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INDEX. 



Hummingbirds, 5, f., 14, 18, 23, 25, 31, 

 42, 07, 00, 70, 148. 



Ibis, Scarlet, 39. 

 loteria virens, 230. 

 Icteridfe, 103. 

 Icterus giilbula, 104. 

 spurius, 100. 



Jacana, 24, 28. 

 Jay, Blue, 102. 

 Juiico, 192. 

 J unco hyemalis, 192. 

 J uncos, 41, 44. 



Key to common birds, 75. 

 Killdeer, 108. 

 Kingbird, 150. 

 Kingfisher, Belted, 130. 

 Kinglet, Golden-crowned, 251. 

 Kuby-crowned, 252. 



Laniidffi, 218. 

 Lanius borealis, 218. 

 Lark, Horned, 41, 55, 158, 



Prairie Horned, 100, 

 Laridte, 88. 



Larus argentatus smithsonianus, 88. 

 Lighthouses, 50, 57. 

 Limicolie, 32, 102. 

 Longipennes, 88. 

 Loon, 80. 

 Loxia curvirostra minor, 190. 



Macrochires, 142. 

 Mallard, 92. 

 Man-o'-\var Bird, 19. 

 Marsh Hen, 100. 

 Martin, Purple, 212, 216. 

 Mating of birds, 05. 

 Meadowlark, 27, 44, 174. 

 Megascops asio, 128. 

 Meianerpes erythrocephalus, 140. 

 Melospiza fasciata, 178. 



georgiana, 180. 

 Mergansers, 32, 92. 

 Merula migratoria, 200. 

 Micropodidae, 140. 



Microrhynchus, 31. 

 Migration of birds, 48. 



cause of, 59. 



eftects of changes of climate on, 59. 



extent of, 49. 



highways, 55, 60. 



manner of, 54. 



nocturnal, 55, 50, 57. 



origin of, 58. 



times of, 49. 

 Miraus polyglottos, 238. 

 Mniotilta varia, 226. 

 Mnlotiltidfe, 224. 

 Mockingbird, 238. 

 Molothrus ater, 176. 

 Molt, the, 37. 

 Momotus subrufescens, 25 

 Motmot, 25. 

 Mud-hen, 100. 

 Myiarchus crinitus, 152. 



Natural selection, 14, 15, 65. 



Nesting season, 64. 



Nest of birds, 05. 



Nighthawk, 6, 23, 144. 



Notornis, 22. 



Nuthatch, Ked-breasted, 250. 



White-breasted, 251. 

 Nuthatches, 6, 8. 

 Nyctieorax nycticorax naevius, 96. 



Octoris alpestris, 158. 

 Opera-glass, 72. 

 Opisthocomus cristatus, 17. 

 Oriole, Baltimore, 164. 



Orchard, 37, 164, 165. 

 Orioles, 42, 44, 55, 103. 

 Ortolan, 172. 

 Oscines, 150. 

 Osprey, American, 122. 

 Ostinops, 23. 



Ostrich, 5, 18, 19, 27, 29, 09, 70. 

 Otocoris alpestris, 158. 

 Oven-bird, 231, 232. 

 Owl, Barn, 8. 



Barred, 130. 



Great Horned, 128. 



Long-eared, 120. 



