Table 117 
FOODS OF 15 GREATER SCAUP FROM SALT ESTUARINE BAYS IN THE TAYLOR 
ISLAND, HOLLAND ISLAND, SMITH ISLAND, AND SAXIS ISLAND AREAS* 


Leaves, Stems and Rootstalks of 
Submerged Aquatic Plants u7é (21-7k) 
Eelgrass h7 (21-7h) 
Widgeongrass 7 ¢ 1-12) 
Grain 27% ( 7-56) 
Corn (bait) 27 ( 7=56) 
Animal Food 93 (68-100) 
Bittium varium (Gastropoda) 53 (26- 79) 
Mitrella lunata (Gastropoda) 53 (26= 79) 
Nassarius trivittatus (Gastropoda) 33 (12+ 62) 
Anachis avara (Gastropoda) 27 ( 7- 56) 
Undetermined Mollusks 27 ( 7= 56) 
Macoma balthica (Pelecypoda) 20 ( 4={ 49) 
Das amiaeener tons ( Pelecypoda) 13 ( 1- Wy) 
Acteocina canaliculata (Gastropoda) 13 ( 1- 1) 
Ilyanassa obsoleta (Gastropoda) 13. ¢ 1- I) 
Clathurella jewetti (Gastropoda) 13 ¢ 1-5 41) 
Gemma gemma (Pelecypoda) 7 ( += 32) 
Odostomia impressa (Gastropoda) 7 ( ++ 32) 
Cerithiopsis subulata (Gastropoda) 7 ( += 32) 
Turbonilla sp, (Gastropoda) 7 ( +¥- 32) 
Pyramidella sp. (Gastropoda) 7 ( t= 32) 
Pleurotoma sp, (Gastropoda) 7 € *- 32) 
1 Collected November-January. Percentage occurrence of foods that made up 5% 
or more of the volume in individual birds. Figures in parentheses show 95% 
confidence limits. 
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