BIRDS IN" RELATION TO THE ALFALFA WEEVIL. 5 
seasons' work 45 species of birds were found to have eaten the insect, 
as follows : 
California gull (Larus calif ornicus). 
Wilson's phalarope (Steganopus tricolor). 
Killdeer {Oxyechus vociferus). 
Valley quail (Lophortyx calif ornica vallicola). 
Western mourning dove (Zenaidura macroura marginella) . 
Red-shafted flicker (Colaptes cafer collari 
Arkansas kingbird (Tyrannus ■verticalis) . 
Say's phoebe (Sayornis say us). 
Traill's flycatcher (Empidonax trailli trailli). 
Desert horned lark (Otocoris alpestris leucolwma). 
Magpie (Pica pica hudsonia). 
Long-crested jay (Cyanocitta stelleri diademata). 
Woodhouse's jay (Aphelocoma woodhousei). 
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzworus). 
Cowbird (Molothrus ater ater). 
Yellow-headed blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) . 
Thick-billed redwing (Agelaius phwniceus fortis). 
Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta). 
Bullock's oriole (Icterus oullocTd). 
Brewer's blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) . 
House finch (Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis). 
Pine siskin (Spinus pinus). 
Western vesper sparrow (Pocecetes grammineus confinis). 
Western savannah sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis alaudinus). 
Western lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus strigatus). 
White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys leucophrys). 
Western chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina arizonw). 
Brewer's sparrow (Spizella oreweri). 
Desert song sparrow (Melospiza melodia fallax). 
Lincoln's sparrow (Melospiza lincolni lincolni). 
Spurred towhee (Pipilo maculatus montanus). 
Green-tailed towhee (Oreospiza chlorura). 
Black-headed grosbeak (Zamelodia melanocephala) . 
Lazuli bunting (Passerina amosna). 
Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons). 
Bank swallow (Riparia riparia). 
Rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripervnis) . 
Yellow warbler (Dendroica cestiva wstiva). 
Macgillivray's warbler (Oporornis tolmiei). 
Long-tailed chat (Icteria virens longicauda). 
Sage thrasher (Oreoscoptes montanus). 
Long-tailed chickadee (Penthestes atricapillus septentrionalis). 
Western robin (Planesticus migratorius propinquus). 
Mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides) . 
English sparrow (Passer domesticus). 
CALIFORNIA GULL. 
(Larus calif ornicus.) 
No bird in the Salt Lake Valley is held in so great esteem by the 
people of Utah as the California gull. On numerous occasions in 
