Pee | McAteer, In Memoriam F. E. L. Beal. 259 
Beal, F. E. L. 7th Biennial Rep. Board of Trustees, Iowa Agr. Coll. 
(1876-7), 1877, pp. 121-125. 
Relates to roads, garden, and sewer. 
Birds’ Nests in Unusual Places. Forest & Stream 10, No. 7, March 21, 
1878, p. 118. 
Robin’s nest on ground. 
Our Most Useful Birds. Trans. lowa State Hort. Soc. 1878, pp. 350- 
355, 1879. 
This article contains the original estimate of the quantity of weed 
seeds destroyed by winter birds in Iowa: 196,537 bushels. In various 
forms this statement still has constant currency in the press. 
Report of the School of Biology. By Bessey, C. E. and Beal, F. E. L. 
8th Biennial Rep. Board of Trustees, Iowa Agr. Coll. (1878-9), 1879, 
pp. 188-190. 
Report of the School of Civil Engineering. 8th Biennial Rep. Board 
of Trustees, lowa Agr. Coll. (1878-9), 1879, pp. 195-6. 
Sandie. The College Quarterly, Iowa Agr. Coll., Ames, 2, No. 2, July, 
1879, pp. 45-47. 
Account of a tame sandhill crane; notes on food. 
The Northern Waxwing in Iowa. Forest & Stream 13, No. 22, Jan. 1, 
1880, p. 947. 
Occurrence at Ames, Nov., 1879. 
The Potato Bug Bird Again. Forest & Stream 13, No. 25, Jan. 22, 
1880, p. 1005. 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak eating potato beetles. 
Greenhouses. The College Quarterly, Iowa Agr. Coll., Ames, 3, No. 2, 
July, 1880, pp. 32-33. 
Tardigrades and Eggs. Am. Nat. 14, No. 8, Aug., 1880, pp. 593-594, 
3 figs. 
Eggs laid in shed skin. 
Report of the Department of Civil Engineering. 9th Biennial Rep. 
Board of Trustees, Iowa Agr. Coll. (1880-81), 1881, pp. 45-46. 
Report of the Department of Zoology. 9th Biennial Rep. Board of 
Trustees, Iowa Agr. Coll. (1880-81), 1881, pp. 47-48. 
“During the past year one young lady student had made a special 
study of birds, in relation to their food habits, and has ascertained some 
important facts,” p. 48. 
This young lady was Miss M. J. Crossmun, the results of whose 
studies were published in an article entitled ‘‘Food of Birds” in Trans. 
Iowa State Hort. Soc. for 1881 (1882), pp. 264-276. A brief introduction 
is by Professor Beal. Data obtained from stomach examination are 
given for the Bluejay, Cuckoo, Baltimore Oriole, Kingbird, Robin, Catbird 
Brown Thrasher, White-throated Sparrow, and Crow Blackbird. In the 
last instance the information based on 44 stomach analyses is presented 
in considerable detail. 
