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INDEX. 



Poisoned wheat in Australia, 132-133. 

 Poisons, formula? for preparation of,» 174-175. 

 Pollen eaten, 344. 

 Polygonum, aviculare, 343. 



convolvulus, 343, 345. 

 lapathifolium, 343. 

 Polygonum seeds eaten, 67, 304, 312, 343, 345. 

 Pooccetes gramineus, 80, 270. 

 Poplar lrads and catkins, 44. 

 Potato beetle, Potato bug, 102, 129, 130, 288, 293. 

 Potentilla, beetle found on, 117. 

 Poultry robbed of food, 149. 

 Prairie-dogs, bounty on, 161-162. 

 Precautions in use of poison, 175-176. 

 Prefatory letter, 9. 

 Premiums, advocated, 153, 238. 

 By clubs, 166. 

 In Australia, 349, 350. 

 In England, 239, 251-252, 260. 

 In Germany, 302, 321. 

 Prevost, M. Florent, 302. 

 Prizes for Sparrow-killing, 153. 

 Progne subis, 80, 82-87, 96, 193-194, 261, 262, 264, 265, 



266, 269, 270, 272, 275, 276, 278, 279, 280, 281. 

 Proportion of animal fod in Sparrows' stomachs, 



120. 

 Proportions of different foods in Sparrows' stom- 

 achs, 124. 

 Protection of caterpillars by Sparrows, 107-110. 

 Protective laws, 150-151. 



Repeal of, 35-36, 150-151. 

 Prunes destroyed, 244. 

 Primus domeslica, 146. 

 Prussia, premiums in, 302. 

 Psocus, 114, 115, 119, 140. 

 Public opinion, change of, 35. 

 Publications, extracts from various, 324-357. 



Partial list of, 301-304. 

 Published testimony, 301-357. 

 American, 304-329. 

 Foreign, 330-357. 

 Purple Finch, 89, 263, 270, 276, 280. 



Mobbed by Sparrows, 276; 

 Purple Grackle, 32, 80, 92, 267, 268, 269, 271, 276. 

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



265, 266, 269, 270, 272, 275, 276, 278, 279, 280, 281. 

 Pyralids, 118. 



Pyranga (see Tanager), 80. 

 Pyrgita [Passer] domestica, 305. 

 Pyrus communis, 146. 

 Quarrels, unprovoked, 92-94, 97, 263, 264. 

 Quince buds and blossoms destroyed, 45, 46, 242. 

 Quiscalus quiscula, 32, 80, 92, 267, 268, 269, 271, 276. 

 Rabbits in Xew South Wales, 353. 

 Radish, beds destroyed, 336. 



Leaves and sprouts eaten, 48, 63, 250, 344. 

 Seed eaten, 48, 65, 246, 247. 

 Wild, 343, 

 Rag-weed seed eaten, 250. 

 Range of Sparrow in America, 199-232. 

 Rape-seed eaten, 65. 

 Raphanus raphanistrum, 343. 

 Rapidity of increase, 29-30. 

 Raspberries eaten, 48, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 70, 245, 246, 



247, 248, 249, 251, 327. 

 Raspberry buds destroyed, 46. 



Rate of increase, 27-31, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 



238, 339. 

 Rate of spread, 26-27, 191-192. 

 Recommendations, for legislation, 150-164. 

 To the people, 164-166. 

 Red ants, 102, 291. 

 Redbird, 80, 264, 265, 266, 280. 

 Red clover, 146. 

 Red-eyed Yireo, 80, 265, 269. 

 Red-headed Woodpecker, 80, 264, 265, 282. 

 Red June apple, 57. 

 Red maggot on grain, 348. 

 Redpoll, 80, 263. 

 Red spider, 345. 



Red squirrel mobbed by Sparrows, 273. 

 Redstart, 80. 



Red-winged Blackbird, 80, 266. 

 liegulus satrapa, 80, 94, 263, 267. 

 Relation to canker-worms, 109-110. 

 Relation to caterpillars, 107-109. 

 Relation to insects, 98-133, 283-301. 

 Relation to native birds, 78-98, 260-283. 

 Relation to span-worms, 109-110. 

 Removal of nesting boxes, 36. 

 Repeal of protective laws, 35-36, 150. 

 Replacement of Ennomos and Paleacrita by Or- 



gyia, 121-122. 

 Replacement of smooth worms by hairy caterpil- 

 lars, 121-122. 

 Replacement of Sparrows by native birds, 152-153. 

 Report of Sparrow inAestigation in Australia, 348- 



352. 

 Resolutions adopted in Australia, 355. 

 Restriction and prevention, 164-166. 

 Restriction, by shooting, 179, 236. 



By trap and gun, 37-40, 

 In Australia, 354-357. 

 In England, 334. 

 Results of dissection, 133-146. 

 Resume of dissections in Europe, 123-125. 

 Rewards for eggs and heads in Australia, 349, 350. 

 Rhode Island sparrow law, 172. 

 Rice, attacked in the field, 76, 77. 

 Eaten from stack, 259. 

 Injury to, 68, 76-77, 259. 

 Rice, Egyptian, 74, 75. 



Wild (Zizania), 76. 

 Rice, bread, etc , in stomachs, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 



141, 143, 144, 145. 

 Rice-birds and rice, 70, 76, 77. 

 Riley on insectivorous habits, 3, 111-132. 

 Ripe cherries fed to young, 56. 

 Ripe pears eaten, 247, 248. 

 Roaches eaten, 306. 



Robin, 80, 86, 88, 90-91, 93-94, 95, 97, 108-109, 262, 

 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 

 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282. 309, 324- 

 325. 

 Destroys fruit, 60, 270, 324. 

 Eats hairy caterpillars, 108-109. 

 Eats moth of canker-worm, 110. 

 Eggs and young destroyed, 90, 279. 

 Food of, 126. 



Killed by Sparrow, 95, 277. 

 Robbed of insects and worms, 86, 94, 264, 275 t 

 297, 305. 



