INDEX 



325 



Dutcher, William, 169, 177, 25G. 

 Dyke, A. C, 139. 



Egg-collecting, 171-72. 

 Eggs, 33. 



Egret, American, 120, 171. 

 Entrance hole of nesting-boxes, lo- 

 cation of, 2.S5; size of, 234-35. 

 Extinct birds, 116. 



Fairbanks, Cornelia T., 150. 



Feeding winter birds, by children, 

 290; dealers in apparatus for, 

 247-48; from hand, 251; in Au- 

 dubon food-house, 255; in hop- 

 per, 255; in school-yard, 290; 

 in suet-box, 254; in weather- 

 cock food-house, 25(5; in window 

 box, 25(5; kinds of food, 252; les- 

 son on, 311; methods of, 253; 

 need of, 250-51; on ground, 253; 

 on moving counter, 256-58; on 

 shelves, 253. 



Field agents, 184. 



Field, George W., 143. 



Field-glasses, 51. 



Field trips with children, 291. 



Fisher, Dr. A. K., 94, 132, 138, 143. 



Flagg, Wilson, 23. 



Flicker, dates of migration and 

 nesting, 62; food of, 115; method 

 of feeding young, 37; nesting- 

 box for, 243; number and kinds 

 of insects eaten by, 74; number 

 killed Ijy cats, 140; song of, 16. 



Fly, birds'eating, 81, 83. 



Flycatcher, crested, food of, 115; 

 kinds of insects eaten by, 74; 

 nest of, 29. 



Flycatcher, least. See Chebec. 



Food-house, Audubon, 255; weath- 

 ercock, 256. 



Food of birds, amount of, 72; how 

 determined, 64-68; table of, 115. 



Forbush, Edward H., 73, 88, 121, 

 122, 137, 1.38, 1.39, 140, 141, 143, 

 147, 156, 165, 224, 232, 237, 240, 

 244, 246, 249. 



Ford, Henry, 218. 



Foreigners, shooting by, 166. 



Fountains, concrete, 261-62; deal- 

 ers in, 247-48; essentials of, 260; 

 in school-yard, 291; lesson on, 

 311; location of, 260. 



Foxes, 129. 



Fruit-eaters, 99. 



Fruits, kinds eaten by birds, 265; 

 succession of, 267; table of fruit- 

 ing-periods, 260. 



Game-birds, decrease of, 120. 



Game laws, 189-91. 



Game preserves, 218-20. 



Games for children, 282. 



Goldfinch, American, date of nest- 

 ing, 61; plumage of nestling, 45; 

 song of, 23. 



Goose, Canada, 275. 



Goshawk, 94. 



Grackle. See Blackbird, crow. 



Grain-eaters, 100. 



Grinnell, George B., 174. 



Grosbeak, rose-breasted, dates of 

 migration and nesting, 62; eco- 

 nomic status of, 113; feeding 

 young, 36; food of, 115; number 

 and kinds of insects eaten by, 74; 

 sexual differences in color, 46; 

 song of, 13, 23; weed .seeds eaten 

 by, 87; winter home of, 6. 



Grouse, ruffed, location of nest of, 

 27; number killed by cats, 140; 

 protective coloring, 47; rearing, 

 274. 



Gull, Franklin's, number of insects 

 eaten by, 74. 



Gulls, 79. 



Handwork for children, 281. 

 Hawk, broad-winged, 96. 

 Hawk, Cooper's, 96, 103, 107, 111. 

 Hawk, duck, 94. 

 Hawk, fish (osprey), 33. 

 Hawk, marsh, 96, 98, 103. 

 Hawk, pigeon, 95. 96, 107. 

 Hawk, red-shouldered, 96. 

 Hawk, red-tailed, 96, 103. 

 Hawk, Swainson's, 97. 



