. Food of Our More Important Flycatchers . ^ has little (M-onomic interest. The followintr fruits and seeds were identified: Elderberry (Sambuciis glnucn).Dogwood {Cornus pubcsanis)..Filaree {Erodiuin sp.) IG11 Baspben-y or blackberry {Rubus sp). 1Poisou oak (Rhus diversiloba) 3 Bui. 44, Biological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate Mms ^fCiSS/x^<ie^r<?j, Black Phoebe. OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. 41 Food of nestlings.—ABiong the stomachs involved in the foregomgdiscussion are those of 22 nesthngs varying in age from 1 to 2 were separately tabulated, and show some diffe
. Food of Our More Important Flycatchers . ^ has little (M-onomic interest. The followintr fruits and seeds were identified: Elderberry (Sambuciis glnucn).Dogwood {Cornus pubcsanis)..Filaree {Erodiuin sp.) IG11 Baspben-y or blackberry {Rubus sp). 1Poisou oak (Rhus diversiloba) 3 Bui. 44, Biological Survey, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate Mms ^fCiSS/x^<ie^r<?j, Black Phoebe. OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER. 41 Food of nestlings.—ABiong the stomachs involved in the foregomgdiscussion are those of 22 nesthngs varying in age from 1 to 2 were separately tabulated, and show some differences from thediet of the adults. The food consisted of per cent of animalmatter to of vegetable. This is apparently more than twice asmuch vegetable matter as was taken by the adults, but nearly all oft was rubbish, probably given to the young accidentall}. Only 1stomach contained a httle fruit pulp—real food. Beetles, which arehard food, amount to per cent. Hymenoptera, which are softerand much more easily crushed and broken up, aggregate percent. Hemiptera (bugs) were fed to 1 nesthng only. It was 17 percent of that stomachs contents, but amounts to only per centof the whole food. Diptera, wliich are softer than Hymenoptera,were fed to the amount of per cent. In 1 brood of 3 the averagein each s
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