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INDEX 



Key to, 285-287. 



Falco sparverius, 276-278. 

 Field Sparrow, 183-185. 

 Fiuch, Piue, xxvii, 233. 



Purple, xxvii, 148-149. 

 Finches and Sparrows, 242-246. 



Key to, 246-251. 

 Fish Hawk, 280-282. 

 Flicker, 127-131, 140. 

 Flycatchers, 91-93, 116, 258-259. 



Acadian, 254. 



Alder, 258. 



Great-crested, 255-256. 



Key to, 260-261. 



Kingbird, 83-87. 



Least, 80-82, 92. 



Olive-sided, 257. 



Phoebe, 53, 87-90, 91. 



Traill's, 258. 



Wood Pewee, 90-93. 

 Food of birds,' xv-xxiv, 6-8, 12-13 

 (see Economic status). 



AntK, xxii, 130, 209. 



Ai-my worms, xxiv, 20, 116. 



Asparagus beetles, 85. 



Beet caterpillars, 97. 



Cabbage worms, 115, 117. 



Cankerworms, xvii. 69. 



Caterpillars, 57, 122, 102, 163. 



Chinch bugs, xxiii. 



Cotton worms, xxiii. 



Elm leaf-beetles. 143. 



Field mice and rats, 14, 272, 274, 

 275, 279, 287, 289, 290, 293. 



Grasshoppers, xxiv, 7, 13, 108, 

 132, 155, 276. 



Gypsy moth, xvi, xxiii, xxiv, 14, 

 164. 



Insects, xvii. 



May beetles, xxii, 95, 132, 133, 

 179. 



Mosquitoes, 54, 188. 



Potato beetles, xxi, 38, 167-168. 



Rose chafers, 85. 



Scale insects, xxii. 



Sphynx moths, 155, 156. 



Squash beetles, 54, 89. 



Tent-caterpillars, xxi, 14, 162. 



Thistle seeds, 147. 



Weed seeds, xviii, 96, 97, 115, 

 123, 146, 175, 184, 221, 229, 262. 



Weevils, xxii, 89. 



Wire worms, xxiii, 57. 



Wood-borers, 137, 139. 

 Food of young birds, 2, 8, 14, 48, 72, 



142, "147. 

 Fox Sparrow, 230-231. 



Galeoscoptes carolinensis, 6-11. 

 Geothlypis formosa, 329-330. 

 trichas, 315-316. 



Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray, 357. 

 Goatsuckers and Swifts, 190-191. 

 Key to, 193. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet, 356. 

 Goldfinch, 145-147. 

 Goshawk, 266-267. 

 Grackle, Purple, 93-96, 101, 110. 

 Grass Finch, 119-120. 

 Grasshopper Sparrow, 226-227. 

 Great-crested Flycatcher, 255-256, 

 Great Horned Owl, 292-293. 

 Grosbeak, Pine, 231-233. 



Rose-breasted, 160-169. 

 Grouse, Rufted, 32-37, 39, 40, 92. 

 Grouse and Quail, 45. 



Key to, 40. 



Hairy Woodpecker, 135-137, 140. 

 Halia?etus leucocephalus, 282-283. 

 Harporhynchus rufus, 177-180. 

 Hawks, 284-285, 297. 



Broad-winged, 275. 



Cooper's, 269-271. 



Fish, 280-282. 



Goshawk, 266-267. 



Key to, 285-287. 



Marsh, 278-280. 



Red-shouldered, 273-274. 



Red-tailed, 271-273. 



Sharp-shinned, 268-269. 



Sparrow, 276-278. 



Swallow-tailed Kite, 283-284. 

 Hawks and Owls, 263-297. 

 Helminthophila rubricapiUa, 322- 



323. 

 Helmitherus vermivorus, 337-339. 

 Hermit Thru.sh, 360. 

 High-hole. 127-131, 140. 

 j Hooded Warbler, 327-328. 

 Horned Lark, 201-263. 

 House Wren, 44-48. 

 Hummingbird, Ruby-throated, 1-5, 

 25, 50. 



Icteria virens, 331-333. 

 Icterus galbula, 56-61. 



spurius, 61-62. 

 Indigo Bunting, 149-150. 



Jay, Blue, xxvii, 154-157. 



Canada, 217-219. 

 Juuco, Slate-colored, xxvii, 221- 



222. 

 Junco hyemalis, 221-222. 



Kentucky Warbler, 329-330. 

 Keys to 



All birds mentioned in book, 

 xxix-xlix. 



Blackbirds and Orioles, 111-112. 



