For the eastern black racer (_C. c. constrictor_) the following food items have been recorded: 1 robin (_Turdus migratorius_, Storer, 1839:226); 1 copperhead (_Agkistrodon contortrix_, Verrill, 1869:158); 1 weasel (_Mustela_ sp.--presumably the diminutive _M. rixosa_--Atkinson, 1901:148); 3 undetermined mammals, 1 rabbit, 1 undetermined mouse, 7 voles (2 _Microtus_ sp., 4 _M. pennsylvanicus_, 1 _Clethrionomys gapperi_), 1 undetermined bird, 2 robin eggs, 2 garter snakes (_Thamnophis sirtalis_), 1 water snake (_Natrix sipedon_), 1 grass snake (_Opheodrys vernalis_), 1 green frog (_Rana clamitans_), 1 wood frog (_R. sylvatica_), 1 grasshopper (_Melanoplus femur-rubrum_) 2 camel crickets (_Ceuthophilus_ sp.), 5 moths (cecropia, regal, imperial), 4 beetles, 1 currant worm, 1 ichneumonid wasp (_Nematus ribesii_), 1 currant worm (Surface, 1906:170); 1 ribbon snake (_Thamnophis sauritus_, Ditmars, 1907:282); 3 snakes (1 _Liopeltis vernalis_, 1 _Storeria occipitomaculata_, 1 undetermined), 6 white-footed mice (1 _Peromyscus leucopus_, 5 _P. nuttalli_), 1 vole (_Microtus pennsylvanicus_), 16 crickets (9 _Gryllus pennsylvanicus_, 4 _G. assimilis_, 2 _Miogryllus verticalis_, 1 _Nemobius fasciatus_), 2 grasshoppers (_Dissosteira_ sp.), 1 lepidopteran, 3 elaterid beetles (Ortenburger, 1928:200). Richmond and Goin (1938:310) recorded finding the stomach of a black racer crammed with June beetles (_Phyllophaga_). Conant (1938:53) recorded a black racer from Ohio that had a smaller individual of its own species in its stomach. The smaller snake contained a caterpillar. Uhler, Cottam and Clark (1939:34) found food in 16 of 34 black racers from Virginia. Mammals, including a shrew (_Blarina brevicauda_), a mole, a flying squirrel (_Glaucomys volans_), a microtine, and a mouse (_Peromyscus_ sp.) made up 26 per cent, 2 worm snakes (_Carphophis amoenus_), 2 ring-necked snakes (_Diadophis punctatus_), and 1 water snake (_Natrix sipedon_) made up 25.6 per cent, 5 birds including a warbler and a sparrow, made up 17.75 per cent; 2 frogs (_Rana_ sp.) made up 9.38 per cent, 1 fence lizard (_Sceloporus undulatus_) made up 6.25 per cent, and insects, including cicadas (_Tibicen_ sp.) and larval lepidopterans, made up 15.09 per cent. In Indiana, Minton (1944:457) examined 11 food-containing stomachs; there were rodents in six, snakes in five, a tree frog in one, and insects (cicadas, large grasshoppers) in four, and another black racer was found swallowing a small box turtle (_Terrapene carolina_). In Maryland, McCauley (1945:75) examined eight digestive tracts and recorded a shrew (_Blarina brevicauda_) in one, an unidentified mammal in one, 2 small cicadas in one, 2 small chickens in one, a fence lizard (_Sceloporus undulatus_) in one, and frogs and toads (including _Hyla crucifer_) in one; a ninth snake had eaten a half grown rat. In Connecticut, Finneran (1948:124) observed a large black racer eating a 21-inch garter snake (_Thamnophis sirtalis_).