APPENDIX IV. 337 



1883. STEARNS, W. A. The Utility of Birds in Agriculture. 

 Xew Hampshire Agricultural Report, 1882, pages 219- 

 238. 



An address on the economic importance of birds, treating of 

 classification, utility of birds in general, and certain species 

 (blue jay, Baltimore oriole, chickadee, white- and red-bellied 

 nuthatch, etc.) in particular, and the utility of birds in migra- 

 tion. 



1883. STOKER, F. H. A Caterpillar-eating Henhawk. (Buteo 

 pennsylvanicus.) Science, vol. i., page 168. 



1883. SOMERS, J. On the Winter Food of the Partridge and 

 on Partridge Poisoning. Proceedings and Transactions 

 Xova Scotian Institute Natural Science, vol. vi., Part 1, 

 pages 78-84. 



1883. VAN OKEN, A. G. The Hairy Woodpecker. American 

 Naturalist, vol. xvii., pages 511-513. 



Reference to economic value. 



1884. ALDRICH, CHARLES. Notes on the Redwing Blackbird. 

 American Naturalist, 1884, vol. xviii., pages 309, 310. 



On its nesting habits and decrease in numbers through the 

 reclamation of wet lands. 



1884. Birds and Electric Light. Forest and Stream, vol. xxii., 

 'page 424. 



Extract from the Winona (Minnesota) Republican of May 

 23, 1884, giving account of the destruction of large numbers 

 of birds killed by striking against electric lights during two 

 nights, May 20 and 21, at Winona, Minnesota. 



1884. BYRNE. Fruit-eating Birds. Forest and Stream, vol. 

 xxii., page 24. 



Arraignment of the robin and catbird. 



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