Food Habits of the Thrushes of the United StatesBeal, F. E. L. (Foster Ellenborough Lascelles)
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Food Habits of the Thrushes of the United States
Beal, F. E. L. (Foster Ellenborough Lascelles)
Birds; Thrushes -- Food
_Cychrus andrewsi_ 2
_Cychrus_ sp 2
_Dyschirius hispidus_ 1
_Hister sedecimstriatus_ 1
_Phelister vernus_ 1
_Epuræa rufa_ 3
_Stelidota 8-maculata_ 1
_Byrrhus murinus_ 1
_Eucinetus morio_ 1
_Monocrepidius vespertinus_ 1
_Agriotes limosus_ 1
_Corymbites signaticollis_ 1
_Podabrus flavicollis_ 1
_Telephorus bilineatus_ 1
_Onthophagus_ sp 1
_Atænius strigatus_ 1
_Atænius ovatulus_ 1
_Atænius_ sp 3
_Aphodius ruricola_ 1
_Aphodius inquinatus_ 3
_Aphodius_ sp 1
_Serica_ sp 1
_Lachnosterna_ sp 10
_Anomala_ sp 1
_Leptura sphæricollis_ 1
_Leptura mutabilis_ 1
_Chrysomela pulchra_ 4
_Blapstinus metallicus_ 1
_Helops micans_ 1
_Hormorus undulatus_ 1
_Otiorhynchus ovatus_ 1
_Cercopeus chrysorrhœus_ 2
_Pandeletejus hilaris_ 1
_Sitones_ sp 1
_Hylobius pales_ 1
_Desmoris constrictus_ 1
_Bagous sellatus_ 1
_Anthonomus sycophanta_ 1
_Conotrachelus posticatus_ 2
_Acalles clavatus_ 1
_Acalles_ sp 1
_Cryptorhynchus ferratus_ 1
_Sphenophorus melanocephalus_ 1
HEMIPTERA.
_Tibicen septendecem_ 1
_Nezara hilaris_ 1
_Vegetable food._--A few _Rubus_ seeds were recorded as cultivated
fruit, but they were found in only two stomachs and probably were
wild, as the gray-cheeked thrush does not live where it is likely to
come in contact with cultivated blackberries or raspberries. In any
case they amount to only 0.15 per cent. Wild fruits of 18 different
species (23.98 per cent) make up nearly one-fourth of the whole
food--in fact, the vegetable food, other than wild fruit, is
insignificant. Wild berries supplement the regular food, which
consists of insects and spiders.
The following list shows the fruits and seeds identified and the
number of stomachs in which found:
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