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Index 



"Bird-minders," 108 



Bird-protectors, 136 



"Bird Socials," 279 



Birds, allies of farmers, 81 ; 

 check upon weeds, 82; cloth- 

 ing* 395 destruction of, by 

 fences, 41, 42; food, 39, 43; 

 ornaments, 39; paradise for, 

 193; value of, 86 



Birds bathing, description of, 220 



"Birds' Christmas Tree," 159 



Birds of prey, American, 35; 

 Cooper's hawk, 34; duck 

 hawk, 34; feeding habits of, 

 .93, 94; sharp-shinned hawk, 



34 



Blackbirds, 70; family, 107; 

 food of, 83; red-winged, 33; 

 value of, 107; yellow-headed, 



139 



Blake, William, 122 



Bluebirds, 116; destruction of, 



12; homes for, 195; nesting 



box, 199; situation of nesting 



box, 206; value of, m, 112; 



winter feeding of, 164 

 Bobolinks, 116; economic value 



of, 84; harm done by, 107, 



108; slaughter of, 108; value 



of, 107 

 Bob white, food of, value of, 91 

 Boobies, 59 



Borneo: birds of paradise, ex- 

 tinct species, head-hunting 



natives, 40 

 Boxes, bird, kinds making use 



of, 199 

 Boy Scouts, "first aid" corps, 



236; work of, 130, 132 

 Boys, small, bird clubs, 266; 



destruction by, 71, 72, 264; 



teaching of, 265 

 Breakfast, birds invited to, 



table, nuts, 6 

 Brewster, William, 27, 189 

 Brookline (Mass.) Bird Club, 



280 

 Brush Hill Bird Club of Milton, 



Mass., 274 



Bryan, Professor William A., 



61, 107 

 Buffalo, 14; Society of Natural 



Sciences, 234 

 Bunting, snow, 139, 145; value 



of, 108 

 Bureau of Animal Industry, 



Washington, D. C, 237 

 Bureau of Biological Survey, 



Washington, D. C, 291, 297 

 Burnham, John B., letter from, 



283 

 Burroughs, John, 124 

 Buzzard, turkey, scavengers, 



value of, 94 



California, University of, 107 



Canaan, Connecticut, 36 



Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 52 



Captain Cartwright's Journal, 

 24 



Catbird, description of bath, 

 224; value of, in, 113 



Catchers, bird, professional, 66 



Caterpillars, food for birds, 84; 

 hairy, food for cuckoos, 100 



Cats, house, destruction by, 

 methods, 74 



Cats, belling, 247; house, 74; 

 restraining of, 247; tax on, 

 251; "Tramp," 76; unneces- 

 sary ones, 249 



Census, bird, description of , 291 ; 

 sample, 295 



Chaff, 139 



Chambers, Fred. W., 17 



" Chanticleer ' ' bow, 123 



Chapman, Frank M., 54, 74, 87, 



253, 294 



Charlestown (N. H.) Bird Club, 

 279 



Chaucer, 122 



Chickadees, at breakfast, 6; 

 attack on, 31, no; band of, 9; 

 boldness of, 8; cheerfulness of, 

 116; eating sandwich, 7; fear- 

 lessness of , 2 ; " food dish "for, 



