of bird£3 known to eat the larvae of ^'.ay -beetles, llxe li ^t is as folloT^t 
G,ui3caluB laacrunus ) 
" analis (The jrackles 
” ai^alai s ) _ 
" quiscula ir*urple (jrackle 
Crotopha.,ja ani ^ > ' 
I'* ? 
Ij'-irus atri cilia - hen ^- ijull. 
(He has photographs of the above species follov;in,; the plow nnd 
e a t i n ; j LI, c rub s ) 
virgin! anus - Q,uail 
.alius " X Virginia j^ail. 
llarporbynchus ru/us - Ir ropi thrasher 
i_aiscalus uajor - tyi^il grac^cle 
Sturnella ;:jagna argutula - Veadow L.vrk 
species of porzena and the rice-bird. 
v’roia :'r. barber I obts-inod some specimens of bi^^yruo ru,^icep3, 
of Lachno sterna and fyclocephala, 
■;]iile Lr, arber is perfectly v/illij, ^ and would >gladly do tiny thing 
possible in the line of cooperative v/ork he finds ids various projects 
aemrnds nearly every minute of his time. He is going to try ho\;ever to 
collect the larva on every possible occasion and to determine if any of 
them^^w- parasitized nnd also to keep breeding notes upon theia. iTie 
relative abundance of the widte grubs in the different parishes will 
if possible be determined by him. ’'’rom present information ht. mary 
and Iberia Paris'nes are the centers of the heaviest infestation. 
!‘‘rom Kev; hrleans 1 v/ent to Pallas and spent two days at the la- 
bo ratox-y. ...r. Hunter gave me nwany valuable hints and sujjgestions as to 
the future v;o rk and also much information in regard to it. He helped me 
to deter,.iino S 0 i;i_ of t}ie species of T^nchnostema and shov/ed me the 
cj;aracterc 'vhich were of iinoortance in determinin,; thera. 1 received 
a list of publications on v/hite girubo, etc,, and was able to buy 30i.ie 
of the.;! from -ir. Pratt’s library, 
't J.r. .Hunter’s suggestion I stooped off here on vsj way to ' asidng- 
ton. He was sure that hr. Howard would reco..i..iend such a course, 
1 arrived here t ds afternoon and -/ent to the university to see 
Prof, i’orbes but he v/as away attending a funeral. Prof. Kart jii.s assis- 
tant was on a collecting .,rip rind '.r, . c' illa.i ol Brovmsville fame 
