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some old birds feeding their young at the edge of a high bluff formed by the Loess 

 deposits. With my field-glass I could distinctly see the old birds bring their young, 

 among other insects, a good many small locusts. The following examinations proved 

 a similar habit to the preceding : 



Locality. 



Dixon County, Nebraska. . 



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Dakota County, 'N'ebraska 

 Cass County, Nebraska — 

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Date. 



]>iray 28, 1865 



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Juno 5,1865 

 June 17, 1875 

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39 



7 



34 



14 



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40 



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Stelgidopteryx serripenxis, (Aud.) Bd. 



Bougli-winged Sivallow. 



Found this specie^ breeding in Eichardson County, along the Missouri bluffs, where 

 it burrowed like the bank swallow. It was few in numbers, and I have not noticed it 

 elsewhere in Nebraska. Have made no examination of its stomach, but have no 

 doubt, from the habits of its congeners, that it devours locusts when it can obtain 

 them. 



Progne purpurea, (Linn.) Boie. 



Purj)le Martin. 



Eather common in Nebraska, where it breeds. This swallow, more generally than 

 any of tlie others, captures locusts at all stages of their growth ; at least this was my 

 observation from the f ollowino: few that I examined : 



Locality. 



Dakota Comity, Nebraska... 



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Burt County, Nebraska 



Dakota County, Nebraska ... 



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Lancaster County, Nebraska. 



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Date. 



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May 27, 1865 

 June 5,1865 

 June 12, 1865 

 June 9,1867 

 June 7,1868 



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June 2,1875 

 June 16, 1875 

 June 16, 1875 

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Though there were no migratory locusts present to an appreciable amount in Dakota 

 County in 1868, there were many of the Cdloptenus femur-rubrum and other species of 

 grasshoppers, and from that source the swallows examined that year and given above 

 must have obtained its food, or a portion of it. 



Family AMPELID^: Waxwings. 



Ampelis garrulus, Linn. 



Bohemian Waxwing. 



Eare in Nebraska in winter. Have seen i*^ but twice in the State. The first time 

 was in February, 1865, when I secured a specimen. Its stomach contained an immense 

 number of locust eggs, which it must have obtained at some point where the wind had 

 laid them bare. At the time I did not know what they were, as it was my first expe- 

 rience in Nebraska ; but they were identified for me by Mr. Graff. 



Ampelis cedrorum, (Vieill.) Gray. 



Cedar-bird; Cherrij-Mrd ; Carolina Waxwing. 



Have seen flocks of this bird only a few times in Nebraska, and it must be rare here. 

 Found it breeding once near Nebraska City, where, in June, 1875, 1 obtained one speci- 

 men. Its stomach contained 17 locusts and a large number of seeds and grains. 



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