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LXDEX. 



Curlew, long-bilkMl, 100, 102. 

 Cypress swauij), 4b. 



Dakota, 5S. 



" Dead-liiul) bird," see Wood pewee. 

 Detiiiitions, liow to make theui, 124. 

 Depressed bills, def., 108. 

 " Devil-diver," see Grebe. 

 DiohrDiiiatisiii, def., IIT. 

 Distribution, 15r>-102. 

 Diver, red-throated, 11. 



great northern, see Loon. 

 Dove. 112. See also Pigeon, domestic. 

 Drinking habits of birds, 1 75-178. 

 " Drumming" of rulTed grouse, 189. 

 Ducks, 57, 58, 95, 103. 



black, 25, 177. 



dusky, see Black. 



mallard, 15. 



wood, 6. 



See also Goosander, Merganser, and Scoter. 



Eagle, 82, 88, 101. 

 Easti)<)rt (Maine). '23. 

 Kgrct, little white. 49, 129. 



reddish, 49, 117. 

 Emarginate, def., 78. 

 "Exealibur," 13. 

 Excised feet, def., 95. 

 Ej-es of birds, lOb-lU. 



Falcon, Peale's, 17. 

 Families, def., 126. 

 Farallons (California), 30. 

 Feet of birds, 93-9S. 

 Finch, purple, 176, 264. 



pine, see Linnet. 

 Fish-hawk, 98. 

 Fiske, John, quoted, 66, 171. 

 Flagg, Wilson, 258. 

 Flamingo, 52-55, 103. 

 Flicker, see Woodpecker. 

 Flight, 84-92. 



false analogies, 85-86. 



problems of, 85. 



speed, 89. 



starting, 88. 

 Florida, 4s. 

 Flycatchers, 101, 116, 183, 184. 



Acadian, 186, 187. 



alder, 186, 187. 



great-crested, 186, 227. 



green-crested, see Acadian. 



least, 185, 187. 



olive-sided. 1S6, 187. 



yeUow-bellied, 186, 187. 



Flycatchers, see alsoChebec, Kingbird, Wood 



pewee, Ph<ebe. 

 Foes of bird-life, U), 142. 

 Food of grouse, 195. 

 Forster, 201. 

 Frankhn, Sir John, 202. 

 Frigate pelican, or Frigate bird, see Man-o'- 



war bird. 

 Fuhnars, 38-41, 176. 



Gallinule, 71. 



Gannet, 43-50, 60, 71, 129. 



"Gannet," see Wood ibis. 



Gape, def., 100. 



Gasi)c Bay (St. Lawrence), 44. 



Geese, 95. 



Genus, def., 127. 



Goldfinch, 256, 264. 



Goosander, 113. 



Coshawk, 90, 92, 114. 



(irackle, boat-tailed, 49. 



bronzed, see Crow blackbird. 



purple, see Crow blackbird. 

 Grand Manan (Maine), 18, 45. 

 Grebe, 1-8, 59, 73, 139, 176. 



American eared, 5. 



horned, 5. 



pied-billed, 5. 

 Greely, Gen. Alonzo, 160. 

 "Grosbeak," see Egret, 129. 

 Grosbeak, cardinal, 153. 



pine, 131, 219-233, 243, 264. 

 Guillemot, 44. 



black, 19. 



pigeon, 30. 

 Gull, 141, 176. 



black-backed, 25. 



Bonaparte's, 20, 24, 28. 



Franklin's ro.sy, 28, 59. 



Ileerman's, 28. 



herring, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 40. 



kittiwake, 24, 28, 177. 



laughing, 28-. 



Western, 23, 28,31,40. 

 "Gull hawk," see Jaeger. 



Hare, 128. 



Hawk, 82, 92, 97, 98, 101, 102, 112, 116, 178, 

 200, 253. 



broad-winged, 180. 



Cooper's, 180, 181. 



pigeon, 181. 



red-tailed, 116. 



rough-legged. 116. 



shari)-shinned, 90, 179-182. 



sharp-shinned, foot of, 182. 



