Table 126 
FOODS OF 14 LESSER SCAUP FROM TURBID BRACKISH ESTUARINE BAYS 
OF FISHING BAY AND THE NANTICOKE RIVER2 
oo —eReaeanenaes=sass=~=~“_—S—eeeeeeeeS 
Seeds _T% ( +=3)) 
Olney Three-square 7 ( +-3k) 
Grain (bait) 1% ( 1-43) 
Corn lu ( 1-43) 
Animal Food 100% (76-100) 
Acteocina canaliculata (Gastropoda) 6 (35-88) 
Mulinia lateralis (Pelecypoda) 50 (23=77) 
Laevicardium mortoni (Pelecypoda) 36 (12-65) 
Macoma balthica (Pelecypoda) 36 (12~65) 
Chiridotea coeca (Isopoda) 36 (12-65) 
Brachidontes recurvus (Pelecypoda) 29 ( 859) 
Odostomia impressa (Gastropoda) 21 ( e521) 
Triphora perversa (Gastropoda) 1h ¢ 1-h3) 
Gammaridae (sp.7) ah (¢ 1-43) 
Sayella chesapeakea (Gastropoda) 7 ( +-3h) 
Mya arenaria (Pelecypoda) 7 ( +=3)) 
Nassarius trivittatus (Gastropoda) 7 ( 3h) 
Bittium varium (Gastropoda) 7 ( +-3h) 
Macoma phenax (Pelecypoda) 7 ( +=3k) 
Volsella demissa (Pelecypoda) 7 ( 3h) 
Decapoda (sp.?) . 7 ( 3h) 
1 Collected January 9-March 23. 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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