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BOBWHiTE ANi) OTHER QUAlLS OF UNITED ^*AT?Egl. 



Leaf Beetles — Coritiuued. 

 D indii yrh a .Tdii thorn clan a. 

 hiKoiuiclm rreiiiciilliii. 

 Psyllioden piiiictiilatu: 

 Mierdrliojialu i-ittuta: 

 Odontota tlormlis (ioe'ust le'af-miil- 



ing beetle). 

 Coptoci/chi hlcoior (^Iden tortoise 



beetle); 

 ilAY Beetles (^carabseidse) : 



Onthophagus pennsylvanieufi (dung 



beetle). 

 Aphodiii.i iiif/uinatus (dung beetle). 

 Serica sp. 



Diplotaxis sp. (leaf -chafer). 

 Lachnosterna tiistis (May beetle). 

 Anomala sp. 

 Aphonus sp. 

 Snout Beetles (suborder Rhynchoph- 



ora) : 

 Thecestcnius hwneralis. 

 Epmrrim imbricatus (imbricated 



snout beetle). 

 Tanyniecus coiifertus. 

 Aram ifj IIS fulleri (Puller's rose 



beetle). 

 Sitones hinpidulus (clover weevil). 

 Phytonoiiiiis punctatus (clover-leaf 



weevil). 



Snout Beetles — Contintied. 



Anthoiioiiius i/raildis (Mexican cot- 

 ton boll weevil). 



Chalcodeniius coUari-i: 



dent rill IIS sjl. 



Splicnopliorus parhulus (billbug); 



SpUenopUorus .zecc (corn billbug). 

 Click Beetles (Elateridse) ; 



Drasteriiis elegahs: 



Agriot^s sp; 



Melanotus communis: 



CorpmMtes sp. 

 Ladybibds (Coccinellidse) ! 



Hippodamia parenthesis. 



Coccinella sanguinea. 



Adalia Mpiinctata. 



Epilachna borealis (squash 

 bird). 

 HiSTBBiD Beetles (Histeridfe). 

 Darkling Beetles (TenebrionidEe) : 



lady- 



RovE Beetles (Staphylinidse). 

 Soldier Beetles (Lampyridce) : 



Chaiiliognathiis pennsylvanicus. 

 LoNGicoRN Beetles (Cerambycidse) : 



Tetraopes tetraophthalmus. 



BUGS EATEN. 



The bobwhite eats comparatively jnore bugs than most birds, in- 

 cluding both Heteroptera, or true bugs, and Homoptera, which form 

 2.77 per cent of its food. The maximum number of bugs was taken 

 in August and amounted to 21.1 per cent of the food for that month. 



The chinch bug, which in this country has destroyed over $100,000,- 

 000 worth of wheat and other cereals in a season, is preyed upon by 

 the bobwhite throughout the year. C. V. Riley says : " In the winter 

 time, when hard pushed for food, this bird must devour immense 

 numbers of the little pests, which winter in just such situations as are 

 frequented by the quail; and this bird should be protected from the 

 gun of the sportsman in every State where the chinch bug is known 

 to run riot." " The data possessed by the Biological Survey concern- 

 ing this species are scanty, but they show that the quail destroys the 

 pest in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska. 

 The number of chinch bugs eaten varies, but usually appears to be 

 large. Thus a bird shot October 12, 1901, at Badger, Nebr., by 

 W. C. Colt, had picked up 100, and the American Field for February 



« Missouri Reports, II, p. 28, 1870. 



