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



Its storaach contained a few grasshoppers and other insects, but the great mass seemed 

 to be made up of iish and frog. 



Lari/s argentatus, Bitinn. 



HeiTing Gull, 



I was fortunate enough to got two of these gulls from the Winnebago Indians in 

 May, 1870. One had 2 and the other had 11 grasshoppers in its stomach, and each 

 had besides remains of iish and small mollusks mingled with these insects. 



Larus delawarensis, Ord. 



Bing-Ulled Gull. 



Rather common in Nebraska. Its food seems to vary wonderfully ; at least the in- 

 dividuals that I obtained for examination had great diversity of materials in their 

 stomachs. 



s 



Locality. 



Date. 



a 



'H 



si 



o =» 



k5 







Other food. 



1 



2 



3 

 4 



5 

 6 



Dakota County jS^ebrasta 



May— ,1867 

 ...do 





33 



Crawfisli and frogs. 

 Crawfish and fish. 

 Fish, frogs, and mollusks. 

 Small mollusks. 

 Fish aud crawfish. 

 Crawfish and mollusks. 



' . .do 



.....do 



May — , 1868 



June— ,1868 



May — , 1873 



do 



"40" 



15 



'"io" 



27 



Sarpy County, Nebraska 



do 









Larus (Chrcecocephai.us) franklini, Rich. 



FranTcliii's Eosy Gull. 



Large numbers here during the spring and fall migrations. Like the preceding, it 

 seems to eat whatever it can get. The following record indicates its omnivorous char- 

 acter : 





Locality. 



Date. 



a 

 °° 



i 



"i 

 



other food. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



6 



8 



9 



10 



Dakota County, Nebraska 



May — , 1868 

 do 





22 



12 



39 

 ""4" 



'29" 

 ■"'4' 



Frogs, fish, and a lizard. 



Frogs, fish, and snails. 



Snails, fish, etc. 



Fish, frogs, and crawfish. 



Fish and frogs. 



Fish, frogs, and crawfish. 



Mollusks and fish. 



do 



do 



do 



. . do . 



Wayne County, Nebraska 



do 



May — , 1869 

 do 





Sarpy County, Nebraska 



do 



May — , 1875 

 do 



48 

 34 

 41 

 13 

 53 

 26 



do 



do 



Cass County, Nebraska 



May -,1877 

 do 



do 



do 



do ... 







Sterna eorsteri, Nutt. 

 Forstcr'8 Tern. 



I obtained no specimen of this tern during locust years, and the two that I dis- 

 sected in Dakota County, Nebraska, in May, lb71, were obtained from some Winnebago 

 Indians. One had 3 and the other 14 grasshoppers, and both had the remains of fish, 

 crawfish, and a lizard in their stomachs. 



Sterna macrura, Naum. 



Arctic Tern. 



Only saw a few of these terns in Dixon County, in May, 1866. 

 only because of the characters of its congeners. 



I place it in th'elist 



