24 INDEX TO PAPEES EELATING TO FOOD OF BIEDS. 



Food habits of the kingbird or bee martin {Tyr annus tyr annus). 

 By Walter B. Barrows, pp. 233-234. 

 This report gives the results of the examination of 171 stomachs, particular 

 attention being paid to the bird's relation to honeybees. 



1895. 



Report of the chief of the Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy. 

 By C. Hart Merriam. pp. 175-178. 

 Reference is made to a proposed New York law placing a bounty on English 

 sparrows. 



1898. 



Report of the acting chief of the Division of Biological Survey. By 

 T. S. Palmer, pp. 37-42. 

 Contains general reference to the caterpillar-eating habits of cuckoos and 

 the destruction of weed seeds by sparrows. 



1899. 



Report of the acting chief of the Division of Biological Survey. By 

 T. S. Palmer, pp. 59-70. 

 This report discusses an effort made to reduce the number of English 

 sparrows in the parks of Boston. The proposed introduction of the great tit- 

 mouse and blue tit of Europe also receives consideration, and comments are 

 made upon the economic status of these birds. The evil results of the intro- 

 duction of European sparrows, thrushes, blackbirds, and starlings into Aus- 

 tralia and New Zealand are cited as examples of what might result were these 

 birds brought into the United States, Hawaii, or Porto Rico. 



1900. 



Report of the acting chief of the Division of Biological Survey. By 

 T. S. Palmer, pp. 35^8. 



Contains brief references to the nature of the food of a few species, and 

 reviews the Lacey Act, which prohibits the introduction of English sparrow 

 and starling. 



1901. 



Report of the acting chief of the Division of Biological Survey. By 

 T. S. Palmer, pp. 151-162. 

 Three species of birds injurious to fruit in California are mentioned. 



1902. 



Report of the chief of the Division of Biological Survey. By C. Hart 

 Merriam. pp. 209-218. 

 Three species of introduced birds which have proved injurious in Hawaii 

 are named, and a case is recorded in which the great titmouse was denied 

 admission to the United States. 



