INDEX. 



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 Alabama argillacea, the leaf worm 17, 130 



Ants. See under Control, natural; Predatory enemies. 



Appropriations for weevil investigations 19, 20, 21 



Area infested. See under General considerations; Territory affected. 

 Artificial control. See Control, artificial. 



Bibliography 164-172 



Birds, relation to boll-weevil control 150-153 



Agelaius phamiceus (red-winged blackbird, blackbird or redwing) appar- 

 ently of no importance 152 



Baltimore oriole. See Icterus galbula. 



Blue-gray gnatcatcher. See Polioptila cserulea. 



Brewer's blackbird. See Euphagus cyanocephalus. 



Butcher bird or white-rumped shrike. See Lanius ludovicianus excubi- 

 torides. 



Chondestes grammacus strigaius (Western lark sparrow), very rare in fields. 152 



Colinus virginianus texanus (quail), common, but no weevils found in 

 stomachs 152 



Dickcissel. See Spiza americana. 



Euphagus cyanocephalus (Brewer's blackbird) catches largest percentage 

 of weevils „ 152,153 



Icterus galbula (Baltimore oriole), very rare, but insectivorous 152 



Jackdaw or great-tailed grackle. See Megaquiscalus major macrourus. 



Killdeer plover or killdee. See Oxyechus vociferus. 



Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides (butcher bird, white-rumped shrike), not 



common, but useful 152 



Meadowlark (field lark). See Sturnella magna. 



Megaquiscalus major macrourus (great-tailed grackle, jackdaw), not com- 

 mon in fields . : 152, 153 



Mimus polyglottos-leucopterus (mockingbird) catches few weevils 152, 153 



Mockingbird. See Mimus polyglottos-leucopterus. 



Molothrus ater (cowbird) , occasionally picks up weevils 152, 153 



Mourning dove. See Zenaidura macroura. 



Muscivora forficata (scissor-tailed flycatcher), around edges of fields, insec- 

 tivorous 152 



Oxyechus vociferus (killdeer plover or killdee), exclusively insectivorous, 

 but rare 152,153 



Phoebe or phoebe bird. See Sayornis phozbe. 



Polioptila czerulea (blue-gray gnatcatcher), feeds on smaller insects only . . 152 



Pocecetes gramineus (vesper sparrow or grass sparrow), very rare, no impor- 

 tance 152 



Quail (bob white). See Colinus virginianus texanus. 



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