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McAtee, W. L. 



1913. Economic ornlthologj- in California. The Auk, vol. 30, no. i, pp. 

 132-136, Jan. H. C. Bryant records 22 species of water and shore 

 birds and 40 species of land birds as enemies of grasshoppers. 



1917. Economic ornithology in recent entomological publications. The 

 Auk, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 497-498, Oct. Grasshoppers are found on the 

 bill-of-fare of practically all wild birds ; freely eaten also by 

 chickens and turkeys. 

 Merrill, D. E. 



1916. [Enemies of grasshoppers.] Bull. 102, New Mexico Agr. Exp. Sta., 

 pp. 15-16, Apr. Birds; fields near breeding grounds of the black- 

 birds are free from grasshopper damage ; poultry ; skunks ; mites ; 

 parasitic flies ; ground beetles ; blister beetles ; bee flies. 

 Morse, Albert P. 



1920. [Enemies of Orthoptera.] Proc. Boston Soc. Xat. Hist., vol. 35, 

 p. 271. Frogs, toads, salamanders, snakes, lizards, birds, mice, 

 moles, shrews, skunk, and fox. 

 Sanderson, E. Dwight. 



1906. The differential locust. Bull. 57, U. S. Bur. Ent., pp. 19-26, figs. 

 9-1 1. Mclanophts differentialis. Blackbirds and bobolinks sup- 

 pressing an infestation ; a conopid flj' parasite also mentioned. 



1906. Report on miscellaneous cotton insects in Texas. Bull. 57, U. S. 

 Bur. Ent., p. 22. Blackbirds and bobolinks checking an outbreak 

 of Melanoplus differentialis. 

 Sharp, David. 



1910. [Enemies of Orthoptera.] Cambridge Xat. Hist., vol. 5, p. 291. 

 Cantharidae, Bombyliidae, and mites destroy eggs ; birds and mam- 

 mals eat adults. 

 Smith, Harrison E. 



1915. The grasshopper outbreak in New Mexico during the summer of 

 1913. Bull. 293, U. S. Dep. Agr., 12 pp. 2 figs. Six species of 

 birds, several species of lizards, prairiedogs, a sarcophagid parasite, 

 and a wasp observed doing notable execution. 

 Treherne, R. C. and Buckell, E. R. 



1924. The grasshoppers of British Columbia. Bull. 39, Dominion of Canada 

 Dep. Agr., pp. 29-35, Oct. Enemies include : nematodes, Diptera, 

 Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, fungi and bacteria. 

 U. S. Entomological Commission. 



1878. First annual report .... for the year 1877 relating to the Rocky 

 Mountain locust, etc., pp. 477+ [294], m figs., 5 pls. Invertebrate 

 enemies (pp. 284-334) include larvae of anthomyiid and sarcophagid 

 flies, ground beetles, blister beetles, click beetles, soldier beetles, 

 robber flies, and mites all attacking the eggs ; and the following 

 preying upon the locusts after birth : mites, ground beetles, tiger 

 beetles, robber flies, wasps, tachinid and sarcophagid flies, ichneu- 

 monids and nematodes. The vertebrate enemies (pp. 334-350 ) 

 include birds, hogs, skunks, prairie squirrels, mice, and toads. 

 Appendix H [pp. 13-62], is devoted to an account of the food of 

 birds especially in relation to the locust. 



