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Nebraska, some of them consuming large 
numbers, as shown below. 
9 killdeer stomachs contained an aver¬ 
age of 28 locusts each. 
11 semipalmated plover stomachs con¬ 
tained an average of 38 locusts each. 
16 mountain plover Stomachs con¬ 
tained an average of 45 locusts each. 
11 jacksnipe stomachs contained an 
average of 37 locusts each. 
22 upland plover stomachs contained 
an average of 36 locusts each. 
10 long-billed curlew stomachs con¬ 
tained an average of 48 locusts each. 
Even under ordinary conditions grass¬ 
hoppers are a staple food of many mem¬ 
bers of the shorebird family, and the 
following species are known to feed on 
them: 
Northern phalarope (Lobipes lobatus). 
Avocet ( Recurvirostra americana). 
Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexi- 
canus). 
Woodcock (Philoliela minor). 
Jacksnipe ( Gallinago delicata). 
Dowitcher (Macronhamphus griseus). 
Robin snipe ( Tringa canutus). 
White-rumped sandpiper ( Pisobia fus- 
cicollis). 
Baird sandpiper ( Pisobia bairdi). 
Least sandpiper ( Pisobia minutilla). 
Marbled godwit ( Limosa fedoa). 
Yellowlegs ( Totanus flavipes). 
Solitary sandpiper ( Helodromas soli- 
tarius). 
Upland plover (Bartramia longicauda). 
Buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngitcs sub- 
bruficollis). 
Spotted sandpiper (Act it is maeularia). 
Long-billed curlew (Numenius amcri- 
canus). 
| Black-bellied plover (Squatarola squat¬ 
arola) . 
Golden plover (Chraradriys dominions). 
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Killdeer (Oxyechus vociferus). 
Semipalmated plover (AEgialitis semi- 
pal mala). 
Ringed plover (AEgialitis h iaticula ). 
Mountain plover (Podasocys Montana s). 
Turnstone (Arcnaria inter pres). 
Shorebirds are fond of other insect 
pests of forage and grain crops, includ¬ 
ing the army worm, which is known to 
be eaten by the killdeer and spotted 
sandpiper; also .cutworms, among whose 
enemies are the avocet, woodcock, pec¬ 
toral and Baird sandpipers, upland 
plover, and killdeer. Two caterpillar 
enemies cf cotton, the cotton worm and 
the cotton cutworm, are eaten by the up¬ 
land plover and killdeer. The latter 
bird feeds also on caterpillars of the 
genus Phlegetliontius, which includes the 
tobacco and tomato worms. 
The principal farm crops have many 
destructive beetle enemies also, and 
some of these are eagerly eaten by shore- 
birds. The boll weevil and clover-leaf 
weevil are eaten by the upland plover 
and killdeer, the rice weevil by the kill¬ 
deer, the cowpea weevil by the upland 
plover, and the clover-root curculio by 
the following species of shorebirds: 
Northern phalarope (Lobipes lobatus). 
Pectoral sandpiper (Pisobia metadata). 
Baird sandpiper (Pisobia bairdi). 
White-rumped sandpiper (Pisobia fus- 
eicoltis). 
Upland plover (Bartramia longicauda). 
Killdeer (Oxyechus vociferus). 
The last two eat also other weevils 
which attack cotton, grapes, and sugar 
beets. Bill-bugs, which often do con¬ 
siderable damage to corn, seem to be 
favorite food of some of the shorebirds. 
They are eaten by the Wilson phalarope, 
avocet, black-necked stilt, pectoral sand- 
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