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INDEX. 



Bluebird, 49, 186. 



Bobolink, 16, 30, 37, 38, 54, 55, 60, 63, 



134. 

 Bob-white, 36, 100. 

 Bonasa umbellus, 101. 

 Botaurus lentiginosus, 93. 

 BuboniJse, 108. 

 Bull-bat, 118. 

 Bunting, Bay-winged, 140. 



Black-throated, 155. 



Indigo, 63, 152. 



Snow, 147. 

 Butcher-bird, 162. 

 Buteo borealis, 106. 



lineatus, 104. 

 Butter-bird, 135. 

 Buzzard, Turkey, 104. 

 Buzzards, 8. 



Call-notes, significance of, 63. 



Canaries, 39. 



Caprimulgidse, 117. 



Cardinal, 153. 



Cardinalis cardinalis, 153. 



Carpodacus purpureus, 149. 



Cassique, 23. 



Cassowary, 19. 



Catbird, 69, 173. 



Cathartes aura, 103. 



Cathartidae, 103. 



Certhia familiaris americana, 178. 



Certhiidse, 178. 



Ceryle alcyon, 114. 



Chaetura pelagica, 119. 



Chambergo, 135. 



Charadriidse, 98. 



Chat, Yellow-breasted, 172. 



Chebec, 125. 



Chelidon erythrogaster, 159 



Chewink, 151. 



Chickadee, 7, 8, 70, 179. 



Carolina, 179. 

 Chippy, 142. 



Eed-capped, 146. 



Winter, 146. 

 Chondestes grammacus, 154. 

 Chordeiles virginianus, 118. 

 Circus hudsonius, 106. 



Cistothorus palustris, 177. 

 Clamatores, 122. 

 Clape, 116. 

 Clivicola riparia, 159. 

 Coccyges, 112. 

 Coccyzus americanus, 112. 



erythrophthalmus, 113. 

 Colaptes auratus, 116. 

 Colinus virginianus, 100. 

 Color and age, 36. 



and climate, 39. 



and food, 39. 



and haunt and habit, 41. 



and sex, 45. 

 Colors of birds, 35. 

 Columbae, 102. 

 Columbidae, 102. 

 Contopus virens, 126. 

 Coot, 27, 28, 94. 

 Cormorants, 69. 

 Corvidie, 128. 

 Corvus americanus, 128. 

 Cow bird, 137. 



Creeper, Brown, 16, 25, 178. 

 Creepers, 6, 15, 16, 178. 

 Crossbill, American, 147. 

 Crow, American, 128. 

 Crow-duck, 94. 

 Cuckoo, Black-billed, 113. 



Yellow-billed, 7, 112. 

 Cuculidse, 112. 

 Cyanocitta cristata, 130. 



Deceptive coloration, 44. 

 Dendrocolaptidse, 32. 

 Deudroica sestiva, 168. 



coronata, 168. 



virens, 168. 

 Dickcissel, 155. 

 Directive colors, 44. 

 Diving Birds, 84. 

 Docimastes, 31. 

 Dolichonyx oryzivorus, 134. 

 Dove, Carolina, 102. 



Mourning, 102. 

 Dryobates pubescens medianus, 115. 



villosus, 115. 

 Duck, Black, 89. 



