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Title: Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas

Author: Dwight Platt

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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS

MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Volume 8, No. 8, pp. 477-498, 4 tables

June 8, 1956

Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas

BY

DWIGHT PLATT

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
LAWRENCE
1956

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, A. Byron Leonard,
Robert W. Wilson

Volume 8, No. 8, pp. 477-498, 4 tables
Published June 8, 1956

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Lawrence, Kansas

PRINTED BY
FERD VOILAND, JR., STATE PRINTER
TOPEKA, KANSAS
1956

FOOD OF THE CROW, CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS BREHM, IN SOUTH-CENTRAL KANSAS

By Dwight Platt

Introduction

The yearly diet of the crow was studied from December, 1952, to
February, 1954, in Harvey County and the northeastern townships of Reno
County, in south-central Kansas. In the United States much attention has
been devoted previously to the food taken by the crow because it is of
economic importance. The work of Barrows and Schwarz (1895) was the
first of a series of studies made by the United States Department of
Agriculture. Kalmbach (1918, 1920, 1939) continued these studies by
analyzing stomach contents from various parts of the United States. Also
the diet of the crow has been studied by local areas (Imler--Oklahoma,
1939; Hering--New York, 1934; Black--Illinois, 1941; Lemaire--Louisiana,
1950).

I am grateful to Dr. Henry S. Fitch, for many valuable
suggestions and helpful encouragement given in the course of
my study. Professor E. Raymond Hall, who read the
manuscript, likewise offered valuable suggestions. Dr. R. L.