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some old reviews as ‘Prime linexw ornithologize.’ As Dr. Hartert has the 
advantage of having access to a copy of the work we should be glad to 
know which is the correct title of the Latin work; also why it is necessary 
to quote the name from the German edition; and why he quotes the date as 
1788 instead of 1787 which is given by both Sherborn and Engelmann as the 
date of Volume I. It would benefit those interested in ‘priority hunt- 
ing’ for which Dr. Hartert states that he has “no time,” if he would also 
tell us what other new names, if any, the work contains thus supplying a 
valuable addition to Sherborn’s list. It might be remarked that from the 
way in which Dr. Hartert gives the ‘correct quotation”’ for Athia, it 
would appear that the Latin edition was part of the German one but if 
this were the case we cannot understand how Sherborn missed the name. 
With Dr. Hartert’s opinion that the adoption of the name from Dumont 
is quite impossible we cannot agree. The specific name cristatella had been 
applied to but one Auk-lke bird, Alca cristatella Pallas, and the indication of 
this species as the type of 4thia is, we think, perfectly clear.— W. S. 
Bird Enemies of a few Insect Pests.— The following statement 
about the bird enemies of grasshoppers is made in Farmers’ Bulletin 747, 
prepared in the U. 8. Bureau of Entomology: ‘‘The Bureau of Biological 
Survey has found that wild birds play a great part in the natural control 
of grasshoppers. These feathered friends of man are always present where 
grasshoppers abound and work almost constantly in aiding the farmer. 
The statement that all birds feed upon grasshoppers is so near the absolute 
truth that it needs only insignificant modifications. From the largest 
hawks to the tiny hummingbird there are no exceptions other than the 
strictly vegetarian doves and pigeons. Although birds of all families prey 
upon grasshoppers, the following may be selected as the most important 
destroyers of grasshoppers for their respective groups: Franklin’s gull, 
bobwhite, prairie chicken, red-tailed, red-shouldered, broad-winged, and 
sparrow hawks, the screech and burrowing owls, yeilow-billed cuckoo, 
road-runner, nighthawk, red-headed woodpecker, kingbird, horned lark, 
crow, magpie, red-winged and crow blackbirds, meadowlark, lark bunting, 
grasshopper and lark sparrows, butcher bird, wren, and robin.”’ ! 
It is not possible to present as good an account of the bird enemies of 
many other pests for birds are particularly fond of grasshoppers. Another 
injurious insect recently published upon by the Bureau has its bird enemies 
however, and the statement is made that: 
““Among the important enemies of the fall army worm are our common 
wild birds. Some of these are the following: Crow blackbird or grackle, 
yellow-headed blackbird, chipping sparrow, bluebird, mockingbird, and 
meadowlark.”’ 2 
1 Walton, W. R., Grasshopper Control in relation to Cereal and Forage Crops. Farmers’ 
Bull. 747, October, 1916, pp. 11-12. 
2 Walton, W. R. and Luginbill, P. The fall army worm or “grass worm,”’ and its control. 
Farmers’ Bull. 752, Nov., 1916, p. 12. 
