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INDEX TO PAPERS RELATING TO FOOD OF BIRDS. 



Phalaropus lobatus, see Lobipes lobatus. 

 Phaleris psittacula Paroquet auklet. 



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

 Phasianus colchicus Common pheasant. 



Feeding on galls, Bui. 24, p. 31. 

 Phasianus torquatus Ring-necked pheas- 

 ant. 



Damage to gardens and grain, Kept. 

 1888, pp. 486, 487, 488; Ybk. 1897, 

 pp. 352-353. 

 Food of young in captivity, Ybk. 1900, 



p. 432. 



Pheasant, Common, see Phasianus colchicus. 

 English, see Phasianus colchicus. 

 Ring-necked, see Phasianus tor- 

 quatus. 

 Philohela minor Woodcock. 



Brief account, Ybk. 1900, p. 432 ; Ybk. 



1901, p. 449. 



Feeding on click beetles, Circ. 79, p. 6 ; 



crane flies, Circ. 79, p. 4 ; cutworms, 



Circ. 79, p. 6 ; grasshoppers, Circ. 



79, p. 4 ; wireworms, Circ. 79, p. 6. 



Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 19, 



21, 24, 38, 82-83. 

 Food of nestlings, Ybk. 1900, p. 432. 

 Phloeotomus pileatus Pileated woodpecker. 

 Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 48. 

 Distributing poison Rhus seeds, Rept. 



1890, p. 283. 



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

 82, 38, 39 (23 stomachs) ; Bui. 37, 

 pp. 10, 33-35 (80 stomachs). 

 Relation to trees, Bui. 39, p. 8. 

 Phoebe, see Sayornis phcebe. 



Black, see Sayornis nigricans. 

 Say's, see Sayornis sayus. 

 Pica pica hudsonia Magpie. 



Feeding on carrion, Fauna 5, p. 99 ; 

 field mice (Microtus montanus), F. 

 Bui. 335, p. 12. 

 Killed by eating poisoned grain, F. 



Bui. 352, p. 8; Ybk. 1908, p. 308. 

 Other notes, Fauna 5, p. 18 ; Fauna 19, 



p. 80. 

 Picicorvus columbianus, see Nucifraga co- 



lumbiana. 



Picoides americanus Three-toed wood- 

 pecker. 



Brief account, Bui. 7, p. 33. 

 Formal report, Bui. 37, pp. 10, 11, 25- 



27 (23 stomachs). 



Picoides arcticus Arctic three-toed wood- 

 pecker. 



Brief account, Bui. 7, p. 33. 

 Feeding on scale insects, Ybk. 1906, 



p. 197. 

 Formal report, Bui. 37, pp. 10, 11, 



25-27 (28 stomachs). 



Pigeon, Band-tailed, see Columba fasciata. 

 Common, see Columba livia. 

 Passenger, see Ectopistes migrato- 



rius. 



Tres Marias, see Columba flaviros- 

 tris madrensis. 



Pigeon, Wild, see Ectopistes migratorius. 



Wood, see Columba palumbus. 

 Pinicola enucleator alascensis Alaska pine 



grosbeak. 



Feeding on seeds of alder (Alnus alno- 



betula), Fauna 27, p. 415; dwarf 



birch (Bctula nana), Fauna 27, p. 



414. 



Pinicola enucleator leucura Pine grosbeak. 



Brief account, Bui. 32, p. 5. 

 Pintail, see Dafila acuta. 

 Pipilo crissalis California towhee. 



Feeding on scale insects, Ybk. 1906, p. 



194; weed seeds, Ybk. 1898, p. 230. 



Food in California, Bui. 34, pp. 89-93 



(399 stomachs). 



Pipilo erythrophthalmus Towhee. 

 Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 67. 

 Feeding on boll weevil, Bui. 29, pp. 

 6, 20, 28, 30; Circ. 64, p. 5; weed 

 seeds, Ybk. 1898, p. 230. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 



30, 34, 35, 38, 98. 

 Food of nestlings, Ybk. 1900, p. 418. 

 Pipilo maculatus megalonyx Spurred tow- 

 hee. 

 Feeding on scale insects, Ybk. 1906, p. 



194. 



Pipilo maculatus subspecies Spotted tow- 

 fa ees. 

 Food in California, Bui. 34, pp. 86-89 



(139 stomachs). 

 Pipit, see Anthus rubescens. 

 Piranga bidentata flammea Tres Marias 



tanager. 



Feeding on wild fig, Fauna 14, p. 61. 

 Piranga erythromelas Scarlet tanager. 



Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 69; Ybk. 



1900, pp. 418-419. 

 Feeding on mulberries, Rept. 1890 ; p. 



285 ; potato beetle, Bui. 32, p. 47. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 



20, 29, 30, 39, 40, 98. 

 Food of nestlings, Ybk. 1900, pp. 418- 



419. 



Piranga ludoviciana Western tanager. 

 Damage to fruit, Bui. 32, p. 61. 

 Feeding on beetle, Fauna 7, p. 108 ; 



caterpillars, Fauna 16, p. 127. 

 Food in California, Bui. 30, pp. 9, 



23-26 (46 stomachs). 

 Other notes, Fauna 14, p. 52. 

 Relation to fruit in California, Ybk. 



1904, p. 242. 



Piranga rubra Summer tanager. 

 Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 70. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 



40, 60, 61, 98. 

 Pisobia bairdi Baird's sandpiper. 



Feeding on clover root curculio, Circ. 

 79, p. 6 ; crane flies, Circ. 79, p. 4 ; 

 cutworms, Circ. 79, p. 6; grasshop- 

 pers, Circ. 79, p. 4 ; mosquitoes, 

 Circ. 79, p. 2. 



