INDEX. 



279 



Hawk, Swainson's, 116. 



See also Goshawk. 

 " Hell-diver," set- (irebe. 

 Heron, 6, 98, 9S, lol, 141. 



little blue, 49. 



Louisiana, 113. 



night, 49. 



Ward's, 49. 



See also Egret. 

 Hints on identifying birds, 269. 

 Hovering, 90. 



How birds are named, 128-131. 

 Humming-bird, 90, 93, 101, 140, 179. 



Princess Helena, 111. 



ruby -throated, 152. 

 "Hummocks," 48-49. 

 Huxley, Thomas H., quoted, 120. 



Ibis, white, 49. 



wood, 49, 129. 

 Indian Falls (Maine), ISO. 

 Indigo bird, see Bunting. 

 Inertia, def., 88. 



Ingraham, Capt. D. P., quoted, 52-56. 

 Iris of birds, 112-114. 

 Isothermal lines, 158. 



"Jackdaw," see Boat-tailed grackle. 

 Jaeger, lS-22, 117. 

 Jay, blue, 190. 



Canada, 190. 



Oregon, 190. 



Steller's, 190. 

 Junco, Oregon, 190. 



slate-colored, 161, 175. 

 Junk o' Pork (Maine), 33. 



Kingbird, 186. 



Kingfisher, 97, 1S4, 264. 



Kipling, Kudyard, quoted, 14, 33, 38. 



Kittiwake, see Gulls. 



Knee of birds, 68. 



L.\BKADOR, 42. 



Lamina^ of bills, 103. 

 Lark, horned, 97, 133, 264. 



meadow, see Meadow-lark. 

 Law of gradation, 152. 

 Leucosticte. 161. 



Lighthouses as bird destroyers, 164-166. 

 Limpkin, see Courlan. 

 Lincoln Park (Chicago), 60, 71. 

 Linnet, pine, 200, 243, 264. 

 List of bird books, 273. 

 Littlejohn, Chase A., quoted, 14-17. 

 Lobate feet, 94. 



Long, Major, 202. 



Longfellow, Henry W., quoted, 26, 30, 48, 57 



Longspur, 97. 



Loon, 9-13, 45, 59,72, 73, 88, 90,95, 141,176,267 



Louisiana state seal, 62. 



Lowell, James liussell, quoted, 1, 9, 258. 



Macbeth, quoted, 215. 



Magdalen Islands, 43. 



Mahonia, 183. 



Man-o'-war bird, 90, 92, 94, 101, 102. 



Mallard, see Duck. 



black, see Black duck. 

 " Marlingspike," see Jaeger. 

 Martin, purple, 202, 213-218. 

 Meadow-lark, 116, 264. 



western, 188. 

 Melanism, 116. 

 Merganser, hooded, 114. 



red-headed, 114. 

 Migration, 163-172, 264-266. 

 Mink, 199. 



Momentum, def, 88. 

 " Moose-ear," see Pouted eria. 

 " Mother Cary's chickens," see Petrel. 

 Mount Hood (Oregon), 188. 

 Mountains, effect upon climate, 159. 

 " Mourning widow," see Courlan. 

 Murrelet, ancient, 14-17. 

 Murres, 30, 32. 

 Muskeget Island (Mass.), 177. 



New Zealand, 106. 

 Newfoundland, 42. 

 Night-hawk, 93, 98, 99, 100, 151. 

 Nostrils of bii-ds, 99. 

 Nuthatch, p\-gmy, 191. 



red-breasted, 158, 161. 



white-breasted, 99. 



Observing birds, hints on, 267, 268. 



Ocean currents, effect on climate, 159. 



"Old man," see Ancient murrelet. 



"Old swell" of sea, 19. 



Orders, def., 126. 



" Oregon grape," see Mahonia. 



Oriole, Baltimore, 150, 227, 232, 253, 254, 264. 



Ostrich, 79, 81, 139. 



Oven-bird, 256. 



Owls, 97, 98, 101, 111, 112, 151, 253. 



horned, 133, 192, 198. 



screech, 133. 



Palmate feet, 95. 

 Parasitism, def., 230, 



