APPENDIX IV. 369 



1899. MILLER, OLIVE THORNE. The First Book of Birds. Bos- 

 ton: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Pages i.-x., 1-150. 



In this excellent book for children there is considerable dis- 

 cussion of economic relations, one division of the book being 

 devoted to the relations of birds to man. 



1899. PALMER, T. S. The Danger of Introducing Noxious Ani- 

 mals and Birds. United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Yearbook, pages 87-110. 



Introduction, means of dispersal, domesticated species may 

 become noxious, sources of danger from noxious species, rats 

 and mice, rabbits, the mongoose, ferrets, stoats, weasels, flying 

 foxes or fruit bats, the English sparrow, the starling, the mina, 

 the kohlmeise or great titmouse, the skylark, the green linnet, 

 and the black thrush; need of legislation; summary. 



1899. OSGOOD, FLETCHER. The So-called Sparrow War in Bos- 

 ton. Bird Lore, vol. i., pages 137, 138. 



Account of the campaign against English sparrows in Boston 

 in the spring of 1898. 



1899. 0. J. L. Martins Kill the Caterpillars. The Wilson Bul- 

 letin, vol. xi., 0. S. No. 27, July 30, 1899, pages 60-61. 



Built a martin house in orchard; this was soon filled; kept 

 caterpillars and moths from orchard. 



1899. SOULE, CAROLINE G. Birds and Caterpillars. Bird Lore, 

 vol. i., page 166. 



Notes on birds attacking forest tent-caterpillars (Clisiocampa 

 disstria) in Vermont. 



1899. WEED, CLARENCE MOORES. Our Winter Birds in their 

 Food Relations. Granite Monthly, vol. xxvi., pages 77-82. 



Food of pine grosbeak, purple finch, junco, chickadee, nut- 

 hatches, brown creeper, hairy and downy woodpeckers, and 

 ruffed grouse. 



1900. BAILEY, VERNON. Where the Grebe Skins Come From. 

 Bird Lore, vol. ii., page 34. 



Destruction of grebes in California and Oregon to supply 

 demands of fashion. 



