[34] REPORT UNITED STATES ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 



Lincoln, Nebr., to Milford, where the road crosses Oak Creek, I observed some Red- 

 wings flying backward and forward to the neighboring bluffs, especially to one point 

 near and on some old breaking. Going to this spot, I found it well covered with young 

 locusts, and many of the birds feeding on them. To make sure of this, I shot one, and 

 found its stomach half full of young locusts ; more, in fact, of these insects than of 

 seeds. On two other occasions I made a similar observation. 



Xanthocephalus icterocephalus, (Bp.) Bd. 



Yelloiv-headed JBlacTcMrd. 



Very abundant in Nebraska, where it breeds. This bird is often charged here with 

 picking up the farmers' seed, but I doubt whether it ever does much harm in this direc- 

 tion. The following I have examined : 



1 



IS 



Locality. 



Date. 



.9 



PI <a 

 M 



o 



ii 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19- 

 23 



Datota County Nebraska . 



May 10,1865 



37 

 36 



Locusj; eggs 



10 

 30 

 10 

 21 

 20 

 24 

 17 

 21 

 37 

 19 

 40 

 30 

 18 

 15 

 19 

 18 

 16 



. .do 



do 



May 20,1865 

 do 





do .... 



45 do 





...do 



June — , 1865 



May —,1866 



June — , 1867 



do 



49 do 





do 



35 beetles.. 

 42. -do 



Insect eggs. 



do 



do 



47 insects . 

 40 . . do 





do 



do 





do 



May —,1868 



June — , 1868 



do . 



33.. do 





do 



42 do 





do 



45 do 





do 



May —,1869 

 May —,1872 

 June — , 1872 

 May 8,1875 

 June — , 1875 

 do . 



42.. do 







59.. do 





... do '. 



38 



48 

 47 

 45 

 43 



58 





do 



Locust eggs 



do 



. do 







June —,1877 

 do...... 





4 

 3 



do 











Sturnella magna, (Linn.) Bd. 

 Meadow-larTc ; Field-larTc. 



This bird is exceedingly abundant in Nebraska, being found almost everywhere on' 

 the prairies ; var. magna and var. neglecta both here, but the latter most abundant. 

 Here apparently as insectivorous as granivorous. The following is my record of ex- 

 aminations : 



i 



a 



c 

 1 



2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 



7 

 8 

 9 



LocaUty. 



Date. 



a 



a: 3 



g| 



O 03 



.a 



1 



Dakota County If ebraska . ... 



May 10,1865 

 May 20, 1865 

 June 15. 1865 

 June — , 1866 

 May 27, 1875 

 do 





10 

 3 

 1 



22 

 3 

 5 



Locust eggs. 

 Grains. 

 33 grains. 

 42 grains. 

 K"ot counted. 

 ....do. 

 ...do. 



do 



27 

 37 



1? 

 19 

 26 

 35 

 33 

 36 



do 



- ..do 





do 



do 



June 27, 1875 

 do 



do 





.-..do. 



do 



do 





....do. 











Icterus spurius, (Linn.) Bp. 



Orchard Oriole; Chestnut Hangnest. 



Common but not abundant in Nebraska, and breeds here. These birds are well 

 known to be largely insectivorous. One that I killed in June, 1865, near Dakota City, 

 had its stomach three-fourths filled with locusts. Another examined near Lincoln, 

 ^ebr., in June, 1875, had about the same amount of locusts in its stomach. 



