390 
BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA 
1301. Male. Washington, D. C. December 19, 1885; 4-5 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, trace; vegetable, 75 per cent. ; gravel, etc., 24. Stomach well 
filled. 
Contents. —“Mast” (i . e., acorns, chestnuts and similar material), and large 
quantities of the epidermis of some grain, perhaps corn ; 68 seeds of poison 
ivy; large amount of sand, gravel, etc. ; minute fragments of insects. 
1302. Male. Washington, D. C. December 19, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 1 per cent. ; vegetable, 85 ; gravel, etc., 14. Stomach well filled. 
Contents. —Fragments of many kernels of corn, and two entire kernels ; about 
15 seeds of common sumach ; 30 seeds of poison ivy ; sand, gravel, and 5 or 
6 good-sized bits of mother-of-pearl; a few small fragments of insects, and 
one insect nearly entire. 
1303. Female. Washington, D. C. December 19, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. Dr. A. Iv. Fisher. 
Animal matter 1 per cent. ; vegetable, 94 ; gravel, etc., 5. Stomach well filled. 
Contents. —About 20 whole kernels of corn, and fragments of as many more ; 
7 seeds of grape ; about 60 seeds of common sumach ; 5 seeds of poison ivy; 
gravel, coal and sand ; a few remains of insects. 
1304. Male. Washington, D. C. December 19, 1885; 4-5 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 5 per cent. ; vegetable, 70; gravel, etc., 25. Stomach about 
two-thirds full. 
Contents .—About 10 entire kernels of corn (without skins), and as much more 
in fragments ; 2 seeds of poison ivy ; gravel, and bits of coal ; about 5 per 
cent, of insect remains. 
1311. Male. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 10 per cent. ; vegetable, 60 ; gravel, etc., 30. Stomach full. 
Contents. —Particles of wheat or corn, 3 or 4 kernels in all; 100 seeds of com¬ 
mon sumach ; remains of sea-weeds and other vegetable matter; remains 
of a few small crustaceans (perhaps isopods) ; fragments of mussel shell 
with parts of the mussel attached ; minute pieces of insects ; considerable 
sand, and many pebbles. 
1312. Male. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. Dr. A. Iv. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 40 per cent. ; vegetable, 50 ; gravel, etc., 10. Stomach full. 
Contents .—One kernel of corn nearly entire, pieces of several more, and a 
large amount of hulls and other vegetable debris ; 20 or 25 seeds of harm¬ 
less sumach, apparently of two species ; remains of a small crab or cray¬ 
fish ; 10 or 12 small bones of a fish ; numerous remains of insects (grass¬ 
hopper legs, etc.), and pieces of myriapods; sand, gravel, and pebbles, 
with 1 or 2 bits of shell. 
1313. Male. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. H. W. Henshaw. 
Animal matter, 1 per cent. ; vegetable, 15 ; gravel, etc., 70; indeterminate, 14. 
Stomach full. 
Contents. —Seeds and gravel mainly, with a little mud and fine vegetable ref¬ 
use ; traces of insects in addition to 2 or 3 small beetles entire ; about forty 
seeds of common sumach, and about 80 of poison ivy; a few small bits of 
some grain, in all equal to about two kernels of wheat. Among the gravel 
was a small, worn, crayfish claw. 
1314. Male. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. H. W. Henshaw. 
Animal matter, 10 per cent. ; vegetable, 60; gravel, etc., 30. Stomach full. 
Conteyits.— Pieces of corn, perhaps 4 or 5 kernels in all ; bits of grass, hulls, 
vegetable fiber of various kinds, and considerable fine “ mud,” apparently 
all vegetable ; 6 or 8 pieces of the carapace of a crayfish ; fragments of mus¬ 
sel shell ( Unio ?); many small bones of common mouse ( Mus musculus ), 
with some of the teeth ; many fragments of insects, much comminuted ; 
sand, gravel, charcoal, and one or two imperfect snail shells. 
1315. Male. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885 ; 4-5 p. m. H. W. Henshaw 
Animal matter, 1 per cent. ; vegetable, 97 ; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach well 
filled. 
