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INDEX TO PAPEES RELATING TO FOOD OF BIRDS. 



Myiochanes richardsoni — Continued. * 

 Food in California, Bui. 34, pp. 37, 

 39-41 (137 stomachs). 

 Myiochanes virens — Wood pewee. 



Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 54 ; Ybk. 



1900, p. 427. 

 Feeding on mulberries, Rept. 1890, p. 



285. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 19, 

 23, 24, 29, 30, 34, 35, 37, 40, 92 

 (11 stomachs). 

 Food of nestlings, Ybk. 1900, p. 427. 

 Myna, Common, see Acridotheres tristis. 



:n". 



Nannus hiemalis — Winter wren. 



Brief account, Bui. 30, pp. 65-66. 

 Feeding on boll weevil, Circ. 64, pp. 



4, 5. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, p. 107. 

 Nestor notabilis — Kea. 



Killed soon after arrival in Hawaii 

 because of reputation as sheep de- 

 stroyer, Rept. 1904, pp. 296-297. 

 Nettion carolinense — Green-winged teal. 

 Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 19. 

 Vegetable food, Circ. 81, p. 1. 

 Nighthawk, see Chordeiles virginianus. 



Texas, see Chordeiles acutipen- 

 nis texensis. 

 Nucifraga columbiana — Clarke's crow. 



Feeding on I tics, blueberries, cater- 

 pillars, grasshoppers. Fauna 16, pp. 

 119-121 ; pifion nuts, Fauna 3, p. 

 94; seeds of Pinus albicaulis, Fauna 

 16, p. 119. 

 Food of adults and nestlings. Ybk. 



1900, p. 426. 

 Other notes. Fauna 5. pp. 18, 100. 

 Numenius americanus — Long-billed curlew 

 Feeding on grasshoppers, Circ. 79. p. 2 

 Numenius hudsonlcus — Iludsonian curlew 

 Feeding on crowberries (Bmpetrum 

 nigrum), Fauna 27, p. 331; Ybk 

 1908, p. ••'•77. 

 Nun, Japanese, see Uroloncha acuticauda. 

 Nutcracker. Clarke's, see Nucifraga colum- 

 biana. 

 Nuthatch, Pygmy, see Sitta pygmaea. 



Red-breasted, see Sitta canaden- 

 sis. 

 Whi to-breasted, see Sitta caro- 

 linensis. 

 Nuttallornis borealis — Olive-sided fly- 

 catcher. 

 Feeding on boll weevil. Bui. 29. pp. 6, 

 15, 24, 30; Circ. 64. p. 5. 

 Nyctala acadica, see Cryptoglaux acadica. 

 Nyctala tengmalmi richardsoni, see Crypto- 

 glaux runerea richardsoni. 

 Nyctea nyctea — Snowy owl. 



Beneficial, Ybk. 1895, p. r.90 ; Ybk. 



1896, p. 628. 

 Rrief account. Circ. r,l, pp. 3, 18; Ybk. 

 1894, pp. 217, 226. 



Nyctea nyctea — Continued. 



Feeding on brown rat, Bui. 33, p. 35 ; 

 field mice, Bui. 31, p. 50 ; Ybk. 1905, 

 p. 371 ; pocket gophers, Bui. 5, p. 

 21 ; rabbits, Ybk. 1907, p. 336 ; sper- 

 mophiles, Bui. 4, pp. 15, 16 ; vary- 

 ing hares (Lepus a mericanus) , Fauna 

 27, p. 375. 



Formal report, Bui. 3, pp. 11, 182-187 

 (38 stomachs) ; Rept. 1887, p. 422 

 (6 stomachs). 

 Nycticorax nycticorax naevius — Black- 

 crowned night heron. 



Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 26; Ybk. 

 1900, p. 435. 



Feeding on carp, Fauna 7, p. 20 ; 

 field mice, Bui. 31, p. 52. 



Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 

 53, 81. 



Food of nestlings, Ybk. 1900, p. 435. 



Injurious to fish, hence exempt from 

 protection in certain States, Bui. 12, 

 p. 36; Bui. 12 (rev.), p. 43. 



O. 



Oceanodroma melania— Black petrel. 



Feeding on refuse from vessel, Fauna 

 14, p. 28. 

 Oidemia americana — Scoter. 



Feeding on newly sown millet, Bui. 2, 

 p. 73. 

 Oidemia deglandi — White-winged scoter. 



Feeding on wild celery, Circ. 81, p. 8. 

 Olbiorchilus hiemalis, see Nannus hiemalis. 

 Olor columbianus — Whistling swan. 



Food at Marshall Hall. Bui. 17, p. 81. 

 Oreortyx picta — Mountain quail. 



Formal report, Bui. 21, pp. 58-60 (23 

 stomachs i. 

 Oreoscoptes montanus — Sage thrasher. 



Feeding on buffalo berries. Fauna 33, p. 

 241. 

 Oreospiza chlorura — Green-tailed towhee. 

 Feeding on weed seeds. Ybk. 1898, p. 

 230. 

 Oriole, Baltimore, see Icterus galbula. 

 Bullock's, see Icterus bullock!. 

 Grayson's, see Icterus gravsonl. 

 Orchard, see Icterus spurius. 

 Osprey, see Pandion haliaetus earolinen- 



sis. 

 Otocoris alpestris — Horned lark. 



Brief account, Rept. 1905, pp. 305-306. 

 Damage to grain. Ybk. 1897. p. 35S : 



newly sown wheat. Fauna 7. p. 68. 

 Feeding on weed seeds, Ybk. 1898, pp. 



222, 230, 232. 

 Food at Marshall Hall. Bui. 17. pp. 70. 



71. 98. 

 Food in California. Bui. 23, pp. 9. 30- 

 32 (2o7 stomachs i ; Bui. 34, pp. 44- 

 47 (".Vl stomachs i. 

 Food in Furope (of the subspecies 

 flava) similar to that of American 

 races, Bui. 23, p. 11. 



