. The Canadian field-naturalist. October, 1940] The Canadian Field-Naturalist 99 August 14 1 Cinereous Shrew 3 House flies 3 Grasshoppers 1 Cinereous Shrew 1 Cinereous Shrew. shoots of green grass were placed in the cage but were never eaten. One day the shrew was feeding on a Cinereous Shrew when three live grasshoppers were dropped into the cage. The Pigmy immediately left the Cinereous and proceeded to kill the grasshoppers one after the other. While feeding upon these four specimens a piece of sweet buttered biscuit was dropped into the cage. The Pigmy immedi
. The Canadian field-naturalist. October, 1940] The Canadian Field-Naturalist 99 August 14 1 Cinereous Shrew 3 House flies 3 Grasshoppers 1 Cinereous Shrew 1 Cinereous Shrew. shoots of green grass were placed in the cage but were never eaten. One day the shrew was feeding on a Cinereous Shrew when three live grasshoppers were dropped into the cage. The Pigmy immediately left the Cinereous and proceeded to kill the grasshoppers one after the other. While feeding upon these four specimens a piece of sweet buttered biscuit was dropped into the cage. The Pigmy immedi- ately ran over, ate the biscuit voraciously and returned to feed on the grasshoppers and Ci- nereous Shrew. It was observed that the shrew took the piece of biscuit between its forefeet and lifted it to its mouth, sitting back on its hind legs and feeding much in the manner of a squirrel. On August 15th the Peromyscus placed in the cage on August 13th, was removed. The skull had been broken, the flesh stripped off the skull and the brain completely devoured. The portions remaining, were the tail, limbs, feet and parts of the vertebrae and ribs. The remaining portions weighed gms. The original weight before at- tacked by the Pigmy Shrew was gms. August 15 2 House flies 2 Grasshoppers __ ~ August 16 1 Cinereous Shrew 2 House flies 2 Grasshoppers 42 August 17 1 Cinereous Shrew 10 00 a m 1 Crane fly 2 GrasshoDpers 2 House flies 1 Cinereous Shrew The Red-backed the cage on August Mouse which was placed in 18th at ' 16th was removed on August gms. ) The remainii lg portions weighed August 18 - — 1 Cinereous Shrew 1 Cinereous Shrew . 2 Grasshoppers 2 House flies 1 Crane fly .__. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not per
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