APPENDIX IV. 341 



1885. Noble, G. Destructive Electric-Light Towers. Forest 

 and Stream, vol. xxv., November 12, page 305. 



During a rainy night in October one hundred and five birds 

 were picked up under one light tower in Savannah, Ga. 



1885. Noe, Fletcher M. The Value of Birds as Insect De- 

 stroyers. Indiana Farmer, January 17, 1885. (Abstract 

 of paper before State Board of Agriculture.) 



1885. Warren, B. H. Blackbird's Food. Facts from the diary 

 of a field-working naturalist, showing the piscivorous 

 habit of two species of the genus Quiscalus. Agriculture 

 of Pennsylvania, Report for 1885, pages 157-159. 



Statistics of examinations of stomachs of numerous speci- 

 mens of Quiscalus purpureus and Quiscalus major. 



1885. Warren, B. H. Birds' Food. Agriculture of Pennsyl- 

 vania, pages 150-156. 



On the food of robin and catbird. 



1885. " X." Foreign Game Birds in America. Forest and 

 Stream, vol. xxv., September 3, pages 103, 104. 



An important historical paper on the subject. 



1886. Amory, Charles F. That Thieving Rice-Bird. Forest 

 and Stream, vol. xxvii., No. 15, November 4, pages 283, 

 284. 



On its probable utility as well as destructiveness. 



1886. Bowles, E. D. English Sparrow as Egg Robber. Forest 

 and Stream, vol. xxvi., page 5, January 28, 1886. 



1886. Butler, A. W. The Periodical Cicada in Southeastern 

 Indiana. United States Department of Agriculture, Di- 

 vision of Entomology, Bulletin No. 12, pages 24-31. 



Refers to birds known to eat cicadas. 



