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  Plate 
  I. 
  Horned 
  larks 
  feeding 
  on 
  amaranth 
  Frontispiece. 
  

  

  II. 
  Seeds 
  of 
  certain 
  troublesome 
  weeds 
  eaten 
  by 
  horned 
  larks 
  20 
  

  

  TEXT 
  FIGURES. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  proportions 
  of 
  animal 
  and 
  vegetable 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  

   horned 
  larks 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  minus 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   species 
  Otocoris 
  a. 
  actia, 
  for 
  every 
  month 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  9 
  

  

  2. 
  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  proportions 
  of 
  animal 
  and 
  vegetable 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  adult 
  horned 
  larks 
  for 
  every 
  month 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  11 
  

  

  3. 
  Predaceous 
  beetle 
  (Agonoderus 
  ixtllipes) 
  23 
  

  

  4. 
  June 
  bug 
  (Lachnorterna 
  arcuata) 
  and 
  its 
  larva, 
  a 
  white 
  grub 
  23 
  

  

  5. 
  Destructive 
  flea-beetle 
  ( 
  Phyllotreta 
  vittata 
  ) 
  24 
  

  

  6. 
  Pale 
  striped 
  flea-beetle 
  ( 
  Systena 
  blanda 
  ) 
  24 
  

  

  7. 
  Imbricated-snout 
  beetle 
  (Epicterus 
  i?nbricatus) 
  25 
  

  

  8. 
  Tineid 
  moth 
  with 
  larva 
  and 
  cocoon 
  25 
  

  

  9. 
  Tarnished 
  plant 
  bug 
  ( 
  Lygus 
  jwatmsis 
  ) 
  27 
  

  

  10. 
  Chinch 
  bug 
  (Blissus 
  leucopterus) 
  27 
  

  

  11. 
  Greater 
  striped 
  flea-beetle 
  (Disonycha 
  caroliniana) 
  29 
  

  

  12. 
  Columns 
  showing 
  the 
  proportions 
  of 
  insects, 
  grain, 
  and 
  weed 
  seed 
  

  

  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  following: 
  A, 
  California 
  larks; 
  B, 
  Larks 
  in 
  first 
  plumage; 
  

  

  C, 
  Total 
  number 
  examined 
  exclusive 
  of 
  California 
  birds; 
  D, 
  Nestlings. 
  29 
  

  

  13. 
  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  proportions 
  of 
  animal" 
  and 
  vegetable 
  food 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  California 
  horned 
  lark 
  (Otocoris 
  a. 
  actia) 
  for 
  every 
  month 
  in 
  the 
  

   year 
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  31 
  

  

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