Index 



Bibliography, 20, 28, 49, 84, 125, 

 150, 169, 179, 301, 366, 494, 

 524. 



Biederniann, W., cited, 143. 



Birds in Relation to a Grasshop- 

 per Outbreak in California, 1. 



Birds, time of digestion, 7; insect 

 remains in feces of, 7; stom- 

 ach examinations, 9; stomach 

 contents, 10; economic value 

 of, 13; insectivorous, 15; dam- 

 age caused by, 19; economic 

 relations of, 379; feeding hab- 

 its, 2; relations to insects, 2, 

 49; captive birds, experimen- 

 tation on, 491; censuses of, 

 4-6, 403, 409 ; game, 477 ; non- 

 game, 477. 



Bird plumage, 330. 



Blackbird, 7, 19. 



Brewer, 5, 6, 8, 11, 18, 380, 457, 



461. 

 red-winged, 5, 6, 10, 13. See 



Eed-wing, bicolored. 

 yellow-headed, 6. 



Blood-leech, its use in medical 

 practice, 191. 



Bluebird, western, 6. 



Bohn, G., cited, 205, 251. 



Bolsius, H., cited, 206. 



Bombidae, 434. 



Bombus californicus, food for 

 meadowlark, 433. 



Bougainvillia, 321. 



Brain, its function in leeches, 248. 



Bristles, 365; post-orbital, 359; 

 supra-orbital, 359, pi. 20, opp. 

 p. 376; loral, 360; rictal, 360. 



Bryant, Harold C, 1, 377. 



Bugs, food of meadowlark, 432. 



Bunting, lazuli, 5. 



Buprestidae, 427. 



Butcherbirds, 7, 11. 



Buteo, 336. 

 swainsoni, 6. 



Butorides virescens anthonyi, 5, 

 19. 



Butterflies, food for meadowlark, 

 430, 431, 457, 459; self-protec- 

 tive characters of, 481, 482. 



Calamus, of down feathers, 332; 

 of remiges, 336; of greater 

 upper wing coverts, 344; of 

 greater under wing coverts, 

 345; of contour feathers of 

 trunk, 352. 



C'alandridae, 427. 



California State Fish and Game 

 Commission, 1, 380. 



Calkins, G. N., cited, 36. 



Camnula pellucida, 3-4. 



Camponotus, food for meadonlai-k, 

 433. 



Captive birds, experiments on, 409. 



Carabidae, 427, 428. 



Carbon dioxide as a fatigue sub- 

 stance, 282. 



Carpodacus mexioanus frontalis, 5, 

 379. 



Carrel, 1.59. 



Castle, W. E., cited, .55, 56, 218, 

 220, 234. 



Catablema, 317. 



Caterpillars, food of meadowlark, 

 431; protective characteristics 

 of, 483. 



Cell inclusions, 36, 38. 



Cell parasites, protozoan, 39. 



Centipedes, 436. 



Chamberlain, F. M., 173. 



Chandler, Asa C, 329. 



Chat, long-tailed, 5. 



Chemotactic responses in Dina 

 microstoma, 229. 



Chloretone, as a depressant on 

 leeches, 279. 



Chondestes gramraacus strigatus, 

 5, 6. 



Chromatophores, 143, 145, 147; 

 effect of food on, 80. 



Chromosomes, spermatogonia!, of 

 Aneides lugubris, 513, 523, 524. 



Chrysis. food for meadowlark, 433. 



Chrysotis festiva, 64. 



Chrysididae, 434. 



Chrysomelidae, 427, 428. 



Chun, C, cited, 317. 



Cicadidae, food for meadowlark, 

 432. 



Cjncindelidae, 427. 



Circus aeruginosus, 331. 

 ciner.arius, 331. 

 (cineraceus?) 



hudsonius, feathers, 329-376 

 moults, 331; down feathers 

 332; filoplumes, 334; remiges 

 336, 363; macroscopic struc 

 ture, 336; microscopic struc 

 ture, 340; wing coverts, 344 

 alula, 348 ; rectriees, 350 ; con 

 tour feathers of trunk, 352 

 modified feathers of head, 357 

 conclusions,, 361; oil gland 

 362. 

 pygargus (^cyaneus?), 331. 



Clepsine plana, 202. 



Clotenia occidentalis, 132. 



Codonium princeps, 321. 



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