INDEX. 



403 



Sycamore pollen eaten, 344. 



Synopsis of evidence relating to native birds, 261. 

 Synopsis of replies relating to insectivorons hab- 

 its, 284. 

 Synopsis of replies relating to trees and vines, 



240. 

 Synopsis of testimony relating to fruits and veg- 

 etables, 243-244. 

 Synopsis of testimony relating to grain crops, 252. 

 Tables showing — 



Approximate spread of the Sparrow, 27. 

 Cost of bounties, 158. 



Distribution of Sparrow in the United States 

 and Canada, with dates of first appearance, 

 199-232. 

 Injury to buds and blossoms, 45. 

 Injury to fruits and vegetables, 48. 

 Injury to grain, 68. 



Places and dates of introduction, 19-21. 

 Probable effects of bounties, 157. 

 Seasonal variation in insect diet, 106. 

 Stomach contents, 133-146, 311-314, 322, 344-345. 

 • Theoretical increase, 29. 

 Tachycineta bicolor, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 90, 96, 97, 

 262, 265, 269, 270, 272, 282, 283, 307, 

 309, 327. 

 tkalassina, 80. 

 Tanagers, 80, 270. 

 Taraxacum officinale, 343. 

 Tarentula, 112, 120. 



Taxes recommended in Australia, 352. 

 Temperature, effects of, 236, 239. 

 Tender shoots eaten, 244, 245, 246, 247, 249, 250, 251. 

 Tennessee bird-law, 172. 

 Tent caterpillar, 102, 129, 131, 288, 300. 



Eggs of, 300. 

 Teras contaminana, 345. 

 Termes flavipes, 130, 291. 

 Termites, white-ants, 102, 129, 130, 291 ; 294. 

 Testimony, amount of, 12 . 



Methods of collecting, 11-12. 

 Original, in detail, 198-301. 

 Published, American, 304-329. 

 Foreign, 330-357. 

 Tettix, 111, 119. 

 Texas bird-law, 173. 

 Thatched roofs destroyed, 148-149, 338. 

 Theoretical increase, 29. 

 Thrasher, Brown, 80, 266, 278, 280. 

 Thripg, not eaten, 348. 

 Thrush, Brown, 80, 265, 278, 280. 

 Hermit, 80, 273. 

 Migrating (=Eobin), 268. 

 Wood, 80, 274, 275, 278. 

 Thrashes, kind not specified, 80, 265, 268,272,273, 

 275, 278, 280, 335. 

 Protected in England, 335. 

 Thryothorus ludovicianus, 80, 276, 277, 2C0. 



bewickii, 80, 264, 276. 

 Thunder-storms, effects of, 33-34, 232-233, 234, 236- 



237. 

 Thyridopteryx, 121, 324-325. 

 Tiger-beetle (Cicindela), 102, 130, 295. 

 Timothy, 146, 311, 325. 

 Tiphia inornata, 112, 113, 114, 115. 

 Tipula, 338, 345. 



Titmouse, Black-capped, 80. 



Kind not specified, 80, 269. 

 Tobacco seed, 49. 

 Tobacco-moth, 129. 

 Tobacco-worm, 102, 128, 131. 

 Tomato, injury to, 48, 59, 247, 249, 251. • 

 Tomtit, 80, 280. 

 Towhee, Chewink, 80. 

 Towhee, Brown, 80. 

 Towns forsaken by Sparrows, 70. 

 Transportation, accidental, in cars, 23, 309. 

 Trapping Sparrows, 37-40, 178-191. 

 Traps and nets, suggestions as to use of, 151, 164- 



165. 

 Trap-shooting with Sparrows, 178-191. 

 Tree caterpillar, 102, 287. 

 Tree hopper, 140. 

 Tree lice, 102, 299. 

 Tree Sparrow, 80, 270, 271, 272, 280. 

 Canada, 192. 

 European, 191-194. 

 Tree Swallow (= White-bellied Swallow), 80, 82, 

 84, 85, 86, 88, 90, 96, 97, 262, 265, 

 269, 270, 272, 282, 283, 327. 

 Killed by Sparrow, 270. 

 Trees, injury to, 40-48, 240-243. 

 Trifolium pratense, 146. 



repens, 146. 

 Triticum vulgare, 146. 

 Trochilus colubris, 80, 95, 277. 



Troglodytes addon, 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. 

 aedon parkmannii, 80. 

 Tuberose buds destroyed, 49, 64. 

 Tulips destroyed, 49, 249. 

 Turdus aonalaschkce pallasii, 80, 273. 



mustelinus, 80, 274, 275, 278. 

 Turnip leaves or sprouts eaten, 48, 63, 245. 

 Turnip seed eaten, 48, 64, 65, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248. 

 Turnips pecked, 245. 

 Turnus butterfly, 102, 291. 

 Turpentine as poison, 349. 

 Tussock-moth (Orgyia), 100, 102,107-109, 121, 129, 



130, 131, 291, 292, 293, 294, 324-325. 

 Tyrannus tyrannus, 80, 92, 94, 265, 268, 269, 271, 275, 



276,277,278,281. 

 Tyrant Flycatcher (=King-bird), 269. 

 ZFlmus americanus, defoliated by Orgyia, 108. 

 Undetermined vegetable matter in stomachs, 134, 



135, 1S6, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145. 

 Unprovoked attacks on native birds, 92-94, 97, 



263, 264. 

 Unusual nests of the Sparrow, 307. 

 Useful birds in England, 334. 

 Utah, no sparrow law in, 173. 

 Valmont de Bomare, 302. 

 Value of Sparrows for food, 182. 

 Van Dieman's Land, Scottish thistle in, 308, \ 

 Vanessa anliopa, 102, 291. 

 Vanessa butterfly, 102, 291. 

 Vaporer-moth. (See Tussock-moth.) 

 Vegetables, injury to, 60-66, 243-252. 

 List of those injured, 48. 

 Seed eaten, 64-66, 244-252. 



