INDEX. 
Acrididaa.23. 
Adalia bipunctata. 46. 
Agouoderus pallipes. 21.47. 
Amara. 21. 
impuncticolli.s. 4t>. 
Amaranth, -'5. 
Arnrnodramus caudacutus, 64-65, 65-66. 
henslowi, 63-64. 
maritimus, 65-66. 
nelson i, 64-65, 65-66. 
nelsoni subvirgatus, 64-65, 65-66. 
princeps, 59. 
sandwicliensis alaudinus, 59-61. 
sandwichensis savanna, 59-61. 
savannarum passerinus, 61-63. 
savannarum perpallidus, 61-63. 
Andrena, 2] . 
Anisodactylus, 21. 
rusticus. 47. 
Anisopteryx vernata. 23. 
Ants, 9-10, 14, 20, 32. 
Aphididae, 23. 
Aphodius, 20. 
Army worms, 10, 23. 
Aughey's investigations. 23. 
Bark-beetles, 47. 
Bayberries. 14. 
Bees, 21. 
Bembidium, 21. 
Bibionidae, 20. 
Bindweed, 25. 
Blister-beetles, 46. 
Braconida?, 10, 21. 
Brochymena, 48. 
Bugs, 9, 14. 
Butterflies, 13. 
Calearius lapponicus, 54-55. 
Cankerworms. 23. 
Capsidae, 23. 
Captive birds, 12, 45-50. 
Carabida?, 9, 10, 21, 46-47. 
Caterpillars, 13, 23. 
Cereals, 14. 
Chalcidida?, 10. 
Chalepus, 45. 
Chickweed, 25. 
Chipping sparrow, 76-78, 79-80. 
Chironomida?, 20. 
Chlaenius sestivus, 47. 
Chondestes grammac us. 66-68. 
grammacus strigatus, 66-68. 
Chrysomelidae,9, 23. 
Click-beetles, 9, 13-14, 23. 
Coleoptera, 9. 
Crab- grass, 25. 
Crane-flies, 9. 
Crickets. 85. 
Cucumber-beetles. 46. 
Cutworms, 10, 15, 23. 
Dandelion destruction by English sparrow, 
26. 
Diabrotica 12-punctata,46. 
Dickcissel. 89-92. 
Diedrocephala, 48. 
Diptera.9. 
Dissemination of noxious seeds,22,37, 44, 49.50. 
Dragon-flies. 94. 
Drasterius, 23. 
Dung-beetles, 9, 20. 
Earthworms, 14. 
Economic status of birds, how determined, 
1H-17. 
Elaterida-,9.23. 
English sparrow, 26, 92-96. 
English sparrows destroyed in Boston, 96. 
Ephemeridaa, 20. 
Epicauta, 46. 
Epitrix,23. 
Eucoptolophus sordidus, 45-46. 
Euschistus, 48. 
Experiments: 
Food of nestlings, 12. 
Preferences in food, 12. 45-49. 
Protective devices of insects, 45-4S. 
Farm investigations, 15. 21, 24. 27, 29-45. 
Feeding habits. 35-45. 
Field habits of sparrows. 31-34. 
Field sparrow, 78-80. 
Flea-beetles, 46. 
Flies. 20. 
Forbes' investigations, 23. 
Fox sparrow, 87-89. 
Formicidse, 20. 
Geometridse, 23. 
Grain destruction, 21-22. 
Grasshopper destruction, 62-63. 
Grasshopper sparrow, 61-t>3. 
Grasshoppers, 10, 13, 23, 45-46. 
Ground-beetles, 9, 10, 14. 21 , 46-47. 
Habitats selected, 29-31, 36. 
Habits of birds, exceptional, 17. 
Halictus,21. 
Harlequin cabbage bug. 46. 
Harpalus. 21. 
pennsylvanicus, 47. 
Harris's sparrow. 68-69. 
Henslow's sparrow. 63-64. 
Herniptera, 9. 
I Heteroptera, 14, 23. 
I Hippodamia maculata, 46. 
