INDEX 



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Monthly Report of Dopartmcut of Agriculture, 



quoted, 105. 

 MonticoUo Times, quoted, 82. 

 Moore, M., statemeut by, 90. 

 Moore, Stewart, statement by,'112, 177. 

 Morri!!, S., statement by, 78. 

 Morris, Governor A., aid by 22. 

 Morris, A., statement by, 247-248. 

 Most injured ci'ops, 130. 

 Mortsou, O. O., statement by, 95, 154. 

 Morton, W. L., statement by. 96. 

 Morton, Hon. J. Sterliu£[, oii the locudt iu Nebras- 

 ka, 1132]. 

 Mountain plover, 338. 

 Mountains in 1877, [15G]. 

 Myer, A. J., aid by, 186-193. 

 Myiadestes towusecdi. [27]. 

 Myiarchus crinitus, [37 J. 

 Myiodioctes canadensis, [24). 



mitr.itus, [23]. 



pusillus, [24] . 

 Myl.abris, 302. 

 Myriapods, 305. 



Naphthaline, 401. 



Nebraska, autumn locust flights in, [151]. 



earliest flight in, 170. 



local flights in, direction of, 167, 176. 



flights in, summary of, 171-172. 



invasions of, 54-56, 74-77. 



locust data for 1877, [117]. 



locust-eating birds of, [14]. 



locust laws of, 413. 



lossesin, 116, 118-121. 



migrations from, direction of, 160, 161. 



migrations into, direction of, 148, 149, 

 150, 152. 



migrations in, direction of, 178, 180. 



observations in, 10-14, 22. 

 Nervous system, anatomy of, 264, 266. 



figure of, 265. 

 Nets, for catching locusts, 392. 



hand, 399. 

 Nettle, 434. 

 Nevada, invasions of, 10.5-106. 



limits of migrations in, 142. 

 observations in, 21. 

 the locust in, [139]. 

 Newbold, J. G., letter to, 14-16. 

 New Mexico, invasions of, 54, 55, 101, 10.5. 



limits of migrations in, 141, 142. 

 reports from, [258] . 

 Newport, G., views of, on triungulin, 294, 295. 

 Newell, H. J., statement by, 78. 

 Newell, W. J., statement by, 218. 

 New York Tribune quoted, 81. 

 Night flights, 218,219. 

 Night, liabits at, 219, 220. 

 Night hawk, [39]. 



Night, influence of, on flights, 145-147. 

 Nomenclature, 31, [43-45]. 

 Norrington, W., statement by, 59. 

 Norris, G. W., statement by, 95, 96. 

 Northwest, observations in, 26. 

 Number of broods, 240-244. 

 Number of eggs laid by one female, 223. 

 Number of egg-masses laid by one female, 226-228. 

 Number of molts, 280. 

 Numenius borealis, [55]. 



hudsonicus, [55] . 



longirostris, [.55]. 

 Nutcracker, American, [36]. 

 Nuthatch, red-bellied, [17]. 



slender-billed, [17]. 

 Nyctasa scandiaaca, [43]. 



Oak trees not eaten, 253. 



Oats eaten leas, 252. 



Oaxaca, locusts in, 461. 



Observer of nature quoted, 245, 246. 



Ocelli, 260. 



CEdipodse, 34. 



(Edipoda atrox, 454, 455. 



Carolina, 305, 306, 327. 



ffidipoda Carolina, egg-laying of, time of, 220. 



egg-mass of, philosophy of, 226. 

 morio, 3H. 

 migratoria, 471. 

 phtenicoptera, 301. 



description of, 237. 

 egg-laying of, timecf, 220. 

 egg-mass of, philosophy 



of, 226. 

 eggs of, number of, 228. 

 figure of, 237. 

 pellncida, [141]. 

 sulphurea, 299. 



egg-laying of, time of, 229. 

 egg-mass of, philosophy of, 



'226. 

 tetiaica, 4G8. 

 vastator, 4<1. 

 OEdipodiui. 35. 

 ffisophagus, 261, 274. 

 Ohio, flights of locusts in, 37. 

 Oil, caloptene, 28. 

 Old Word, locusts in, 467. 

 Olive-back thrush, [14]. 

 Olivier, work by, quoted, 294. 

 Omaha Herald, reporter of, statement by, 218, 219. 

 Ommato lampis, 35. 

 Onions eaten, 251, 252. 

 Oporornis formosa, [23]. 

 Orchelimum glaberrimum, 327. 



gracile, 327. 

 Oregon, invasions of, 106, 107. 

 Oregon, locust in, 456, [140]. 

 Oregon, observations in, 21. 

 Oriole, Bullock's, [35j. 



orchard, [34]. 

 Orthoptera, characters of, 32. 



list of, 32. 

 Ortyx virginianus, :;38, [48]. 

 Osage-orange trees not eaten, 253. 

 Osmia, 302. 



Otus vulgaris wilsonianus, [42]. 

 Owl, American barn, [42]. 

 burrowing, [43]. 

 great homed, [42]. 

 red, [42]. 

 barred, [43]. 

 mottled, [42]. 

 screech, [42]. 

 short-eared, [42]. 

 snowy, [43]. 

 Ovaries, 271. 

 Oviduct, 258. 

 Ovipositor, 258. 



Packard, A, S., jr., articles by, quoted, 71, 72. 



Packard's circular, 5, 6. 



Packard, observations by, 16, 17, 21, [134-144]. 



Packard, A. S., statement by, 230. 



Packard, work by, quoted, 277, 290. 



Packard, R L., report of, 400-402, 



Pacific coast, invasions of, 54. 



locusts of, 451. 

 Pachytylus, distribution of, 473. 



cinerascens, 468. 



migratorius, 34, 469, 472. 



travels of young of, rate 



of, 235. 

 enemies of, 285. 



stridulus, 471. 

 Palmer, E., statement by, 104. 

 Parasites, attacks of, 26. 



eggs destroyed by, 8. 

 Paris green, 401, 402. 

 Parsnips eaten or not, 253. 

 Partridge, Virginia, [48]. 

 Parula americana, [19]. 

 Parus atricapillus septentrionalis, [17]. 

 Pasimachus elongatus, 314. 



punctulatus, 314. 

 Payne, S. D., aid by, 278. 



statement by, 305. 

 Peaches eaten, 253. 

 Pear-trees eaten, 253. 

 Pease eaten, 253; or not, 252, 254. 

 Pediculus apis, 294. 



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