INDEX. 



395 



■Grain— Continued. 



In England, 309, 330-318. 



In the milk, 319, 330, 337, 347. 



In the stack, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 



260. 

 Injury to, 68-78, 252-2C0. 

 Kinds injured, 68. 



List of States reporting greatest loss, 68. 

 Number of reports on, 68. 

 Grain-cars transport Sparrows, 178, 309. 

 Grain-fields, edges injured most, 179, 256, 257,258, 



260, 319, 338. 

 Grapes, bags torn from, 54, 323-324. 



Buds and blossoms of, plucked, 45, 46, 47, 



146, 240, 241, 243, 325, 327. 

 In Australia, 55, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353. 

 In California, 49. 

 In New Zealand, 320. 



Injury to, 48, 49-56, 57, 53, 59, 244, 245, 246, 

 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 320, 323, 327, 349, 

 350, 351, 352, 353. 

 Kinds of, most injured, 54, 55. 

 List of States reporting most damage to, 



53. 

 Seeds and pulp of, taken, 51, 53, 55, 245, 248. 

 Wild, 55, 250. 

 Grapes and bees or wasps, 49-50, 55. 

 Grapes and native birds, 49, 270. 

 Grape-vine caterpillar, 102, 287. 

 Grape- vines, effects upon, 41, 42, 43. 

 Grass in Sparrows' stomachs, 144, 312, 325. 

 Grass-bird, 80. 

 Grass Finch, 80, 270. 



Grasshoppers, 78, 99, 102, 103, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 

 132, 134, 141, 142, 143, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 292, 

 293, 295, 296, 297, 299, 300, 301, 304, 306, 310, 312, 313, 

 328, 329, 347. 

 Grass seed, consumption of, 64, 65, 66-68, 76, 253, 

 257. 

 In stomachs, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 

 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 311, 312, 

 322, 325. 

 Graybird, 271. 

 Great Carolina Wren, 277. 

 Great Crested Flycatcher, 80, 266, 277. 

 Great Northern Shrike, 31, 150, 233, 238. 

 Greenfinch (European), 343. , 

 Greenlets (=Vireos), 280. 

 Green vegetables destroyed, 61-64. 

 Grosbeak, Cardinal, 80, 268, 280. 



Rose-breasted, 323. 

 Grosheaks, 80, 266, 268, 280, 323. 



Food of, 323. 

 Ground bird, 271. 

 Ground sparrow, 80. 

 Ground squirrels, 161-162. 



Grubs or larvse, 43, 78, 102,103, 129, 130, 135, 285, 286, 

 287, 288, 289, 290, 292, 293, 294, 

 295, 296, 297, 298, 299. 

 In peach buds, 43. 

 Grub-worms in crop, 78. 

 Gryllotalpa, 113, 119. 

 Gun, restriction by, 37-40. 

 Guns for Sparrow shooting, 164. 

 Gutters choked by nests, 147-148, 352. 

 Habia ludooieiana, 323. 



Habit of insect-eating, 98-99. 



Habits of European Tree Sparrow, 192. 



Habits of House Sparrow in England, 308, 309, 330- 



348. 

 Habits of insects concerned, 115-120. 

 Hail storms, effects of, 234, 237. 

 Hair Sparrow. (See Chipping Sparrow.) 

 Hair-worms, 345. 

 Hairy caterpillars and Sparrows, 99, 107-109, 129, 



130, 286, 290, 292, 295, 306. 

 Hairy caterpillars and native birds, 108-109. 

 Hairy Woodpecker, 80, 266. 

 Hairy worms, 100, 122, 130, 290. 

 Hallctus, 114, 115. 

 Haltica affinis, 305. 

 Hanging- worm (Ennomos), 294. 

 Harmless English birds, 334. 

 Harpalus vagans, 102, 300. 

 Harporhynchus rufus, 80, 266, 278, 280. 

 Haw, black, 146. 



Buds and blossoms of, 144, 325. 

 Hawk, Cooper's, 32. 



Pigeon, 32, 309. 

 Sharp-shinned, 32. 

 Sparrow, 32, 150, 309. 

 Hawks, kind not specified, 309. 

 Hedges injured by filth, 41, 243. 

 Helix altemata, in Cuckoo's stomach, 123. 

 Hemiptera, 112, 120, 289, 296. 

 Hemp, hemp-seed, 49, 65, 248. 

 Hens attacked by Sparrows, 81, 149, 276, 277. 

 Hen and chickens driven from food, 149. 

 Herbemont grape, 324. 

 Hermit Thrush, 80, 273. 

 Hessian-fly, not attacked, 288. 

 Heteroptera, 113, 114, 118,121. . 

 | Hexapoda, 120. 

 High-holder (= Golden-winged Woodpecker), 282. 

 Hill on Sparrow-catching, 178-191. 

 Hirundo wrbica, 330, 332, 333, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339 



340, 346. 

 Hoadley's work, 11. 

 Homopteia, 112,118. 

 Honey-bees, 49-50. 102, 289. 

 Honeysuckle, berries eaten, 250. 

 Hornets and grapes, 49. 

 Horse-chestnut, defoliated by Orgyia, 108. 

 Hors^-droppings, importance of, to Sparrows, 34, 



104. 

 Horse-flies, 102, 129, 289. 

 House Finch, 80, 262. 



Western, 89. 

 House flies, 102, 113, 119, 139, 299.. 

 House Martin, 267, 270, 271, 272. 



European, 98, 330, 332, 333, 335, 336, 

 337, 338, 339, 340, 346. 

 House Sparrow = English Sparrow, 17. 



European, at Saint Louis, Mo. 



191-194. 

 Indian, 303. 

 House (Chipping) Sparrow, 93, 264. 

 House Swallow, 266. 

 House Wren, 80, 82, 83, 85, 87-88, 93, 96, 97, 262, 263, 



264, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 



277, 278, 280,282, 283, 309, 327. 

 Hummingbird, Ruby-throated, 80, 95, 277. 



