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  BOBWHITE 
  AND 
  OTHER 
  QUAILS 
  OF 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  

  

  Leaf 
  Beetles 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

   D 
  ison 
  yeh 
  a 
  a-a 
  n 
  thotiielcenti: 
  

   I) 
  ison 
  i/cha 
  erenidollist 
  

   Pxylliodes 
  punctuUita. 
  

   MicrorJiopala 
  rittata. 
  

   Odontota 
  dorsalis 
  (locust 
  leaf 
  -min- 
  

   ing 
  beetle). 
  

   Coptocycla 
  bicolor 
  (golden 
  tortoise 
  

  

  beetle). 
  

   May 
  Beetles 
  (Scarabseidse) 
  : 
  

  

  Onthophagus 
  pennsylvanicus 
  (dung 
  

  

  beetle). 
  

   Aphodius 
  inguinatus 
  (dung 
  beetle). 
  

   Serica 
  sp. 
  

  

  Diplotaa-is 
  sp. 
  (leaf 
  -chafer). 
  

   Ldchnosterna 
  tristis 
  (May 
  beetle). 
  

   Anomala 
  sp. 
  

   Aphonus 
  sp. 
  

   Snout 
  Beetles 
  (suborder 
  Rhynchoph- 
  

  

  ora) 
  : 
  

   Thecesternus 
  humeralis. 
  

   Epiccerus 
  imbricatus 
  (imbricated 
  

  

  snout 
  beetle). 
  

   Tanymecus 
  confertus. 
  

   Aram 
  ig 
  us 
  fulleri 
  (Fuller's 
  rose 
  

  

  beetle). 
  

   Sitones 
  hispidulus 
  (clover 
  weevil). 
  

   Pliytonomus 
  punctatus 
  (clover-leaf 
  

  

  weevil). 
  

  

  Snout 
  Beetles 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Anthonomus 
  grandis 
  (Mexican 
  cot- 
  

   ton 
  boll 
  weevil). 
  

  

  (Jhalcodermus 
  collaris. 
  

  

  Centrinns 
  sp. 
  

  

  Sphenophorus 
  parvulus 
  (billbug). 
  

  

  Sphenophorus 
  zew 
  (corn 
  billbug). 
  

   Click 
  Beetles 
  (Elateridse) 
  : 
  

  

  Drasterius 
  elegans. 
  

  

  Agriotes 
  sp. 
  

  

  Melanotus 
  communis. 
  

  

  Corymbites 
  sp. 
  

   Ladybirds 
  (Coccinellidre) 
  : 
  

  

  Hippodamia 
  paren 
  tliesis. 
  

  

  CoccineUa 
  sanguinea. 
  

  

  Adalia 
  uipunctata. 
  

  

  Epilaclina 
  borealis 
  (squash 
  lady- 
  

   bird). 
  

   Histerid 
  Beetles 
  (Histeridse). 
  

   Darkling 
  Beetles 
  (Tenebrionidse) 
  : 
  

  

  Blapstinus. 
  

   Rove 
  Beetles 
  (Staphylinida?). 
  

   Soldier 
  Beetles 
  (Lampyridse) 
  : 
  

  

  Ch 
  a 
  uliognath 
  us 
  pennsylvanicus. 
  

   Longicorn 
  Beetles 
  (Cerambycidse) 
  : 
  

  

  Tetraopes 
  tetraophthalmus. 
  

  

  bugs 
  eaten. 
  

  

  The 
  bobwhite 
  eats 
  comparatively 
  more 
  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." 
  a 
  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 
  

  

  o 
  Missouri 
  Reports, 
  II, 
  p. 
  28, 
  1870. 
  

  

  

  