. Birds and nature in natural colors : being a scientific and popular treatise on four hundred birds of the United States and Canada . make up the bulk of this item,with a few of the parasitic species. No honeybees were found. That Hymen-optera are a favorite food is shown by the quantity eaten and by the facts that theywere found in .S5 stomachs and that they were well distributed over the season. Hemiptera (bugs) amount to per cent, which is the highest record forthis item among the flycatchers now considered. Among them were many of thosequeer beechnut-shaped little bugs commonly know
. Birds and nature in natural colors : being a scientific and popular treatise on four hundred birds of the United States and Canada . make up the bulk of this item,with a few of the parasitic species. No honeybees were found. That Hymen-optera are a favorite food is shown by the quantity eaten and by the facts that theywere found in .S5 stomachs and that they were well distributed over the season. Hemiptera (bugs) amount to per cent, which is the highest record forthis item among the flycatchers now considered. Among them were many of thosequeer beechnut-shaped little bugs commonly known as buffalo tree hoppers (i\Iem-bracidae). These creatures are as agile as fleas, and would seem to be too nimbleto be taken by most species of birds, but the ash-throat is evidently very success-ful in catching them, as they were found in 23 stomachs, while the sluggish stink-bugs (Pentatomidas) were in only 13. Cicadas were found in 13 stomachs, jump-ing plant lice (Psyllidae) in 7, leaf hoppers f Jassidse) in 7, shield bugs (Scutel-leridse) in 1, assassin bugs (Reduviidre) in 1, and negro bugs f Corimel<ienid;el in 1. 526. en ASH THROATED FLYCATCHERI Life-size. IFORD, CHICAQO They were all taken in the five months from April to August, inclusive, and theaverage per month, if tiiose five alone be considered, is per cent. Diptera (flies) amount to per cent of the food, and were eaten inevery month except August and September, but this exception is probably acci-dental. Those identified belong to the house-fly family (Muscidse), the Syrphid;eI Eristalis tenax), and the robber flies (Asilidje). These last were found in 2stomachs only. Altogether Diptera were found in 24 stomachs. Lepidoptera( moths and their larvae) were eaten in all the months but 3 (August, September,and October), but this is probably only accidental. A greater number of stomachsmight show a regular consumption throughout the season. They amount to cent of the seasonal diet and were fo
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