INDEX TO PAPERS RELATING TO FOOD OF BIRDS. 



Lobipes lobatus Northern phalarope. 



Feeding on click beetles, clover-root 

 curculio, Circ. 79, p. 6 ; crane flies, 

 Circ. 79, p. 4 ; Dytiscidae, Circ. 79, 

 p. 8 ; grasshoppers, Circ. 79, p. 4 ; 

 mosquitoes, Circ. 79, p. 2 ; Kept. 1908, 

 p. 577 ; Nereis, Circ. 79, p. 8 ; wire- 

 worms, Circ. 79, p. 6. 

 Longspur, Chestnut-collared, see Calcarius 



ornatus. 

 Lapland, see Calcarius lapponi- 



cus. 

 McCown's, see Rhynchophanes 



mccowni. 



Smith's, see Calcarius pictus. 

 Loon, Black-throated, see Gavia arctica. 



Red-throated, see Gavia stellata. 

 Lophodytes cucullatus Hooded merganser. 

 Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 17. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 



53, 81. 



Lophortyx californica California quail. 

 Damage to fruit, Ybk. 1898, p. 231 ; 



grain, Ybk. 1897, p. 352. 

 Feeding on acorns, Fauna 7, p. 28 ; 



weed seeds, Ybk. 1898, p. 231. 

 Food in California, Bui. 34, pp. 9-14 



(619 stomachs). 

 Formal report, Bui. 21, pp. 9, 47-56 



(601 stomachs). 

 Killed by eating poisoned wheat, F. 



Bui. 352, p. 8. 



Relation to fruit in California, Bui. 

 30, p. 13 ; Ybk. 1904, pp. 246, 250. 

 Lophortyx gambeli Gambel's quail. 



Damage to fruit, Ybk. 1898, p. 231. 

 Feeding on waste grain, Fauna 7, p. 

 29; weed seeds, Ybk. 1898, p. 231. 

 Formal report, Bui. 21, pp. 56-58 (28 



stomachs). 

 Love bird, Tres Marias, see Psittacula in- 



sularis. 



Feeding on seeds of pine and sun- 

 flower, Fauna 16, p. 123. 

 Loxia curvirostra minor Crossbill. 

 Loxia leucoptera White-winged crossbill. 

 Feeding on seeds of white spruce. 



Fauna 27, p. 417. 

 Lunda cirrhata Tufted puffin. 



Food of nestlings, Ybk. 1900, p. 433. 



M:. 



Macrorhamphus griseus Dowitcher. 



Feeding on Dytiscidae, Circ. 79, p. 8 ; 

 grasshoppers, horseflies, Circ. 79, p. 

 4; Nereis, Circ. 79, p. 8. 

 Magpie, see Pica pica hudsonia. 

 Mallard, see Anas platyrhynchos. 

 Mareca americana Widgeon. 



Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 18. 



Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, p. 81. 



Vegetable food, Circ. 81, pp. 1, 8. 

 Marila afflnis Little bluebill. 



Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, p. 81. 



Vegetable food, Circ. 81, pp. 1, 8. 



Marila americana Redhead. 



Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 21. 

 Vegetable food, Circ. 81, pp. 1, 8, 12. 

 Marila collaris Ring-necked duck. 

 Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 21. 

 Marila marila Big bluebill. 



Feeding on Lymncea, Fauna 27, p. 283. 

 Vegetable food, Circ. 81, pp. 1, 8. 

 Marila valisineria Canvasback. 

 Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 21. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 



81, 82. 

 Vegetable food, Circ. 81, pp. 1, 7-8, 



11-12. 

 Martin, Old-world, see Chelidonaria urbica. 



Purple, see Progne subis. 

 Maryland yellowthroat, see Geothlypis 



trichas. 

 Meadowlark, see Sturnella magna. 



Western, see Sturnella neg- 



lecta. 



Megaquiscalus major Boat-tailed black- 

 bird. 



Bounty laws, Ybk. 1896, p. 57. 

 Damage to corn, Bui. 29, p. 8 ; rice, 



Rept. 1886, pp. 246-247. 

 Feeding on boll weevil, Bui. 22, p. 16; 

 Bui. 25, pp. 9, 10, 12, 21 ; Bui. 29, 

 pp. 6, 7, 11, 17-18, 29, 30; Circ. 

 64, p. 5. 

 Formal report, Bui. 13, pp. 9, 10, 



70-72 (116 stomachs). 

 Megascops asio, see Otus asio. 

 Megascops flammeola, see Otus flammeolus. 

 Melanerpes carolinus, see Centurus caro- 



linus. 

 Melanerpes erythrocephalus Red-headed 



woodpecker. 



Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 48 ; F. Bui. 

 54, pp. 8-9, 10; F. Bui. 54 (rev.), 

 pp. 11-12, 13; Ybk. 1900, p. 295. 

 Damage to buildings, Bui. 39, p. 13; 

 poles, Bui. 39, p. 10 ; posts, Bui. 39, 

 p. 13. 

 Feeding on rose beetle, Bui. 32, p. 20 ; 



scale insects, Ybk. 1906, p. 197. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 



19, 43, 60, 61, 90. 



Formal report, Bui. 7, pp. 8, 9, 10, 11, 

 20-25, 38 (101 stomachs) ; Bui. 37, 

 pp. 10, 35-42 (443 stomachs). 

 Relation to orchards, Ybk. 1900, p. 



295. 



Tapping trees, Bui. 39, p. 91. 

 Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi California 



woodpecker. 



Damage to buildings, Bui. 39, p. 14; 

 poles, Bui. 39, p. 11 ; posts, Bui. 39, 

 p. 13. 



Feeding on acorns, Bui. 7, p. 20 ; 

 Fauna 7, p. 50 ; grasshoppers, Fauna 

 7, p. 50 ; scale insects, Ybk. 1906, p. 

 194. 



Food in California, Bui. 34, pp. 22-24, 

 28, 49 (75 stomachs). 



