Produced by Chris Curnow, Tom Cosmas, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.ne UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BULLETIN No. 280 Contribution from the Bureau of Biological Survey HENRY W. HENSHAW, Chief ----------------------------------------------------------------- Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER September 27, 1915 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD HABITS OF THE THRUSHES OF THE UNITED STATES By F. E. L. Beal, _Assistant Biologist_. CONTENTS. Page. Introduction 1 Townsend's solitaire 3 Wood thrush 5 Veery and willow thrush 9 Gray-cheeked and Bicknell's thrushes 11 Olive-backed and russet-backed thrushes 13 Hermit thrushes 18 [Illustration: logo] WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1915 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE [Illustration: shield] BULLETIN No. 280 [Illustration: shield] Contribution from the Bureau of Biological Survey HENRY W. HENSHAW, Chief ------------------------------------------------------------------ Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER September 27, 1915 ------------------------------------------------------------------ FOOD HABITS OF THE THRUSHES OF THE UNITED STATES. By F. E. L. Beal, _Assistant Biologist_. INTRODUCTION.