INDEX. 



Acantliis liiiurhi, VH. 

 Aecipitcr cuupuri, I'J-J. 



velox, 122. 

 Actiti.s tnai-'uhina, 103. 

 ..'Egialitis .sfinii)aliiiata, 103. 



voeittTa, l"is. 

 Agulaius i>h(L'niceus, lt]6. 

 Afrgres.sive coloration, 44. 

 Aigrette plumes, 38. 

 Alaudidie, 158. 

 Albatross, l^i, 19. 

 Alcedinidte, 134. 

 AiupeliJie, 216. 

 Ainpclis cedroruin, 210. 

 Anatidie, 92. 

 Androdon, 32. 

 Anhingas, 32. 

 Ansere.s, 92. 



Antrostoinus vot-ifcrus, 146. 

 Arehit'opteryx, 3, 4, 18. 

 Ardea lierodias, 95. 



virescens, 96. 

 Ardeidie, 94. 

 Asio accii»itrinus, 126. 



wilsonianus, 128. 

 Auk, Oreat, 2<>. 



Razor- l.ilk'd, 20. 

 Auks, 20, 21, 28, 30. 

 Avocet, 32, 33. 

 Avoccttula, 31. 



Bill, the, as a hand, 30. 



as a musical instrument, 30. 

 as a weapon, 31. 

 sexual adornment of, 30. 

 uses of, 30. 



Birds, altric-ial, 69. 



ancestors of, 2. 



beauty of, 9. 



bill of, 30. 



biography <>f, 73. 



characters of, 2. 



colors of, 35. 



distribution of, 4. 



economic value of, 5. 



eggs of, 68. 



evolution of, 14. 



feet of, 27. 



field key to, 75. 



flightless, 19. 



grace of, 10. 



how to identify, 71. 



mating of, 65. 



mental development of, 10. 



migration of, 48. 



nmsical powers of, 10. 



nests of, 65. 



numl)er of species of, 1. 



place in Nature of, 1. 



pnecocial, 69. 



relation to man of, 5. 



scientific value of, 5. 



songs of, 11, 62. 



tail of, 25. 



topography of, 74. 



voice of, 62. 



wings of, 17. 



young of, 70. 

 Bittern, American, 98. 

 Blackbird, Crow, 168. 



Kedwinged, 166. 

 Blackbirds, 55, 163. 



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