APPENDIX II. AUGIIEY ON LOCUST-FEEDING BIRDS. [39] 



CHORDEILES VIRGINIANU8, (Gm.) Bp. 



Mght-hawk; Bull-hat; PisJc. 

 Common iu Nebraska, and breeds liere. The following I have dissected: 



Locality. 



Cedar County, Nebraska 



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Harlan County, IfebTaska . .. 

 Lancaster Coiinty. K'ebraska 



Sarpy County. Nebraska 



Otoe County, K"ebraska 



Date. 



Aug. — , 18G7 



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Sept. — , 1867 

 Ana;.—, 1874 

 Sept. — , 1874 

 June — , 1875 

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15 



6 



12 



18 

 8 

 9 

 Not ascer- 

 tained. 



Family CYPSELID^ : Swifts. 



Chjetura pelagica, (Linn.) Bd. 



Chimney Stvift; Chimney Swalloiv. 



Abundant in Eastern Nebraska. I have never dissected old birds; but generally 

 when I found young ones at the bottoms of chimneys, to which they had fallen, I 

 examined the contents of their stomachs. Those thab I examined in May and June, 

 1865, and in the same months in 1875, in Lincoln, Nebr., invariably had more or less 

 locusts in their stomachs. At other times they had various kinds of insects. 



Family TKOCHILID^ : Hummingbirds. 



Trochilus colubris, Linn. 



Euby-throated HummingUrd. 



In June, 1875, I took one of these birds from a cat that had caught it in Lincoln, 

 Nebr. It had four small locusts in its stomach. This is the only observation that I 

 made on the feeding habits of this species. 



Family ALCEDINID^ : Kingfishers. 



Ceryle alcyon, (Linn.) Boie. 



Belted Kingfisher. 



Frequently seen in Nebraska. One that was sent to me to identify in September, 

 1874, had 18 locusts, in addition to portions of some fish, in its stomach. One that I 

 opened in September, 1876, had mingled at least 14 locusts with his fish diet. These 

 are the only examinations that I made on this bird. 



Family CUCULID^ : Cuckoos. 



Coccygus erythrophthalmus, (Wils.) Bp. 



Black-Mlled Cuckoo, 



A single specimen of this bird, which I bought in a butcher-shop in Lincoln, Nebr., 

 in the last days of September, 1876, had 41 locusts in its stomach. It is only occa- 

 sionally met in this State. 



