Catbirds were examined, and found to contain 44 per cent of animal (insect), and 56 per cent of vegetable food. Ants, beetles, caterpillars, and grasshoppers constitute three-fourths of the animal food, the remainder being made up of bugs, miscellaneous... The Canadian Record of Science - Page 5191897Full view - About this book
| 1894 - 974 pages
...were examined and found to contain 4A per cent of animal (insect) and 56 per cent of vegetable food." Ants, beetles, caterpillars, and grasshoppers constitute...of the country almost certain — that a large part is obtained from wild vines. The rest of the vegetable matter is mostly wild fruit, such as cherries,... | |
| Indiana. Department of Geology and Natural Resources - 1897 - 1270 pages
...was insects and 56 per cent, vegetable food. Ants, beetles, caterpillar^ and grasshoppers constituted three-fourths of the animal food, the remainder being...insects and spiders. One-third of the vegetable food consisted of such fruits as are cultivated, though they may have been of wild growth, strawberries,... | |
| 1901 - 1256 pages
...food. Ants, beetles, caterpillars, and grasshoppers constitute three-fourths of the animal food, tbe remainder being made up of bugs, miscellaneous insects,...cultivated fruits, or those which may be cultivated, as strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries; but while we debit the bird with the whole of this,... | |
| John Hall Sage, Louis Bennett Bishop - 1913 - 382 pages
...were examined, and found to contain 44 per cent of animal (insect), and 56 per cent of vegetable food. Ants, beetles, caterpillars, and grasshoppers constitute...of this, it is probable — and in the eastern and well wooded part of the country almost certain — that a large part was obtained from wild vines.... | |
| 1914 - 1178 pages
...vegetable food. Ants, beetles, caterpillars, and grasshoppers constitute three-fourths of the aninml food, the remainder being made up of bugs, miscellaneous...cultivated fruits, or those which may be cultivated, as strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries; but while we debit the bird with the whole of this,... | |
| Foster Ellenborough Lascelles Beal - 1915 - 36 pages
...were examined and found to contain 44 per cent of animal (insect) and 50 per cent of vegetable food. Ants, beetles, caterpillars, and grasshoppers constitute...cultivated fruits, or those which may be cultivated, as strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries; but while we debit the bird with the whole of this,... | |
| 1916 - 574 pages
...were examined and found to contain 44 per cent of animal (insect) and 56 per cent of vegetable food. Ants, beetles, caterpillars, and grasshoppers constitute...cultivated fruits, or those which may be cultivated, as strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries; but while we debit the bird with the whole of this,... | |
| United States. Bureau of Biological Survey, Arthur Holmes Howell - 1924 - 404 pages
...were examined and found to contain 44 per cent of animal (insect) and 56 per cent of vegetable food. Ants, beetles, caterpillars, and grasshoppers constitute...three-fourths of the animal food, the remainder being n and Holt, The Auk. vol. 31, p. 233, 19H. made up of bugs, miscellaneous insects, and spiders. One-third... | |
| Indiana. Commissioner of Fisheries and Game - 1906 - 826 pages
...were examined and found to contain 44 per cent, of animal (insect) and 56 per cent, of vegetable food. Ants, beetles, caterpillars and grasshoppers constitute...while we debit the bird with the whole of this, it is probable^-and in the eastern and wellwooded part of the coimtry almost certain — that a large part... | |
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