INDEX TO PAPERS RELATING TO FOOD OF BIRDS. 



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Molanerpes formicivorus bairdi Continued. 

 Formal '-eport, Bui. 37, pp. 10, 43-45. 



46 (84 stomachs). 

 Tapping trees, Bui. 39, p. 91. 

 Visiting sapsucker punctures, Bui. an, 



p. 92. 

 Melanerpes torquatus, see Asyndesmus 



lewisi. 

 Meleagris gallopavo merriami Merriam's 



turkey. 

 Feeding on gooseberries, pinon nuts, 



Fauna 3, p. 89; (Finn* mono- 



pliijlla) Fauna 7, p. .'>.". 7. 

 Meleagris gallopavo silvestris Wild turkey. 

 Damage to grain, Bui. 24, p. 9. 

 Economic value, Ybk. 1902, p. 206. 

 Formal report, Bui. 24, pp. 48-52 (16 



stomachs). 

 Melospiza georgiana Swamp sparrow. 



Feeding on boll weevil, Circ. 64, pp. 



3, 5. 

 Formal report, Bui. 15, p. 87 (72 



stomachs). 

 Melospiza lincolni Lincoln's sparrow. 



Formal report, Bui. 15, pp. 15, 86 (31 



stomachs). 



Melospiza melodia Song sparrow. 

 Beneficial, Ybk. 1897, p. 670. 

 Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 66; F. Bui. 



54, pp. 26-27, 28; F. Bui. 54 (rev.), 



31-32. 

 Feeding on insects, Bui. 1, pp. 295, 



323 ; Fauna 21, p. 48 ; mulberries, 



Kept. 1890, p. 285 ; sand fleas, 



Fauna 21, p. 48 ; weed seeds, Ybk. 



1898, pp. 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 



227. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 



16, 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, 32, 33, 34, 



35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 59, 60, 61, 70, 



71, 72, 73, 75, 77, 97 (36 stomachs). 

 Food in California, Bui. 34, pp. 84-86 



(321 stomachs). 

 Formal report, Bui. 15, pp. 13, 15, 21, 



24, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 37, 38, 39, 



41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 



82-86 (401 stomachs). 

 Merganser, Hooded, see Lophodytes cucul- 



latus. 

 Merula migratoria, see Planesticus migra- 



torius. 



Micropalama himantopus Stilt sandpiper. 

 Feeding on mosquitoes, Circ. 79, p. 2 ; 



Nereis, Circ. 79, p. 8. 

 Micropallas whitneyi Elf owl. 



Beneficial, Circ. 61, p. 3 ; Ybk. 1894, p. 



217; Ybk. 1895, p. 590; Ybk. 1896, 



p. 628. 



Brief account, Bui. 3, pp. 11, 200-201. 

 Mimus polyglottos Mocking bird. 



Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 84 ; Ybk. 



1900, p. 416. 

 Damage to fruit, Bui. 30, p. 53; Kept. 



1890, p. 281. 



Mimus polyglottos Continued. 



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

 Bui. 25, pp. 9, 14, 21 ; Bui. 29, pp. 

 6, 22, 23, 30; Bui. 38, p. 84, Circ. 

 64, p. 5 ; cotton worms, Bui. 25, pp. 

 20, 21. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 



34, 38, 62, 104, 110. 

 Food in California, Bui. 30, pp. 52-55 



(53 stomachs). 



Food of nestlings, Ybk. 1900, p. 416. 

 Formal report, Ybk. 1895, pp. 405, 



406, 415-416 (15 stomachs). 

 Reference to studies of food habits, 



*Ybk. 1899, p. 266. 

 Mniotilta varia Black-and-white creeper. 



Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 75. 

 Mocking bird, see Mimus polyglottos. 

 Molothrus ater Cowbird. 



Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 57. 

 Damage to fruit, Bui. 1, p. 246 ; grain, 

 Kept. 1887, pp. 428, 429, 430-431; 

 Kept. 1898, p. 39; Ybk. 1897, p. 

 352; Ybk. 1898, p. 222; rice, Bui. 

 38, p. 57. 



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

 Bui. 25, pp. 8, 9, 12, 21; Bui. 29, 

 pp. 6, 7, 18, 28, 30; Circ. 64, p. 5; 

 mulberries, Kept. 1890, p. 285 ; weed 

 seeds, Bui. 29, p. 8; Ybk. 1898, p. 

 222. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 14, 



32, 35, 70, 71, 77, 95, 111. 

 Formal report, Bui. 13, pp. 9, 22-30 



(544 stomachs). 

 Other notes, Bui. 15, p. 29. 

 Munia nisoria, see Padda oryzivora. 

 Munia oryzivora, see Padda oryzivora. 

 Murre, Pallas's, see Uria lomvia arra. 

 Muscivora forficata Scissor-tailed fly- 

 catcher. 



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

 Bui. 25, pp. 8, 13, 19, 20, 21; Bui. 

 29, pp. 6, 15, 26, 30 ; Circ. 64, p. 5. 

 Myadestes townsendi Solitaire. 



Feeding on berries of Juniperus occt- 

 dentalis, Fauna 16, pp. 123, 133, 139. 

 Mycteria americana Wood ibis. 



Feeding on field mice, Bui. 31, p. 52. 

 Myiarchus cinerascens Ash-throated fly- 

 catcher. 

 Food in California, Bui. 34, pp. 29-32 



(80 stomachs). 



Other notes, Fauna 7, p. 60. 

 Myiarchus crinitus Crested flycatcher. 

 Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 53. 

 Feeding on boll weevil, Bui. 29, pp. 6, 



14, 15, 23, 29, 30 ; Circ. 64, p. 5. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 

 19-20, 23, 24, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 37, 

 38, 40, 93. 



Food of nestlings, Ybk. 1900, p. 426. 

 Myiochanes richardsoni Western wood 



pewee. 



Feeding on flies (Ephydra hians), 

 Fauna 7, p. 64. 



