INDEX. 



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Orygia leucostigmar eplaces Ennomos and Palela- 



crita, 109, 121. 

 Original testimony in detail, 198-301. 

 Oriole, Baltimore, 80, 81, 108-109, 265, 268,269,271, 

 272, £73, 274, 275, 278, 282, 283, 324-325. 

 Orchard, 80, 83, 268, 278, 280. 

 Orioles, kind not specified, 80, 263, 265, 266, 267, 268, 



269, 270, 273, 274. 275, 279, 282, 283. 

 Orioles and grapes, 324. 

 Ornamental trees or vines injured, 40, 41, 42. 

 Ornithologists' Union, American, 11, 304. 

 Ortboptera, 102, 119, 120, 121, 127, 289. 

 Otocoris alpestris, 80. 

 Outline of Sparrow history, 301-304. 

 Owl, Mottled or Screech, 32, 150, 238. 

 Painted Finch (Xonpareil), 80, 26*, 280. 

 Pairing of young Sparrows, 28. 

 Pale-flowered persicaria, 343 



Paleacrita vernata, 99, 102, 109, 110, 121-122, 126, 128, 

 129, 130, 131, 132, 285, 286, 291, 

 292, 293,. 295, 299, 300,301. 

 Replaced by Orgyia, 121-122. 

 Panicum sanguinev.m, 304. 

 Paper bags and grapes, 55, 323-324. 

 Papilio turnus, 102, 291. 

 Parasites of caterpillars, 109-110. 

 Parasites of Sparrows, 31. 

 Paris green, 174, 178. 

 Parkman's Wren, 80. 

 Parsnips damaged, 49, 64. 

 Pants atricapillus, 80. 

 Passenger Pigeon, disappearance of, 283. 

 Passer domesticus, figure of, 16. 

 hispayiiolensis, 302. 

 iadicus, 303. 



montanus, in Saint Louis, Mo., 10, 191-194. 

 Migrant in Europe, 341. 

 Passerina ciris, 80,264,280. 



cyanea, 80, 274. 

 Peaceful relations with native birds, 85, 86, 91, 96, 



266, 267, 268, 273, 274, 275, 278, 279, 280, 283. 

 Peach buds or blossoms destroyed, 44-45, 46, 47, 



193,240,241,242,325.327. 

 Peach buds with grubs in them, 43. 

 Peaches, injury to, 48, 58, 244, 249, 270, 349, 353. 

 Pear buds or blossoms, destroyed, 43, 45-46, 144, 

 146, 240, 241, 242, 299, 

 318, 325. 327. 

 With insects, 43, 299. 

 Pearl millet, 75. 

 Pears, injury to, 48, 54, 55, 58-59, 60, 247, 248. 249, 



270, 349, 351, 352. 

 Peas, blossoms eaten, 48, 61, 64, 247, 251. 

 Dry, eaten, 60. 

 English, eaten, 245. 

 Found in Sparrows' crops, 61. 

 Green, eaten, 48,54,61.62, 65, 124, 244, 245, 246, 



248, 249, 250. 

 In Australia, 349, 353. 

 In England, 330, 331, 332, 336, 339, 340, 344, 345, 



347. 

 Sweet, 64. 



Vines eaten, 4», 61, 63. 64, 146, 245, 250, 251. 

 Pennsylvania Sparrow law, 172. 

 Pepper, 49. 



Blossoms of, 64. 



Percentage of animal matter in food of uestling 



Sparrows, 103, 124. 

 Percentage of insect food in stomachs exam- 

 ined, 103, 104, 124,304,305,335,336,337,338,342, 

 345, 347. 

 Percentage of insect food in young Sparrows, 



103, 124, 305. 

 Percentage of insectivorous Sparrows, 314. 

 Percentage of stomachs containing insects, 314, 



328-329. 

 Period of incubation, 27. 

 Periodicals, extracts from, 318-324. 

 Perlids, 115, 119. 

 Persicaria, pale-flowered, 343. 

 Persimmon trees, insects eaten from, 297. 

 Petitions, 236. 

 Petrochdidon lunifrons, 80, 88, 89, 262, 268, 272, 273, 



274, 275, 276, 282, 283, 307, 327. 

 Pewee, Phcebe, 80, 88, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274, 



276, 277, 282, 283, 309. 

 Pewee, Least, 80, 269. 

 Wood, SO, 277. 

 Phaseolus lunatus, 146. 

 Phleum pratense, 146. 

 Phcebe, Pewee, 80, 88, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274, 



276, 277, 282, 283, 309. 

 Phosphorized wheat, 350. 

 Phosphorus, 175, 349. 

 Phyllopertha horticola, 342. 

 Phytonomus, 117. 

 Pieris rapce, 294. 



Larva of, 131, 288, 300. 

 Pigeon, domesticated, attacked, 81, 95, 264, 266. 



Feeding on army -worms, 

 etc., 290-291. 

 Passenger or Wild, disappearance of, 283. 

 Pigeon grass, 304. 

 Pigeon Hawk, 32, 309. 

 Pine buds eaten, 241. 

 Pines injured by filth, 41, 241. 

 Pipilo erythrophthalmus, 80. 

 Pisutn sativum, 146. 

 Plantain seeds eaten, 345. 



Plant-lice, 102, 129, 130, 289, 296, 328, 345, 347, 348- 

 Plum blossoms without insects, 46. 

 Plum buds and blossoms, 45, 46, 146, 242, 243, 320, 



325, 327. 

 Plum curculio, 102, 131, 288. 

 Plum, Japan, 59. 

 Plums eaten, 48, 54, 56, 57, 58, 244, 248, 249, 349, 350, 



351, 352. 

 Podisus, 118. 



Poison, administered improperly, 38. 

 Cost of, 175. 



Danger of, to native birds, 239. 

 Destruction by, 37, 38, 151, 165, 174-178, 233, 

 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 324, 349, 350, 351, 352, 

 357. 

 Suggestions and precautions as to, 151, 



165, 175-176. 

 Use of, forbidden in cities, 37. 

 Use of, in winter advocated, 38. 

 Used in Australia, 132, 349, 350, 351, 352, 357. 

 Used in England, 239. 

 Poisoned grain, cost of, 175. 

 Poisoned water, 349, 350. 



