VIII TABLE OP CONTENTS. 



APPENDIX II. 



Page. 

 AUGHEY ON LOCUST-FEEDING BIRDS [13] 



Letter of transmittal, [13] — Examinations of the contents of the stomachs 

 of birds of Nebraska, giving the number of locusts, number of other insects, 

 and number of peeds, of the different birds, considered in their proper 

 classificatory position, [14]-[62]. 



APPENDIX III. 



Texas data for 1877 [63] 



Report of Jacob Boll, special assistant, [62] — Reports from correspondents 

 and other miscellaneous reports, chronologically arranged, [64]-[82]. 



APPENDIX IV. 



Missouri data for 1877 [83] 



Reports from correspondents, and other data, chronologically arranged, [83]. 



APPENDIX V. 



Kansas data for 1877 [85] 



Report by George F. Gaumer, special assistant, [85] — Report by A. N. God- 

 frey, special assistant, [88] — Reports from correspondents and miscellane- 

 ous matter, chronologically arranged, [90]-[103]. 



APPENDIX VL 



Iowa data for 1877 [104] 



Detailed data from correspondents, and from other sources, chronologically 

 arranged, [104]-[110]. 



APPENDIX VIL 



Colorado data for 1877 [Ill] 



Report from "William Holly, special assistant, [111 ] — ^Data from correspond- 

 ents and from other sources, [113]-[116]. 



APPENDIX VIII. 



J!^EBRASKA DATA FOR 1877 [116] 



Journal kept by Prof. Samuel Aughey, special assistant, [117]-[128] — Mis- 

 cellaneous data from correspondents, chronologically arranged, [128]- 

 [132]— Record kept by Hon. J. Sterling Morton, [132]. 



APPENDIX IX. 



N'ARRATIVE of THE FIRST JOURNEY MADE IN THE SUMMER OP 1877, BY Mr. 



Packard [134] 



Diary notes through Kansas, Colorado, and Utah, [135] — Observations in 

 Montana, [137]— Results of the journey, [138]. 



APPENDIX X. 



l^ARRATIVE OF A SECOND JOURNEY IN THE SUMMER OF 1877, BY Mr. PACKARD. [139] 



From Chicago to Utah, [139] — Observations in Oregon and Washington Ter- 

 ritory, [140] — From Vancouver Island to California, [141]— Variations in 

 Caloptenus sjyretus, atlanis, and femur-ruhrum, [143]. 



APPENDIX XL 



British-American DATA [145] 



Characteristics and prevailing winds of Manitoba, [145] — ^Data from the 

 Cypress Hills region, [146] — The locust breeds permanently in the third 

 prairie steppe, [146] — No damage ever done in the Peace River country, 

 [146]— Ravages in the Northwest in the early part of the century, [147]— 

 Records by the Hon. Donald Gunn, [148], 



