18 INDEX TO PAPERS RELATING TO FOOD OF BIRDS. 



farmers' BULLETINS. 



Farmers' Bulletin 54. Some common birds in their relation to 

 agriculture. By F. E. L. Beal, B. S. 40 pp. 22 figs. May, 



189T. 



Eevised edition. 48 pp. 22 figs. March, 1904. 



The original edition (1897) contains summaries of the food habits of 28 

 species and brief references to the nature of the food of 8 others. The 

 revised edition (1904) contains 40 specific summaries and notes on 14 species. 

 Farmers' Bulletin 54 is the one article on bird food to have if the complete 

 series of bulletins and other publications of the Biological Survey is inacces- 

 sible. Many of the food summaries, though brief, are important, being based 

 on the examination of large numbers of stomachs. Several of them, for in 

 stance those on the kingbird, cedar bird, robin, and bluebird, are the most com- 

 prehensive statements yet published on the economic relations of these common 

 and important birds. 



Farmers' Bulletin 54 has (up to Oct. 15, 1912) been reprinted 39 times, and a 

 total of 595,000 copies has been distributed. 



Farmers' Bulletin 160. Game laws for 1902. A summary of the 

 provisions relating to seasons, shipment,, sale, and licenses. By 

 T. S. Palmer and H. W. Olds. 56 pp. 3 figs. (maps). 1902. 



Farmers' Bulletin 180. Game laws for 1903. A summary of the 



provisions relating to seasons, shipment, sale, and licenses. By 



T. S. Palmer, Henry Oldys, and R. W. Williams, jr. 56 pp. 



4 figs. (maps). 1903. 



Each of these bulletins quotes the Lacey Act, a clause of which prohibits 



importation of the English sparrow and starling as injurious birds. 



Farmers' Bulletin 197. Importation of game birds and eggs for 

 propagation. By T. S. Palmer and Henry Oldys. 27 pp. 1 

 fig. (map). 1904. 

 Contains a note on the feeding habits of some capercaillie liberated in 



Algonquin National Park, Canada. 



Farmers' Bulletin 335. Harmful and beneficial mammals of the 



arid interior, with special reference to the Carson and Humboldt 



Valleys, Nevada. By Vernon Bailey. 31 pp. 9 figs. Oct. 21, 



1908. 



Among the natural enemies of the Carson meadow mouse (Microtua mnii- 



tanus) are listed ravens, magpies, and shrikes. Each of these names can refer 



to only a single species in the region covered by the bulletin and for this reason 



is indexed. General references (such as hawks, owls, and birds of prey) are 



numerous but unfit for indexing. 



Farmers' Bulletin 352. The Nevada mouse plague of 1907-8. By 

 Stanley E. Piper. 23 pp. 9 figs. Mar. 20, 1909. 

 This bulletin comments on the destruction of many individuals of 5 species 

 of birds by wheat poisoned with phosphorus, which was put out to kill meadow 

 mice. Several birds are listed among the natural enemies of the mice. 



