466 
ECONOMIC EELATIONS OF OUR BIRDS, 
Tabular summary of the results of an examination of the contents of the stom¬ 
achs of 1,608 birds. 
The Names oe the Families to 
WHICH THE Birds Examined Be- 
LONO. 
Number of hymenoptera eaten. 
1 Number eating hymenoptera. 
Number of lepidoptera eaten. 
Number eating lepidoptera. | 
Number of diptera eaten. 
Number eating diptera. 
1 Number of hemiptera eaten. 
1 Numl ev eating hemiptera. | 
Number of coleoptera eaten. 
1 1 
1 Number eating coleoptera. 
Number of orthoptera eaten. 
Number eating orthoptera. 
Number of neui optera eaten. 
1 Number eating neuroptera. I 
1 Number of spiders eaten. 
1 Number eating spiders. 
1 Number of myriapods eaten. 
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Thrushes. 
73 
34 
45 
24 
1 
1 
2 
2 
93 
44 
22 
13 
5 
5 
1 
1 
Bluebirds. 
2 
1 
10 
6 
1 
1 
13 
8 
22 
17 
2 
2 
. . 
Sylvias. 
2 
2 
9 
3 
12 
2 
14 
6 
1 
1 
Titmice. 
10 
5 
3 
1 
13 
7 
2 
2 
Nuthatches. 
5 
2 
6 
3 
4 
2 
47 
17 
1 
1 
Creepers . 
3 
1 
Wrens. 
4 
2 
14 
10 
7 
3 
7 
2 
33 
10 
3 
3 
2 
2 
American Warblers. 
45 
23 
167 
55 
175 
59 
79 
15 
221 
80 
6 
4 
10 
7 
4 
3 
, , 
Tanagers. 
4 
4 
26 
8 
6 
3 
6 
3 
47 
17 
7 
4 
1 
1 
11 
3 
. . 
, . 
Swallovs^s. — 
21 
9 
16 
9 
57 
11 
44 
7 
85 
19 
2 
2 
40 
10 
1 
1 
. . 
, , 
Wax wings. 
5 
1 
4 
1 
3 
2 
3 
1 
3 
1 
Greenlets. 
21 
6 
114 
48 
26 
8 
76 
io 
56 
26 
10 
9 
5 
4 
2 
2 
Shrikes. 
12 
4 
4 
2 
18 
9 
24 
7 
G 
3 
Finches. 
10 
7 
67 
25 
11 
7 
138 
12 
96 
41 
28 
23 
4 
3 
4 
4 
1 
1 
American Starlings. 
2 
2 
79 
26 
15 
6 
2 
1 
80 
30 
42 
22 
2 
2 
Crows, Jays . T.. 
1 
1 
3 
3 
30 
15 
8 
5 
American Flycatchers . 
97 
26 
48 
24 
114 
28 
9 
r* 
48 
24 
18 
13 
29 
21 
Goatsuckers". 
13 
3 
23 
2 
33 
5 
5 
1 
4 
9 
Chimney Swift. 
2 
1 
TTiimming-hirds. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
. 
3 
3 
Cuckoos r.. 
13 
2 
77 
10 
10 
2 
26 
6 
2 
2 
Woodpeckers. 
1449 
61 
24 
12 
2 
2 
222 
5 
2lo 
48 
. 2 
2 
2 
2 
Owls r. 
10 
1 
6 
1 
Hawks. 
7 
2 
6 
3 
69 
11 
Pigeons . 
2 
1 
13 
1 
1 
1 
Grouse. 
24 
2 
5 
3 
3 
2 
7 
1 
Plover. 
15 
4 
9 
5 
1 
1 
32 
11 
13 
7 
3 
1 
Phalaropes... 
6 
3 
Snipe, etc. 
6 
1 
1 
1 
3 
3 
45 
14 
5 
3 
3 
2 
Herons. 
32 
4 
11 
4 
26 
4 
1 
1 
Rails. 
5 
2 
2 
2 
Ducks. 
2 
1 
Gulls. 
6 
3 
6 
3 
Grebes. 
15 
4 
15 
2 
Grand Totals. 
1,779 
189 
793 
290 
444 
140 
671 
82 
1,262 
430 
337 
157 
158 
68 
52 
35 
2 
2 
ijTlapods. 
