APPENDIX II. — AUGHEY ON LOCUST-FEEDING BIRDS. [17] 



PaRUS ATJRICAPILLUS SEPTENTRIONALIS, (Han.) Allen. 



Long-tailed Qhickadce. 



Very abundant in Eastern Nebraska. Feeds largely on locusts wheij they can be 

 obtained. Have frequently watched them when feeding on these insects, and have 

 examined the contents of the stomachs of the following : 



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June 1,1865 

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 June 10, 1865 

 June 8, 1875 

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June 15, 1875 

 June 2,1876 

 June 14, 1877 



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Family SITTID^ : Nuthatches. 



SiTTA CAROLINENSIS ACULEATA, (CaSS.) Allen. 



Slender-MUed Nuthatch. 



Frequently met with in the timbered tracts of Eastern Nebraska, on the borders of 

 which it can be found feeding on locusts when any exist. 



Locality. 



Pixon County, K"ebraska 



Dakota County, Nebraska 



Lancaster Coiinty, Nebraska 

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Date. 



May 29, 1865 

 May 30, 1865 

 June 4, 1875 

 June 13, 1877 



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SiTTA CANADENSIS, Linn. 



Bed-hellied Kuthatch. 



Only occasionally seen in the timber and along the edge of the timber in Northeast- 

 ern Nebraska. Saw them eating locusts in Dakota County, Nebraska, and in Wood- 

 bury County, Iowa, in June, 1865. 



SiTTA PYGiNI^A, Yig. 



Met this bird for the first time this season in Nebraska. It was in the timbered bot- 

 tom and bluffs of the Niobrara River, on the northern border of the State. I did not 

 observe it feeding, neither did I succeed in capturing a specimen for examination, but 

 suspect, from the observed practice of its congeners, that it also feasts on locusts when 

 an opportunity offers. • 



Family CERTHIID^ : Creepers. 



Certhia familiaris, Linn. 



Brown Creeper. 



Found a nest of this bird in a knot-hole, in the timber, near Dakota City. The 

 parents sometimes brought young locusts for food to their young. This is the only 

 evidence that I have that this species feeds on them. I took my position near the 

 nest, and watched the old birds with a glass by the hour. In one hour they brought 

 27 locusts that I could distinguish to their young. This was in June^ 1865. 



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