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Plath, O. E. 



1919. Parasitism of nestling birds by fly larvae. The Condor, vol. 21, pp. 

 30-38. ProtocaUiphora acurca in 39 out of 63 nests; parasites and 

 scavengers on this dipteron. 

 Ransom, B. H. 



1909. The taenioid cestodes of North American birds. U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 Bull. 69, 141 pp., 42 figs. About 140 species; bibliography. 

 RUSSEL, J. F. 



1926. Predatory bass. Outdoor Life, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 146-147, Feb. Black 

 bass with swallow in its stomach. San Diego Co., Calif. 

 Tucker, B. W. 



1926. Bird's-nesting bank voles. British birds, vol. 20, pp. 158-160. Evi- 



dence was given that bank voles destroy birds' eggs. This note 

 was followed by a number of other communications by various 

 authors, in the same journal (vol. 20, pp. 180-181, 198-199, 207, 

 230, 255), which showed that various species of mice commonly 

 attack birds' eggs. 



Weed, C. M., and Dearborn, Ned. 



1903. Birds in their relations to man, 380 pp., illus. Extensive chronological 

 bibliography ; chapters on birds as regulators of outbreaks of in- 

 jurious animals, relations of birds to predacious and parasitic 

 insects. 



Wild, O. H. 



1927. Wasps destroying young birds. British birds, vol. 20, pp. 254-255. 



MAMMALIA 

 Babcock, H. L. 



1 91 4. Some observations on the food habits of the short-tailed shrew 

 (Blarina brcvlcaiida). Science, n. s., vol. 40, pp. 526-530, Oct. 9. 

 Review of literature, chiefly about observations on captive animals. 

 Bailey, Vernon, and Sperry, Chas. C. 



1929. Life history and habits of grasshopper mice, genus Oiiychomys. 

 Techn. Bull. 145, U. S. Dep. Agr., 19 pp., 4 pis., Nov. Animal 

 food (pp. 10-19), nearly 90 per cent of the whole, largely grass- 

 hoppers, crickets, caterpillars, moths, and beetles ; insects of other 

 orders, spiders, and mice also taken. 

 Brooks, Fred E. 



1908. Notes on the habits of mice, moles, and shrews. Bull. 113, \\'est 

 Virginia Agr. Exp. Sta., pp. 89-133, 10 pis., 2 figs., Jan. Con- 

 siderable on food ; review of previous writings. 

 Bruce, Jay. 



1925. The problem of mountain lion control in California. California Fish 

 and Game, vol. 2, no. i, pp. 1-17, figs. 1-5, Jan. Each mountain- 

 lion costs the State $1,000 a year in deer meat, or about $15,000 

 to maintain the animal during its natural existence. 

 Criddle, Norman. 



1917. Varying hares of the prairie provinces. Agr. Gaz. Canada, vol. 4, 

 no. 4. p. 262, Apr. Goshawk, golden and bald eagles, and great 

 horned owls serious enemies. 



