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BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 
5510. Nestling. Gainesville, Ya. May 13, 1887 ; 5 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 90 per cent. ; vegetable, 0 ; gravel, etc., 0; indeterminate, 10. 
Stomach well filled. 
Contents. —Mainly insects ; a few bones of a small frog ; about 10 per cent, of 
fine “mud,” apparently a mixture of animal, vegetable, and mineral mat¬ 
ter, but not determinable ; no sand or gravel. 
5511. Nestling. Gainesville, Va. May 13, 1887 ; 5 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 90 per cent. ; vegetable, 7 ; gravel, etc., 1; indeterminate, 2. 
Stomach about two-thirds full. 
Contents. —Six or eight'small pieces of vegetable matter, apparently bits of an 
acorn or chestnut; a few shreds of vegetable fiber : 2 or 3 minute bones of 
a fish ; 3 bits of shell, probably of snail ; a single small pebble and a few 
grains of sand; a large amount (nearly 90 per cent.) of insect remains, 
among which pieces of beetles are numerous ; a small amount of fine mud¬ 
like material, probably from the insects. 
2514. Adult female. Sing Sing, N. Y. June 30, 1886 ; 3 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 1 per cent. ; vegetable, 99; gravel, etc., 0. Stomach full. 
Contents.— Mainly corn, one whole kernel and many large pieces, and a large 
amount of hulls and finely pulverized corn ; 3 stones of cherries (culti¬ 
vated), a few bits of black vegetable material like the shell of an acorn ; a 
few bits of the hard parts of beetles ; no sand or gravel. 
2677. Young. Englewood, N. J. June 27, 1886; 5 p. m. F. M. Chapman. 
Animal matter, 95 per cent. ; vegetable, 5; gravel, etc., 0. Stomach well filled. 
Contents. —Remains of small bird, apparently an unfledged young ; remains 
of insect larvae and insects, but these may have come from the stomach of 
the young bird eaten by the crow'; a few bits of the hulls of corn, and 
other vegetable debris. 
3045. Adult (?). Peterborough, Madison county, N. Y. June, 1886. G. S. Miller, Jr, 
Animal matter, 3 per cent. ; vegetable, 95 ; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach well filled. 
Contents .—Kernels of corn, oats, and a few of wheat, together with a large 
quantity of hulls, mainly of oats ; a few small fragments of insects ; 4 small 
pebbles, and a very little sand. 
3769. Male. Immature. Peck’s Island, New Jersey. July 1, 1886; noon. J. 
Percy Moore. 
Animal matter, 15 per cent. ; vegetable, 10; gravel, etc., 75. Stomach about 
half full. 
Contents .—Mainly sand and bits of shell; two or three bits of seaweed and a 
very little other vegetable matter ; 1 gasteropod shell about half an inch 
long; 3 or 4 joints of a crustacean’s legs; hundreds of minute fish verte¬ 
brae, almost microscopic ; about 5 per cent, of insect remains in very fine 
pieces. 
2D 15. Male. Immature. Sing Sing, N. Y. July 1, 1886; 9 a. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 99 per cent. ; vegetable, 0; gravel, etc., 0; indeterminate, 1. 
Stomach about half full. 
Contents. —Insects, mainly larvae ; a few bits of what appears to be bark or 
wood, but not positively identified ; no sand or gravel. 
2516. Male adult. Sing Sing, N. Y. July 1, 1886 ; 9 a. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 2 per cent. ; vegetable, 95 ; gravel, etc., 3. Stomach well filled. 
Contents.— -Nine cherry stones, with skins and pulp of about 3 ; fragments of 
corn or other grain, and the hulls of same ; about 20 seeds of Rubus sp. ? 
and 6 or 8 unknown seeds ; a few remains of insects, apparently beetles ; 5 
small pebbles and a little sand. 
Dr. Fisher says the cherry stones are from cherries which grow every¬ 
where in the woods about Sing Sing, and probably have escaped from cul¬ 
tivation. They are very dark when ripe, almost black. 
