INDEX. 



397 



Lettuce seed eaten, 40, 64, 65, 66, 245, 246, 249, 250. 



Lilac buds or blossoms, 45, 47. 



Lima-beau, 146. 



Linnet, 80. 



Lintner on caterpillar protection, 107-110. 



Liopu8, 113, 117. 



List of : 



Contributors, 358-388. 



Fruits injured, 48. 



Garden seeds injured, 48. 



Grains injured, 68. 



Insects said to be eaten, 102. 



Native birds molested, 80. 



Places where Sparrows were introduced, 19- 



21. 

 States infested by Sparrows, 26. 

 States reporting most injury to fruits and 



vegetables, 48. 

 States reporting most injury to grain, 68. 

 States reporting most injury to grapes, 53. 

 Vegetables injured, 48. 

 Weed-seeds eaten (in England), 343. 

 Locust, seventeen-year (Cicada), 286. 

 Locustidce, 119, 131. 

 Locust-leaves picked off, 41. 

 Locusts (grasshoppers), 111, 114, 115, 119, 127, 132. 

 Locusts, kind not specified, 102, 131, 132, 288, 297, 



298. 

 London purple, 174, 177, 178. 

 Longicorn beetles, 113, 117. 

 Loquats, 59, 349, 351, 353. 

 Louisiana bird-law, 169. 

 Lucerne damaged, 349. 

 Luna moth, 102, 291. 

 Lycosa scutellata, 112, 120. 

 Maggots, 102, 119, 131, 299. 

 Maine bird-law, 169. 



Maize, Corn, injury to, 68, 72, 74-75, 244, 253, 254, 

 255, 256, 259, 312, 322, 325, 344, 345. 

 Number of reports on, 68. 

 Man, increase checked by, 35-40. 

 Mangel-wurzel, leaves eaten, 344. 

 Map. See end of volume. 



Maples, buds and blossoms eaten, 44, 45, 146, 241, 

 242,243,311,328. 

 Leaves picked off, 41, 290. 

 Euined by filth, 41. 

 Maple-moth, 290. 

 Maple-worm, 129, 290. 

 Market, Sparrows in, 39, 319. 

 Martin, Barn, 282. 



Bee (^Kingbird), 80, 265, 271. 



Black, 80, 84,261,269,278. 



Eave or Win low, 283. 



European, 98, 283, 330, 332, 333, 335, 336, 337, 



338, 339, 340, 346. 

 House, 267, 270, 271, 272. 

 Purple, 80, 82-87, 96, 193-194, 261, 262, 264, 

 265, 266, 269, 270, 272, 275, 276, 278, 279, 28o| 

 281. 

 Summer, 267. 

 Martins, kind not specified, 80, 81, 82, 87, 88, 93, 261, 

 262, 263, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274~ 

 276, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 320. 



Martins, nests and eggs destroyed, 83, 84, 86, 194, 

 333. 

 Nestlings killed, 84, 86. 

 Sparrows and their young and eggs de. 

 stroyed by, 274. 

 Martins and Sparrows in England, 330, 332, 333, 



335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 346. 

 Maryland, no sparrow law in, 169. 

 Massachusetts bird-law, 169. 

 Mauritius, Sparrows introduced at, 335. 

 May-beetles, May-bugs, 102, 115, 135, 136, 138, 141, 



288, 300. 

 May-flies, 102, 130, 142, 286, 293, 297. 

 Maynard on food of Sparrows, 321-323. 

 Meadow grasshoppers, 119, 132. 

 Meadow Lark, 80, 274, 277. 

 Measuring-worms, span-worms, 99, 100, 102, 109, 



110, 128, 129, 13C, 131, 132, 285, 286, 291, 292, 293, 294, 



295,297,300,301,311,317,328. 

 Measuring-worm moth, 102, 293. 

 Megascope asio, 32. 



ATelanerpes erythrocephalus, 80, 264, 265, 282. 

 Melanopus femur-rubrum, 129, 289. 

 Melon-bugs, 102, 129, 2S9. 

 Melospiza fasciata, 80, 81, 94, 264, 267, 270, 272, 278, 



279, 280, 283, 295, 323. 

 Herula migratoria, 80, 86, 88, 90-91, 93-94, 95, 97, 108- 



109, 126, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 



272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 297, 



305, 309, 324-325. 

 Mespilus, 59. 



Meteorus hyphantrice, 325. 

 Methods of catching Sparrows. 183-191. 

 Methods of collecting information, 11-12. 

 Methods of diffusion of Sparrows, 23-26. 

 Methods of examining stomachs, 321. 

 Methods of restriction recommended, 150-166, 174- 



178, 354-357. 

 Michigan bounty act, 162-163, 169-170. 

 Migrating Thrush (=Eobin), 268. 

 j Migration, abundance of birds during, 97. 

 Migration of European Tree Sparrow, 341. 

 Migration of House Sparrow, not known, 341. 

 Millers or moths, 102, 103, 129, 130, 131, 138, 141, 285, 



286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 294, 295, 297, 299, 300. 

 Millet, 68, 75, 76, 253, 254, 255. 

 Pearl, 75. 

 Russian, 75,76. 

 Millo maize, 68, 75, 76, 253. 

 Mimus polyglottos, 80, 81, 88, 91-92, 261, 264, 265, 266, 



268, 269, 272, 276, 280. 

 Miner's seedling (grape), 55. 

 Minnesota, no sparrow law in, 170. 

 Minnesota winters, 33. 

 Miscellaneous injuries, 146-149. 

 Mississippi bird-law, 170. 

 Missouri bird-law, 170. 



Mobbing native birds, 93-94, 273, 276, 277, 278, 279. 

 Mocking-bird, 80, 81, 88, 91-92, 261, 264, 265, 266, 268, 

 269, 272, 276, 280. 

 Nestlings killed, 91. 

 Mole-cricket, 113, 119, 140. 

 Molestation of other birds, 78-98, 260-283, 330, 332, 



333, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 346. 

 Monomorium pharaonis, 113, 115, 116. 



