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INDEX TO PAPERS RELATING TO FOOD OP BIRDS. 



Phalaropus lobatus, see Lobipes lobatus. 

 Phaleris psittacula — Paroquet anklet. 



Food of nestlings, Ybk. 1900, p. 433. 

 Phasianus colchicus — Common pheasant. 



Feeding on galls, Bui. 24, p. 31. 

 Phasianus torquatus — Ring-necked pheas- 

 ant. 

 Damage to gardens and grain, Rept. 

 1888, pp. 486, 487, 488; Ybk. 1897, 

 pp. 352-353. 

 Food of young in captivity, Ybk. 1900, 

 p. 432. 

 Pheasant, Common, see Phasianus colchicus. 

 English, see Phasianus colchicus. 

 Ring-necked, see Phasianus tor- 

 quatus. 

 Philohela minor — Woodcock. 



Brief account, Ybk. 1900, p. 432 ; Ybk. 



1901, p. 449. 

 Feeding on click beetles, Circ. 79, p. 6 ; 

 crane flies, Circ. 79, p. 4 ; cutworms, 

 Circ. 79, p. 6 ; grasshoppers, Circ. 

 79, p. 4 ; wireworms, Circ. 79, p. G. 

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



21, 24, 38, 82-88. 

 Food of nestlings, Ybk. 1900, p. 432. 

 Phlceotomus pileatus — Pileated woodpecker. 

 Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 48. 

 Distributing poison Rhus seeds, Rept. 



1890, p. 283. 

 Formal report, Bui. 7, pp. 8, 10, 11, 

 32, 38, 39 (23 stomachs) ; Bui. 37, 

 pp. 10, 83-35 (80 stomachs). 

 Relation to trees, Bui. 39, p. 8. 

 I'hcebe, see Sayornis phOBbe. 



Black, see Sayornis nigricans. 

 Say's, see Sayornis sayus. 

 Pica pica hudsonia — Magpie. 



Feeding on carrion, Fauna 5, p. 99 ; 

 field mice {Microtua monttmus), i". 

 Bui. 335, p. 12. 

 Killed by eating poisoned grain, F. 



Bui. 352, p. 8; Ybk. 1908, p. 308. 

 Other notes, Fauna .">. p. 18; Fauna 19, 

 p. 80. 

 Picicorvus columbianus, see Nucifraga co- 



lumblana. 

 Picoides americamis — Three-toed wood- 

 pecker. 

 Brief account, Bui. 7, p. 33. 

 Formal report, Bui. 37, pp. 10, 11, 25- 

 2 7 (23 stomachs). 

 Picoides arcticus — Arctic three-toed wood- 

 pecker. 

 Brief account, Bui. 7, p. 33. 

 Feeding on scale insects, Ybk. 190G, 



p. 197. 

 Formal report, Bui. 37, pp. 10, 11, 

 25-27 (28 stomachs). 

 Pigeon, Band-tailed, see Columba fasciata. 

 Common, see Columba livia. 

 Passenger, see Ectopistes mlgrato- 



rlus. 

 Tres Marias, see Columba ilaviros- 

 tris mudrensls. 



Pigeon, Wild, see Ectopistes migratorius. 



Wood, see Columba palumbus. 

 Pinicola enucleator alascensis — Alaska pine 

 grosbeak. 

 Feeding on seeds of alder (AJnus alno- 

 betula), Fauna 27, p. 415; dwarf 

 birch (Bctula nana), Fauna 27, p. 

 414. 

 Pinicola enucleator leucura — Pine grosbeak. 



Brief account, Bui. 32, p. 5. 

 Pintail, see Dafila acuta. 

 Pipilo crissalis — California townee. 



Feeding on scale insects, Ybk. 1906, p. 

 194 ; weed seeds, Ybk. 1898, p. 230. 

 Food in California, Bui. 34, pp. 89-93 

 (399 stomachs). 

 Pipilo erythrophthalmus — Towhee. 

 Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 67. 

 Feeding on boll weevil, Bui. 29, pp. 

 6, 20, 28, 30; Circ. 64, p. 5; weed 

 seeds, Ybk. 1898, p. 230. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 



30, 34, 35, 38, 98. 

 Food of nestlings, Ybk. 1900, p. 418. 

 Pipilo maculatus megalonyx — Spurred tow- 

 hee. 

 Feeding on scale insects, Ybk. 1906, p. 

 194. 

 Pipilo maculatus subspecies — Spotted tow- 

 nees. 

 Food in California. Bui. 34, pp. 86-89 

 (139 stomachs). 

 Pipit, see Anthus rubescens. 

 Plranga bidentata flammea — Tres Marias 

 tanager. 

 Feeding on wild fig, Fauna 14, p. 61. 

 Plranga erythromelas — Scarlet tanager. 

 Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 69; Ybk. 



1900, pp. ll^ HO. 

 Feeding on mulberries, Rept. 1890 ; p. 



285 : potato beetle, Bui. 32, p. 47. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 



20, 29, 30. ;{9, 40, 98. 

 Food of nestlings. Ybk. 1900, pp. 418- 

 410. 

 Tiranga ludovlelana — Western tanager. 

 Damage to fruit, Bui. 32, p. 61. 

 Feeding on beetle, Fauna 7, p. 108 ; 



caterpillars, Fauna 16, p. 127. 

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



20-46 (46 stomachs). 

 Other notes, Fauna 14, p. 52. 

 Relation to fruit in California, Ybk. 

 1904, p. 242. 

 Plranga rubra — Summer tanager. 

 Brief account, Bui. 38, p. 70. 

 Food at Marshall Hall, Bui. 17, pp. 

 40, 60, 61, 98. 

 Pisobia bairdi — Balrd's sandpiper. 



Feeding on clover root curcullo, Circ. 

 79, p. 6 : crane flies, Circ. 79, p. 4 ; 

 cutworms, fire. 79. p. 6 ; grasshop- 

 pers, Circ. 79, p. 4 ; mosquitoes, 

 Circ. 79, p. 2. 



