APPENDIX IV. 329 



1865. Elliot, D. G. The " Game-Birds" of the United States. 

 United States Department of Agriculture, Eeport, 1864, 

 pages 356-385. 



An introduction defining the phrase " game-bird" as here 

 used, followed by more or less lengthy discussions of the fol- 

 lowing species which he classifies under that head: Wild tur- 

 key, Mexican wild turkey, ocellated wild turkey, cock of the 

 plains, ruffed grouse, Sabine's grouse, allied grouse, prairie 

 hen, sharp-tailed grouse, Arctic sharp-tailed grouse, dusky 

 grouse, Richardson's grouse, spruce grouse, Franklin's grouse, 

 white-tailed ptarmigan, willow ptarmigan, Virginian partridge, 

 Texan partridge, plumed partridge, California partridge, Gam- 

 bel's partridge, scaled partridge, Massena partridge, woodcock, 

 Wilson's or English snipe, and wild pigeon. 



1866. Samuels, E. A. The Agricultural Value of Birds. 

 Massachusetts Agricultural Eeport, 1865-1866, pages 

 94-117. 



An address on the value of the different groups of birds, 

 with general discussion and citation of examples at home and 

 abroad. 



1866. Glover, Townend. Eeport of the Entomologist. Eeport 

 of the Department of Agriculture, 1865, pages 36-45. 



A general synopsis of the insectivorous birds of North 

 America, with account of the examination of stomachs of many 

 of them. Included in the report of the government entomologist 

 for 1865. 



1867. Walsh, Benjamin D. Birds vs. Insects. Practical 

 Entomologist, vol. ii., pages 44-47. 



An important article showing the injury of birds to fruit, 

 and contending that they do much damage by destroying pre- 

 daceous and parasitic insects. 



1868. Samuels, E. A. Value of Birds on the Farm. United 

 States Department of Agriculture, Eeport, 1867, pages 

 201-208. 



Notes on the economic importance of birds, with accounts of 

 the examination of stomachs of the robin, various species of 

 woodpeckers, cuckoos, crows, and jays; nearly all of the notes 

 are apparently original. 



