Hemiptera (bugs) were found to the extent of 3.51 per cent of the total food. All were contained in three stomachs taken in March, June, and July. In the July stomach four cicadas, or dog-day flies, constituted the whole contents. Grasshoppers amount to less than 1 per cent and all other insects to but a trifle. Spiders were eaten to the extent of 2.94 per cent of the food and were found in the stomachs taken in seven of the twelve months, and judging from their distribution they are eaten whenever available. A hair snake (_Gordius_) was found in one stomach. Following is a list of insects identified and the number of stomachs in which found: COLEOPTERA. _Amara erratica_ 1 _Aphodius_ sp 1 _Balaninus_ sp 1 HEMIPTERA. _Platypedia putnami_ 1 _Vegetable food._--The vegetable portion of the food of _Myadestes_ is 64.10 per cent of the whole, and 58.70 per cent of this, or more than half the whole food, is classified as wild fruit or berries. These were found in stomachs collected in every month. From the even distribution of this food through the year and from the quantity eaten it is evidently a favorite article of diet. Nothing was found in any of the stomachs that could be identified as cultivated fruit, with the possible exception of a mass of fruit pulp found in one. A few seeds of poison ivy and sumac, with fragments of flowers and a few weed seeds, complete the vegetable food. Following is a list of fruits, seeds, etc., identified, and the number of stomachs in which found: Rocky Mountain cedar (_Juniperus scopulorum_) 3 Western cedar (_Juniperus monospermum_) 1 Other cedars (_Juniperus_ sp.) 2 Hackberries (_Celtis occidentalis_) 1 Douglas hackberries (_Celtis douglasii_) 1 Service berries (_Amelanchier_ sp.) 1 Rose haws (_Rosa_ sp.) 2 Wild cherries (_Prunus_ sp.) 1 Sumac berries (_Rhus_ sp.) 1 Poison ivy (_Rhus toxicodendron_) 1 Waxwork (_Celastrus_ sp.) 1 Madrona berries (_Arbutus menziesii_) 5 Honeysuckle berries (_Lonicera_ sp.) 1 Elderberries (_Sambucus_ sp.) 1 Fruit not further identified 3 _Summary._--With so small an amount of material it is not safe to draw general conclusions, but in the case of _Myadestes_ one point seems clear--the bird's favorite food is small wild fruit, and as long as this is abundant the bird will probably not attack cultivated varieties; but should any portion of the region occupied by the solitaire be cleared of its wild fruit and cultivated species be introduced these would likely be preyed upon. Under such conditions this bird, now perfectly harmless, might inflict considerable damage. WOOD THRUSH. (_Hylocichla mustelina._)