INDEX. 



[291] 



Eed Kiver Colony, iuvasioiis of, 80. 



Eedstart, [24]. 



Reed-bird, [33] 



Region in which egjrs were laid in 187C, 6. 



Regulus calendula, [10]. 



satrapa, [16J. 

 Eemedies, 28, [89]. 

 Report, contents of, 23. 

 Reproductive organs. 270-272. 

 Eespiration, organs of, 2(39, 270. 

 Rectum, 263,27(3. 

 Keturning swarms defined, 143. 



harmlessness of, 1C.3, 1G4. 

 Return migrations, direction of, 159-165. 

 swarms, destination of, 238-240. 

 return of, 240 

 Eeveschon, statements by, 57-60. 

 Revue Entomologique de Silbermann, quoted, 291. 

 Ehabdites, 272. 

 Ebomalea, 35. 

 Eice-bird, |33]. 



Eickli, J. C, statement by, 59, 61,62. 

 Eiggs, S. R., statement by, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91, 177. 

 Eilev, C. v., circular bv, 3-5. 



letter by, 14-10, 17-20. 

 letter from, 8-10. 

 observations by, 6-10, 14-16, 22. 

 statements by, 87, 98, 109, 159, 160, 161, 



177, 220, 226, 247, 254, 304, 327. 

 views of, on hatching of eggs, 279. 

 Riley's locust-catcher, 393. 



Locust Pla2ue in U. S. quoted, 293-302. 

 Missouri Reports, quoted, 45-51, 53, and 



generally, 

 reports quoted, 235, 238, 290, 433. 

 Ritz, Philip, statement by, 107. 

 Robbins coal-tar pan, 388-390. 

 Robertson, TV., statement by, 289. 

 Robin, food of, fond of locusts, 1 14]. 

 ground. [33]. 

 marsh, [33]. 

 Robinson, Professor, 100. 

 Rose-bushes eaten, 253. 

 Rugje, 261, 274. 

 Russia, locusts in, 467, 468. 

 Rutabagas eaten, 251. 

 Eye, winter, eaten less, 252. 



Saint Paul Adverti-^er quoted, 82, 83. 



Press quoted, 77, 88. 



Weekly Minnesotian quoted, 82. 



Weekly Times quoted, 83. 

 Saint Peter Free Press quoted, 83. 

 Salivary glandji, 263. 

 Salt Lake Herald quoted, 103. 

 Salvia trichostemmoides eaten less, 254. 

 Salpinctes obsoletus, [18]. 

 Salter, J. A., observations by, 302. 

 Sand burr, 434. 

 Sandpiper, Baird's, [52]. 



Bonaparte's, [53]. 



Bartramian. [54]. 



buflf-breasted, [54]. 



least, [52]. 



semipalmated, [52]. 



white-rumped, [53j. 



bairdii, [52]. 



spotted, [54]. 

 Sarcophaga carnaria, 289, 322, 323, 324. 



sarracenise, 289, 3:24. 

 Sauk Eapids Frontiersman quoted, 82. 

 Saunders, William, statement by, 294. 

 Sayornis fuscus, [37]. 

 sayus, [37]. 

 Scarlet Tanager, [j4]. 

 Schott, C. A., statement by, 18fi. 

 Scolecophagus cyanocephalns, [35]. 



ferrugineus, [35]. 

 Scops asio, [42]. 

 Scott, W. J., statement by, 112. 

 Scudder's Catalogue of Orthoptera of North Amer- 

 ica, quoted, 44. 

 Scudder, S. H., statement by, 105. 

 work by, quoted, 293, 305, 

 Scutellum, 259, 260. 

 Scutum, 259. 



Season of egg-laying, 228. 



Sebific duct, 271. 



Sense-organs, 272. 



Serous membrane, 278. 



Serville's Histoire des Orthoptferes quoted, 38. 



Revue Methodique des Orthoptisres 

 quoted, 38. 

 Setophaga ruticilla, [24]. 

 Shade-trees eaten, 253. 

 Shakopee Advocate, quoted, 82. 

 Saint Paul Daily Pioneer and Democrat, quoted, 82. 

 Shattuck, Colonel, statement by, 98. 

 Shaw, James, statement by, 94." 

 Shoveller, [59]. 

 Shrike, I^orthern, [28]. 



white-rumped, [28]. 

 Si alia arctica, [15]. 



sialis, [15]. 

 Siebold's Anatomy of the Invertebrates, quoted, 



272. 

 Sight, organs of, 272. 

 Signal-Office, Reports of, quoted, 57, 91 . 

 Siler, A. L., statement by, 97, 102. 



statement of, 158. 

 Sitaris, 294, 295, 296, 301. 

 colletis, 296. 

 humeralis, 296. 

 sp., figure of, 296. 



larva of, description of, 296. 

 Sitta canadensis, 17. 



carolinensis aculeate, [17]. 

 pygmsea, [17]. 

 Sitzungsberichte der Wiener Akademie, quoted, 



275. 

 Skunks, destructive to locusts, 337. 

 Simpson's locust-crusher, 366. 

 Smartweed eaten, 254. 

 Smith, Emma A., observation by, 303. 

 Smith, J. W., statement by, 62. 

 Smith, C. A., statement by, 63. 

 Smith, L., statement by, 91. 

 Smith, S. A., statement by, 120. 

 Smithsonian Institution, contributions from, 461. 



Report of, quoted, 81. 

 Snake River Valley, 133. 



breeding-grounds, 25. 

 Snipe, American, [51]. 

 gray, [52]. 

 red-headed, [.52]. 

 Wilson's, [51]. 

 destructive to locusts, 337. 

 Snow, E. P., statement by, 99. 

 Snow, F. H., statements by, 71, 72, 159, ICO, 245, 246, 



286, 287. 

 Snyder, E., statement by, 218. 

 Soil, temperature of, 425. 

 Solanum carolinense, 434. 



rostratum, 434. 

 Soldier -beetle, two-lined. (See Telephorus biline' 



atus.) 

 Solidago eaten, 293. 

 Soper, E. B., statement by, 242, 243. 

 Sorghum not eaten, 252. 

 South America, locusts of, 465. 

 Southey's Thalaba, quoted, 214. 

 Southward flights, 175, 176. 

 Spain, locusts in, 476. 

 Sparrow, Canadian, [31]. 

 chipping, [31]. 

 clay-colored, [31.] 

 Harris's, [31]. 

 Lincoln'.*, [30]. 

 song, [31]. 



white-throated, [31], 

 yellow-winged, [30]. 

 Spatiila clypeata, [59], 

 Speotyto cunicularia hypogaea, [43] . 

 Sphex ichneumonea, 318, 

 Sphinx, white-lined morning, 434, 

 Sphyrapicus varius, [41], 

 Spinach eaten, 292. 

 Spirades, 267, 

 Spizella monticola, [31], 

 paUida, [31], 

 socialis, [31] 

 Sprigtall, [58]. 

 Spruce-trees eaten, 253. 

 Squatarola helvetica, [49]. 



