INDEX TO PAPEES RELATING TO FOOD OF BIEDS. 



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Archibuteo lagopus lagopus — Old - world 



rough-legged hawk. 

 Feeding on field mice, Bui. 31, p. 44. 

 Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis — Rough- 

 legged hawk. 

 Beneficial, Ybk. 1895, p. 590; Ybk. 



1896, p. 628. 

 Brief account, Bui. 31, p. 44 ; Circ. 61, 



pp. 3, 4-5; Ybk. 1894, pp. 217, 219- 



220; Ybk. 1900, p. 301. 

 Feeding on brown rat, Bui. 33, p. 



34; field mice, Bui. 31, p. 44; Ybk. 



1905, p. 371 ; (Microtus montanus) 



F. Bui. 352, p. 22 ; ground squirrel 



(Citelhis plesius, probably), Fauna 



30, p. 88 ; rabbits, Ybk. 1907, p. 336. 

 Formal report, Bui. 3, pp. 11, 86-91, 



92 (49 stomachs) ; Rept. 1887, p. 



413 (28 stomachs). 

 Relation to orchards, Ybk. 1900, p. 



301. 

 Archilochus colubris — Ruby-throated hum- 

 ming bird. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 



19, 39, 91. 

 Food of adults and nestlings, Ybk. 



1900, p. 427. 

 Ardea caerulea, see Florida caerulea. 

 Ardea candidissima, see Egretta candi- 



dissima. 

 Ardea herodias — Great blue heron. 



Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 25; Ybk. 



1908, p. 193. 

 Feeding on field mice, Bui. 31, p. 52 ; 



Ybk. 1909, p. 217 ; pocket gophers. 



Ybk. 1908, p. 193 ; Ybk. 1909, p. 217. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 



19, 53. 

 Injurious to fish, exempted from pro- 

 tection in Vermont, Bui. 12 (rev.), 



p. 43. 

 Ardea virescens, see Butorides virescens. 

 Ardetta exilis, see Ixobrychus exilis. 

 Arenaria interpres — Turnstone. 



Feeding on beetles and other insects. 



Fauna 27, p. 336 ; crowberries, Ybk. 



1903, p. 377 ; grasshoppers, Circ. 70. 



p. 2. 

 Feeds on caterpillars and cutworms. 



protected in Hawaii, Bui. 12 (rev.), 



p. 87. 

 Arquatella maritima — Purple sandpiper. 

 Feeding on Nereis, Circ. 79, p. 8. 

 Food of adults and nestlings, Ybk. 



1900, p. 432. 

 Asio accipitrinus, see Asio flammeus. 

 Asio flammeus — Short-eared owl. 



Beneficial, Ybk. 1895, p. 590; Ybk. 



1896, p. 628 ; Ybk. 1897, p. 670 ; 

 Brief account, Bui. 31, pp. 47, 48, 53 ; 



Circ. 61, pp. 3, 11; Ybk. 1894, pp. 



217, 224-225. 

 Feeding on cotton rat (Sigmodon his- 



pidus texianus), Fauna 25, p. 117; 



field mice, Bui. 31, pp. 47, 48, 53; 



Ybk. 1905, pp. 371, 372; (Microtus 



Asio flammeus — Continued. 



drummondi) Fauna 27, p. 368 ; mice, 



Fauna 19, p. 76 ; rabbits, Ybk. 



1907, p. 336; shrews, Fauna 19, p. 



76. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 



54-55, 86. 

 Formal report, Bui. 3, pp. 11, 14, 145- 



149 (101 stomachs) ; Rept. 1887, 



418 (45 stomachs) ; Rept. 1888, pp. 



496-498 (50 stomachs). 

 Asio otus — Old-world long-eared owl. 



Brief account, feeding on field mice, 



Bui. 31, pp. 47, 48. 

 Asio wilsonianus — American long-eared owl. 

 Beneficial, Ybk. 1895, p. 590; Ybk. 



1896, p. 628; Ybk. 1897, p. 670. 

 Brief account, Bui. 31, pp. 47, 48 ; Bui. 



38, pp. 41-42; Circ. 61, pp. 3, 11; 



Ybk. 1894, pp. 217, 224; Ybk. 1900, 



p. 430. 

 Feeding on field mice, Bui. 31, pp. 



47, 48 ; Ybk. 1905, p. 371, (Microtus 



drummondi) Fauna 27, p. 367 ; rab- 

 bits, Ybk. 1907, p. 336; red-backed 



mice (Evotomys dawsoni), Fauna 



27, p. 367. 

 Formal report, Bui. 3, pp. 11, 14, 



140-145, 165 (107 stomachs) ; Rept. 



1887, pp. 417-418 (47 stomachs). 

 Astragalinus psaltria hesperophilus — 



Green-backed goldfinch. 

 Feeding on seeds of wild sunflower, 



Fauna 7, p. 84. 

 Food in California, Bui. 34, pp. 73-75, 



85 (476 stomachs). 

 Astragalinus tristis — Goldfinch. 

 Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 61. 

 Damage to oats, Bui. 15, p. 11. 

 Feeding on mulberries, Rept. 1890, p. 



285 ; weed seeds, Bui. 15, pp. 39, 42 ; 



Ybk. 1898, pp. 222, 224, 225, 229, 



232. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 



14-15, 26, 69, 71, 75-76, 79, 97 (11 



stomachs). 

 Food in California, Bui. 34, pp. 71-73, 



85 (84 stomachs) ; [also in East, 



p. 71]. 

 Astur atricapillus — Goshawk. 



Brief account, Circ. 61, pp. 3, 17; 



Ybk. 1894, pp. 218, 231; Ybk. 1900, 



p. 429. 

 Feeding on bobwhite, Bui. 21, p. 22; 



ground squirrel (probably), Fauna 



19, p. 73; poultry, Bui. 21, p. 22; 



Fauna 5, p. 94 ; ptarmigan, Fauna 



27, p. 354 : (Lagopus lagopus) 



Fauna 27, p. 346 ; rabbits, Ybk. 1907, 



p. 336 ; ruffed grouse, Bui. 24, p. 28 ; 



Fauna 27, p. 354 ; squirrel (Sciurus), 



Fauna 21, p. 76 ; varying hare, 



Fauna 27, p. 353. 

 Formal report, Bui. 3, pp. 15, 43-46, 



175 (28 stomachs) ; Rept. 1887, 405 



(6 stomachs), 



