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ISOPTERA 

 [Hagen, H.] 



1881. [Letter on birds vs. termites.] Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 20, 

 1878- 1880, p. 118. Record of 15 species of birds following an 

 emigration of white ants, robins, bluebirds, and sparrows being 

 mentioned. 



[LONGSTAFF, G. B.] 



1918. A flight of winged termites at Barrackpore. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 

 1918, pp. Ixiv-lxvi. Lizards, bullfrogs, rats, cats, dogs, jackals, 

 mongoose, crows, Indian mynah, bats and cockroaches observed 

 eating white ants. 

 Snyder, T. E. 



1920. [Nearctic Termites.] Notes on biology and geographic distribution. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 108, pp. 87-211. Termite checks include 

 parasitic fungi, protozoans, nematodes, mites, and predacious ants, 

 robber flies, beetle larvae, crickets, spiders, centipeds, lizards, and 

 domestic and wild birds (pp. 116-118). 



1924. New termites and hitherto unknown castes from the Canal Zone, 

 Panama. Journ. Agr. Research, vol. 29, no. 4, p. 182, Aug. 15. 

 Ants and anteaters as foes. 



DERMAPTERA 



Brindley, H. H. 



1920. Notes on certain parasites, food, and capture by birds of the common 

 earwig (Forficiila auricularia) . Proc. Cambridge Phil. Soc, vol. 

 19, (1916-1919) pp. 167-177. Fourteen species of British birds 

 known to eat earwigs ; also domestic fowls. 

 Morgan, W. P. 



1924. Notes on the function of the forceps in earwigs. Proc. Indiana 

 Acad. Sci., vol. 33, (1923), pp. 303-306, 7 figs. Earwigs are preda- 

 tory and cannibalistic, use forceps in capturing and holding prey. 

 Sharp, David. 



1910. Forficulidae — earwigs. Cambridge Nat. Hist., vol. 5, pp. 202-216. 

 Eat larvae, snails, flowers, vegetables. 



CHELEUTOPTERA 



Badenoch, L. N. 



1899. [Enemies of Phasmidae.] True tales of the insects, p. 48. Birds, 

 lizards, mantids, bugs ; eggs parasitized. 

 Sharp, David. 



1910. Phasmidae — stick and leaf insects. Cambridge Nat. Hist., vol. 5, 

 pp. 260-278. Vegetarian, but sometimes cannibalistic. Enemies in- 

 clude birds, Hemiptera, ichneumon flies. 



SALTATORIA 



AuGHEY", Samuel. 



1878. Notes on the nature of the food of the birds of Nebraska, ist Ann. 

 Rep. U. S. Ent, Comm. (1877), Appendix II, pp. [13-62.] Records 

 migratory locusts from the stomachs of 172 species of birds and 

 field observations on 22 other species eating them. 



