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BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 
1334. Female. Washington, D. C. March 16, 1886; 4 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 98 per cent.; vegetable, trace ; gravel, etc., 2. Stomach about 
one-third full. 
Contents. —A mass of meat and sinews, doubtless carrion ; a very few small 
bits of coal and sand, and one or two bits of egg-shell (hen’s); a very few 
vegetable fibers, perhaps of grass ; no insects. 
1335. Male, Washington, D. C. March 16, 1886; 4 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 75 per cent. ; vegetable, 5; gravel, etc., 20. Stomach about 
one-third full. 
Contents. —Shreds of meat, and strips and small sheets of animal membrane; 
not identifiable, doubtless carrion; a few bits of grass and woody fiber; 
particles of sand and pebbles, and numerous small pieces of egg shell 
(hens), together with fragments of a mussel shell ( TJnio ?), and 2 small 
bones, apparently mammalian, but discolored and probably taken as 
gravel; no insects. 
1336. Washington, D. C. March 16, 1886; 4 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 5 per cent. ; vegetable, 75; gravel, etc., 5; indeterminate, 15. 
Stomach about half lull. 
Contents. —Mainly remnants of oats with the hulls, and corn in fine pieces; a 
little meat fiber; a few downy feathers; 3 or four unknown seeds; some 
sand and gravel and bits of egg shell (hen’s) ; no insects. 
657. Female. Immature. Sing Sing, N. Y. September 10, 1885; 6.30 a. m. Dr. 
A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 0; vegetable, 100. Stomach half full. 
Contents. —Fragments of oats, pieces of acorns or chestnuts; unrecognizable 
vegetable matter ; no traces of animal matter. 
2529. Male. Washington, D. C., November 1, 1886. F. A. Lucas. < 
Animal matter, 10 per cent ; vegetable, 90; gravel, etc., 0. Stomach about 
two-thirds full. 
Contents. —Seeds, pulp, and skins of about 20 poke-berries {Phytolacca decan- 
dra ) ; remains of two or three grasshoppers, and perhaps other insects; 
no gravel. 
2284. Male. Washington, D. C., November 1, 1886; 3 p. m. F. A. Lucas. 
Animal matter, 65 per cent.; vegetable, 30; gravel, etc., 5. Stomach well filled. 
Contents.— Five grape seeds, pieces of grape skins, many fragments of grass¬ 
hoppers (and otner insects?), a little sand, bits of egg shell, one scale from 
shell of tortoise, probably all taken as gravel. 
2302. Female. Washington, D. C., November 7, 1886; 4.30 p. m. H. W. Henshaw, 
Animal matter, 35 percent. ; vegetable, 65; gravel, etc., 0. Stomach well filled. 
Contents. —Seeds and skins of about 20 small grapes, apparently “ frostgrapes” 
( Vitis cor difolia) ; about 130 seeds of poke-berry {Phytolacca) ; heads, 
wings, and legs of several grasshoppers; no gravel or sand except one 
small piece of mica. 
2583. Male. Washington, D. C., November 19, 1886; 9.30 a. m. William Dutcher. 
Animal matter, 50 per cent. ; vegetable, 50; gravel, etc., 0. Stomach nearly 
empty. 
Contents.— Three seeds of poke-berry and one or more skins of same; 3 seeds 
of red cedar {Juniperus virginiana) ; no insect remains; no gravel. 
1310. Male. Washington, D. C. December 23, 1885; 4-05 p. m. Dr. A. K. Fisher. 
Animal matter, 1 per cent.; vegetable, 96: gravel, etc., 3. Stomach about 
half full. 
Contents.— Two or three grains of wheat, and many fragments of this or other 
grain ; 2 seeds of Virginia juniper; many fragments of some black, bony 
seed, looking much like ground coffee ; 2 or 3 small “pin feathers” still 
inclosed in the sheath except at tip ; many small fragments of egg-shell 
(hen’s) ; a very little sand, and 1 bit of stone ; no trace of insect remains. 
