 
beetles! spider 
Chester county. Pa., . 
Feb. 7, 1887. 
Caterpillar. 
Summary .—Of the 133 stomachs examined. 1 contained game bird; 28. other birds; 55, mice; 8, other 
mammals; 5. reptiles or batrachians; 83, insects; 12. spiders, and 5 were empty. 
Barn Owl (Strix pratincola). 
Chickemauga, Tenn., . 
Nov. 27. 1885, 
Cowbird ; spar¬ 
row. 
Chestercounty, Pa,, . 
Do. 
May 21, 1886, 
Dec. 8, 1886, 
Pigeon. 
Meadow mice. 
Dixon county, Neb., . 
Aug. —, 1867, 
Mouse. 
39 locusts; 22 
other insects. 
Dakota county. Neb.. . 
July —. 1868. 
55 insects. 
Lancaster county, Neb. 
June —, 1872, 
Mouse. 
40 insects. 
Gainesville. Fla., . . . 
Feb. 4. 1887, 
. 
2 cotton rats; 2 
shrews. 
Summary.— Of 7 stomachs examined. 1 contained poultry; 1, other birds: 4, mice; 1, other mammals; 
3, insects. 
Long-eared Owl ( Asio wilsonicinus). 
Coliuila Valley, Cal., . 
Apr. 
1, 
1886, 
2 pocket mice. 
Washington, D. C., . . 
Mar. 
27. 
1887. 
Song Sparrow, . . 
Meadow mouse. 
Sheepshead Bay, L. 1., 
N. Y. 
Nov. 
2, 
1886. 
Junco; kinglet, . 
do. 
Washington, D. C., . . 
Mar. 
16, 
1887, 
Empty. 
Sandy Spring. Md., . . 
Mar. 
8, 
1887, 
1887, 
do.' 
Do. '. . 
Mar. 
12, 
Meadow mouse. 
Do. . 
Mar. 
18. 
1887. 
do. 
Do. . . 
Nov. 
19, 
1887. 
do. 
Do. . . 
Jan. 
7, 
1888. 
2 meadow mice, 
Chestercounty, Pa., . 
Jan. 
11, 
1887. 
Meadow mouse; 
3 house mice. 
Do. 
Nov. 
20, 
1886. 
Meadow mouse. 
Do. 
i)ec. 
11. 
1886. 
do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Jan. 
28, 
do. 
1887, 
2 meadow mice. 
White-footed 
mouse; mead¬ 
ow mouse. 
Do. 
Meadow mouse. 
