ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF OUR BIRDS. 
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Table shoiving the kinds and number of insects, cray-fish and earth-worms eaten 
by the American tStarlings. _ 
Number and Name of Speci¬ 
mens Examined. 
Of thirteen Bobolinks 
examined. 
Classification 
OF Food. 
Wasp. 
Lepidoptera. 
Diptera__ 
Beetles. 
Orthoptera.. 
Dragon-flt.. • 
Earth-worm, 
Ratios Represented by Lines. 
34 
6 
10 
Adult forms 
Larvae. 
Grasshopper eggs. 
Of six Cowbirds exam- 
inetl. 
3 
4 
Lepidoptera. 
1 
1 
Hornet. 
3 
9 
Diptera. 
2 
p 
4 
Orthoptera. 
2 
P 
o 
4 
Beetles. 
5 
o 
22 
Adult forms. 
1 
1 
Larve. 
1 
30 
Moth eggs. 
Of eighty-four Red¬ 
winged Blackbirds 
examined. 
2 
5 
4 
8 
11 
1 
T3 
a 
Lepidoptera 
Beetles 
Grasshoppers 
Mollusks 
36 
Adult forms. 
1 
Larve . 
1 
Of twenty-one Meadow 
Larks examined .... 
5 
12 
11 
1 
20 
6 
1 
tS 
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a 
3 
d 
o 
o 
8 
Lepidoptera . 
40 
Beetles. 
19 
Grasshoppers. 
1 
Dragon-fly. 
1 
61 
Adult forms . 
MH(—MHB— 
11 
Larvae . 
15 
Insect eggs. 
.. 
50 
Caterpillars. 
7 
Beetles. 
2 
Snails. 
■ 
9 
Adult forms. 
bh 
Of eight Baltimore Ori¬ 
oles examined . 
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