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Myiodioctes pusillus, (Wils.) Bp. • 

 Wilson^G Green BlacTc-capped Flycatching JVarhler. 

 Met sparingly in both Eastern and Western Nebraska. Do not know wbetber it 

 breeds in the State. Observed it capture locusts on the wing in the last of August, 

 1874, on the Republican River, in Southwestern Nebraska. 



Myiodioctes canadensis, (Linn.) Aud. 



Canadian FlycatcMng Wai'dlcr. 



Have observed this bird only during the spring migrations and in the eastern part 

 of Nebraska. The single one that I killed in Richardson County close by the Nemaha 

 had 5 locusts aud 29 other insects in its craw. This was in the middle of May, 1875. 

 Have not seen any indication of it breeding in the State. 



Setophaga puticllla, (Linn.) Sw. 

 Bedstart. 



Common in the timbered river-bottoms of Nebraska, and breeding extensively, 

 following were examined, to ascertain their characteristic food: 



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Locality. 



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 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 



Dakota Countv if elsraslia < 



May 30, 1865 

 June 3,1865 

 June 11, 1865 

 June 5, 1875 

 June 10, 1875 

 June 15, 1875 

 June 17, 1875 



10 

 15 

 29 

 21 

 28 

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31 

 27 



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 20 

 13 

 14 



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•Family TANAGRIDiE: Taxagers. 



Pyranga rubra, (Linn.)Vieill. 



Scarlet Tanager. 



Have seen this bird only in Southeastern Nebraska, in Nemaha and Richsrdson 

 Counties. It was most abundant along the Nemaha River, where I found it breeding 

 in 1375. In the autumn of 1874, I shot one that had 37 locusts in its craw, and noth- 

 ing else that I could identify. 



Pyranga iESTiVA, (Gm.) Yieill. 



Summer Bedbird. . 



This bird I have also only observed in the southeastern part of the State along the 

 Nemaha River. Have not discovered any breeding in the State, but they probably 

 do. I have not ascertained anything concerning its food, but like its congeners it prob- 

 ably feeds on locusts when it can get them. I did not distinguish between this form 

 and the variety coojjeri, which ]Drobably is not represented here. 



Pyranga lijdo^^ciaxa, (Wils.) Bp. 

 Louisiana Tanager. 



Have not met with this bird anywhere in Nebraska, and only introduce it here 

 because in July, 1875, when in Utah, I bought one from a boy, who had shot it in the 

 "Wasatch Mountains. Its stomach contained 13 locusts and an indefinite number of 

 Colcoptera that I could not identify. 



As this bird has been identified by Mr. Allen in "Western Kansas (Coues, Birds of the 

 Nor *}h west), it will probably yet be found on the high plains of Western Nebraska. 



Family HIRUNDINID^: Swallows. 



HlRL^'DO ERYTHROGASTRA, Bodd. 



American Barn Swalloiv. 



Occurs in various localities in eastern Nebraska, and also breeds here. I have 

 observed more of them in Otoe County than anywhere else. I doubt whether they ' 



