APPENDIX II. — AUGHEY ON LOCUST-FEEDING BIRDS. [55] 



NUMENIUS LONGIKOSTKIS, Wils. 



Long-Mlled Curlew. 



Formerly abundant in Nebraska, and still is in some sections and where not dis- 

 turbed by gunners. It breeds here. Its diet is more varied than that of the preced- 

 ing species of this family, bat still depends principally on insects, as the following 

 examinations of specimens show : 



1 



B 



'A 



1 



3 

 4 



5 

 C 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



Locality. 



Date. 



a 



O M 



a 



o 



i 

 1 



o 





Sept. — , 187G 

 . . do ... 



54 

 58 

 65 

 51 



16 

 15 



11 seeds. 

 17 seeds. 

 14 seeds. 

 13 seeds, 

 20 seeds. 



8 seeds. 

 7 seeds. 



9 seeds. 

 24 seeds. 



- - . do . . ... 





Jane — , 1868 

 do 



do 



9 

 61 

 53 



Dakota County, Nebraska 



do . . . . ." 



Aug. -, 1869 

 do 



Sarpv County, Nebrfiska ... 



Sept. -, 1874 

 do 



69 

 63 

 70 

 53 



do 



4 



Seward County Nebraska 



May — , 1875 

 do 



do 











Hudsonian Cm^lew. 



Rare in Nebraska. Have seen it but twice and obtained no specimens. 

 in this list because of the known habits of its congeners. 



I place it 



NuMENius BOEEALis, (Forst.) Lath. 



Esquimmix Curlew. 



I have only seen this curlew in early spring and in October in Northeastern Nebraska 

 during its migrations. One that was sent to me from Bellevue to identify, in October, 

 1874, had 31 locusts and a large number of small berries of some kind in its stomach. 



Suborder HEROBIONES: Herons and their Allies. 



Family ARDEID^ : Herons. 



Ardea herodias, Linn. 



Great Blue Heron. 



Occasionally seen in Nebraska. One that was killed in August, 1871, on the banks 

 of the Missouri, four miles below Dakota City, had 11 grasshoppers, hsh, and some 

 frogs in its stomach. 



Herodias egretta, (Gm.) Gray. 



Great White Egret; White Heron. 



I saw a single specimen of this bird on the Nemaha in Richardson County, Ne- 

 braska, in May, ] 878, but never obtained one. I place it in this list because of the 

 known characters of its congeners. 



Garzetta candidissima, (Gm.) Bp. 



Little White Egret ; Snowy Heron. 



Very rarely seen in Nebraska. T met with it myself only twice, in Otoe and in Rich- 

 ardson County on the Missouri. Only from the known habit of its family is it men- 

 tioned here.. 



Botaurus minor, (Gm.) Boie. 



American Bittern. 



Occasionally seen in Nebraska. One that was sent to me from Grand Island, Nebr., 

 to identify, in September, 1873, had 16 grasshoppers in its stomach. For some reason 

 that I cannot now recall I did not mention in my note-book the character of its re- 

 maining food. Coues says that its food is mollusks, crawfish, frogs, lizards, small 

 snakes, fishes, and insects. 



