BIRDS IN RELATION TO THE ALFALFA WEEVIL. 5 



seasons' work 45 species of birds were found to have eaten the insect, 

 as follows : 



California gull (Larus calif ornicus) . 



Wilson's phalarope (Stcganopus tricolor). 



Killdeer (Oxyechus vociferus). 



Valley quail (Lophortyx calif ornica vallicola). 



Western mourning dove (Zenaidura macroura marginella). 



Red-shafted flicker (Colaptes cafer collari 



Arkansas kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis). 



Say's phcebe (Sayornis sayus). 



Train's flycatcher (Empidonax trailli trailli). 



Desert horned lark (Otocoris alpestris leucolwma}. 



Magpie (Pica pica hudsonia). 



Long-created jay (Cyanocitta stelleri diademata). 



Woodhouse's jay (ApJielocoma woodhousei). 



Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). 



Cowbird (Molotlirus ater ater), 



Yellow-headed blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthoceplialus) . 



Thick-billed redwing (Agelaius phceniceus fortis). 



Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta). 



Bullock's oriole (Icterus bullocTd). 



Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) . 



House finch (Garpodacus mexicanus frontalis). 



Pine siskin (Spinus pinus). 



Western vesper sparrow (Pooecetes grammineus con finis). 



Western savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus). 



Western lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus strigatus). 



White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys). 



Western chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina arizonw). 



Brewer's sparrow (Spizella breweri). 



Desert song sparrow (Melospiza mclodia fallax). 



Lincoln's sparrow (Melospiza lincolni lincolni). 



Spurred towhee (Pipilo maculatus montanus). 



Green-tailed towhee (Oreospiza chlorura). 



Black-headed grosbeak (Zamelodia melanocephala) . 



Lazuli bunting (Passerina amwna). 



Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons). 



Bank swallow (Riparia riparia). 



Rough-winged swallow (Stclgidopteryx scrripennis) . 



Yellow warbler (Dendroica wstiva wstiva). 



Macgillivray's warbler (Oporornis tolmiei). 



Long-tailed chat (Icteria vircns longicauda). 



Sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus). 



Long-tailed chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus septentrionalis). 



Western robin (Planesticus migratorius propinquus). 



Mountain bluebird (Sialia curntcoides). 



English sparrow (Passer domcsticus) . 



CALIFORNIA GULL. 



( Larus calif ornicus. ) 



No bird in the Salt Lake Valley is held in so great esteem by the 

 people of Utah as the California gull. On numerous occasions in 



