APPENDIX II. — AUGHEY ON LOCUST-FEEDING BIRDS. [57] 



FULICA AMERICANA, Gm. 



American Coot ; Mud Hen. 



These birds, while not abundant, are often seen in Nebraska. Their food is indicated 

 by an examination of the following specimens : 



1 



LocaUty. 



Date. 



si 



a 



O 



Other food. 



1 

 2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 G 



7 

 8 

 9 





May— ,1865 

 do 



37 

 31 



15 

 20 

 44 

 40 

 10 

 57 

 51 

 12 

 20 



Fresh-water mollusks. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do 



Dixon County Nebraska 



June— ,1666 

 do .... 



do 



......... 



do 



Sept.— , 1PG7 

 Sept.— ,1871 

 do 



Lancaster County, Nebraska 





do 



May — , 1875 

 do 



54 

 43 



do 







Order LAMELLIROSTEES : Anserine Birds. 



Family ANATID^ : Swans, Geese, and Ducks. 



Cygnus buccinator, Rich. 



Trumpeter Swan. 



Rare in Nebraska. I have only seen it twice alive since I am in the State. I place 

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



Anser hyperboreus. Pall. 



Snow Goose ; White Brant. 



Abundant in Nebraska during its migrations. It seems to be omnivorous, as the fol- 

 lowing examinations indicate : 



a 



Locality. 



Date. 



a 



11 



o * 



-2 

 o 



Other food. 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 





April— ,1865 

 do 





49 

 57 

 26 

 37 

 7 

 2S 

 15 

 44 



Shells and grass. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do. 



do 







Lancaster County, Nebraska 



Oct. -. 1871 

 do 



30 

 21 

 60 



52 

 57 

 21 



do 



......do.... 



do 



do . . .. 



Oct. — 1874 



do 



do 



do 



do 







Numbers 3 and 4 of the above must have brought the locusts that were in their 

 stomachs from the far north as there were few about in this locality at the time. 

 There can be no doubt, from the food of the above, that when these geese occupy locust 

 regions, they must destroy vast numbers of these insects 



Branta canadensis, (Linn.) Gray. 



Canada Goose ; Common Wild Goose. 



Very abundant in Nebraska, and occasionally breeds here. After the great mass have 

 passed north in April, I have sometimes later in the season seen young ones along 

 the Missouri. It will be seen that some of the geese mentioned in the following list 

 had locusts in their stomachs in other than locust years. In such cases, they must have 



