APPENDIX II. AUGHEY ON LOCUST-FEEDING BIRDS. [59] 



QUERQUEDULA CAROLINENSIS, (Gm.) Steph. 



Greoi-ui'mgcd Teal. 



Very abundant in Nebraska during its migrations. It also consumes locusts, though 

 I have not examined any during locust years. Those, therefore, that I found in the 

 stomachs of the following specimens must have been obtained in higher latitudes. 

 They were so macerated ah-eady that they were identilied with difficulty. I obtained 

 these ducks mostly from sportsmen. 



a 



LocaHty. 



Date. 





1 



.9 

 o 



Other food. 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 



5 

 6 



7 

 8 

 9 





Sept.— ,1871 

 ..do 



12 

 4 



43 

 50 

 41 

 46 

 21 

 30 

 27 

 38 

 43 



Small mollusks, etc. 

 do. 



'tlo ... 



do 



Oct. — , 1871 

 do 



do. 



do .. . 



..... . do. 





Sept. — , 1873 

 do 



15 



2 



11 



do. 



do 



do. 



do 



. do 



do. 





Oct. -, 1873 

 do 



do. 



do 



do. 









QuERQUEDULA DiscoRS, (Linn.) Steph. 



Blue-icing ed Teal. 



Not as abundant as the preceding in Nebraska. A single one that I examined in 

 Dixon County, Nebraska, in October, 1867, had 37 locusts, 22 other insects, and some 

 small fresh- water mollusks and seeds in its stomach. 



Spatula clypeata, (Linn.) Boie. 



Shoveller; Spoonbill DiicTc. 



Occasionally met with in Nebraska. One that I obtained in Dixon County in May, 

 1865, had 32 locusts, 28 other insects, a few seeds, and some small mollusks in its 

 stomach. 



Aix SPONSA, (Linn.) Boie. 



Summer Duck; Wood DucJc. 



Eather abundant in Nebraska, and breeds here. It varies a great deal in its habits 

 of eating different kinds of insects, as the following record indicates : 



1 



1 



2 

 3 



4 

 5 

 6 



7 

 8 

 



LocaUty. 



Date. 



PI 



O OB 

 Hi 



1 



.9 

 o 



Other food. 



Dixon County, isTebraska 



May -, 1865 



4 

 30 

 38 

 10 



33 



7 

 4 

 30 

 47 

 4} 

 20 



Sm.ill mollusks, etc. 

 do 



do 



Dakota County, Ifebraska 



June— ,1865 

 do 



do 



do 



do 



Wayne County, Nebraska 



Aug. — , 1869 

 do 



. . . do. 



do .' 





do 



Seward Conntv, Nebraska. 



Lancaster County, Nebraska 



Oct. —,1873 

 Sept. -, 1874 





do. 



48 

 8 



do. 



do 



30 



do. 









The Eed-head and Canvas-back Duck are rather frequently seen in Nebraska, but I 

 never made any examination of their stomachs, and place them in this list because of 

 the known habits of their congeners. 



