. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. THE WINTER FOOD OF THE CHICKADEE 89 Dr. L. O. Howard as belonging to some species of the family Reduvii- (icE, making 2 per cent. ; three small larvce, apparently of the order Uiptera, i per cent. ; fragments of sumach berries, 2 per cent., and undetermined material, 10 per cent. The next specimen was taken De- cember 9th in an apple tree, it having previously been followed through a mixed growth of young pines, maple, willow, and birches. The stomach was nearly full of the eggs of aphides, 429 of these being counted in the mass ; they were estimated t
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. THE WINTER FOOD OF THE CHICKADEE 89 Dr. L. O. Howard as belonging to some species of the family Reduvii- (icE, making 2 per cent. ; three small larvce, apparently of the order Uiptera, i per cent. ; fragments of sumach berries, 2 per cent., and undetermined material, 10 per cent. The next specimen was taken De- cember 9th in an apple tree, it having previously been followed through a mixed growth of young pines, maple, willow, and birches. The stomach was nearly full of the eggs of aphides, 429 of these being counted in the mass ; they were estimated to form 70 per cent, of the stomach contents. There were also present a small moth, 4 per cent. ; a Carabid beetle, 5 per cent. ; a snout beetle, 4 per cent. ; two insect larvae, 4 per cent. ; an egg of the fall canker worm,i per cent. ; feathers a trace, and undetermined material, i per cent. The first specimens collected in Jan- uary were taken on the 19th at 2 p. m., and consisted of four birds which had just passed through a young growth of grey birches, apple and maple trees growing in a neglected pasture. Three of these had eaten largely of vegetable matter which was doubtfully identified as the buds of some small plant; this material constituted 70 per cent, in two of the specimens and 75 per cent. in the third. The first bird had eaten in addition the following: Three in- sect larvae, i per cent. ; about 45 in- sect eggs, 5 per cent. ; undetermined fig. 5. Eggs of Fall Canker Worm insects, 2 per cent. ;^ small seeds, 6 on Elm Twig. (Chickadees feed per cent. ; undetermined material, 8 freely on these Eggs.) per cent. The second specimen had a somewhat similar record, except that 6 per cent, of aphid eggs had been eaten. The third had eaten a large geometrid larva, forming 5 per cent of the food. The fourth chickadee of this lot had partaken of a somewhat different food from the other three. The principal item in its bill of fare consisted of material which was believed t
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