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 amicus) . 



Wilson's phalarope (Steganopus tricolor). 



Killdeer (Oxyeclius vociferus). 



Valley quail (Lophortyx calif ornica vallicola). 



Western mourning dove (Zenaidura macroura marginella) . 



Red-shafted flicker (Golaptes cafer collari 



Arkansas kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) . 



Say's phcebe (Sayornis sayus). 



Traill's flycatcher (Empidonax tradlli trailli). 



Desert horned lark (Otocoris alpestris laicolcema) . 



Magpie (Pica pica hudsonia) . 



Long-crested jay (Cyanocitta stelleri diademata). 



Woodhouse's jay (Aphelocoma woodhousei) . 



Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) . 



Cowbird (Molothrus ater ater). 



Yellow-headed blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthoceplialus) . 



Thick-billed redwing (Agelaius phceniceus fortis). 



Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta). 



Bullock's oriole (Icterus bullocJd). 



Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) . 



House finch (Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis). 



Pine siskin (Spinus pinus). 



Western vesper sparrow (Pocecetes grammineus con finis). 



Western savannah sparrow (Passei'culus sandwichensis alaudinus). 



Western lark sparrow (Ghondestes grammacus strigatus). 



White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys). 



Western chipping sparrow (Spisella passerina arizonce). 



Brewer's sparrow (Spizella oreweri). 



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 (Pas senna amcena). 



Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons). 



Bank swallow (Riparia riparia). 



Rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) . 



Yellow warbler (Dendroica. wstiva wstiva). 



Macgillivray's warbler (Oporornis tolmiei). 



Long-tailed chat (Icteria virens longicauda). 



Sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus). 



Long-tailed chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus septentrionalis) . 



Western robin (Planesticus migratorius propinquus). 



Mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides) . 



English sparrow (Passer domesticus) . 



CALIFORNIA GULL. 



(Larus calif or nicus.) 



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 



