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INDEX. 



Hummingbirds, 5, 6, 14, 18, 23, 25, 81, 



42, G7, 69, 70, 120. 



[biB, Scarlet, 89. 



Icteria virens, 172. 

 [ctcridffi, 130. 

 Icterus galbula, 131. 

 Bpurius, 132. 



Jacana, 24, 28. 

 Jay, Blue, 129. 

 Juneo, 145. 

 Juneo hyemalis, 145. 

 Juncos, 41, 44. 



Key to common birds, 75. 

 Killdeer, 99. 

 Kingbird, 122. 

 Kingfisher, Belted, 114. 

 Kinglet, Golden-orowned, 181. 

 Kuby-erowned, 182. 



Laniida?, 162. 

 Lanius boreal is, 162. 

 Lark, Horned, 41. 55, 126. 



Prairie Homed, 127. 

 Laridse, 86. 



Larus argentatus smith sonianus, 86. 

 Lighthouses, 56, 57. 

 Limicolse, 

 Longipennes, S6. 

 Loon, 85. 

 Loxia curvirostra minor, 147. 



Macroehires, 117. 

 Mallard. 89. 

 Man-o'-war Bird, 19. 

 Marsh Hen, 94. 

 Martin, Purple, 157, 101. 

 Mating cif birds, 65. 

 Meadowlark, 27, 44, 136. 

 Megascope asio, 110. 

 Melanerpes erythrocephalus, 116. 

 Melospiza fasciata, 138. 



georgiana, 139. 

 Mergansers, 82, 89. 

 Merula migratoria, 186. 

 Micropodida?, 119. 



Mierorhynchus, 31. 

 Migration of birds, L8. 



oause of, 59. 



effects of changes of clituate on, 59. 



extent of, 49. 



highways, 55, 60. 



manner of, 54. 



nocturnal, 55, 56, 57. 



origin of, 58. 



times of, 49. 

 Miniiis polyglottos, 174. 

 Mniotilta varia, 167. 

 Mniotiltidse, 166. 

 Mockingbird. 174. 

 Molothrus ater, 137. 

 Molt, the, 37. 



Momotus subrufescens, 25. 

 Motmot, 25. 

 Mud-hen, 04. 

 Myiarchus crinitus, 123. 



Natural selection, 14, 15, 65. 



Nesting season, 04. 



Nest of birds, 65. 



Nighthawk, 6, 23, 118. 



Notornis, 22. 



Nuthatch, Eed-breasted, 180. 



White-breasted, 181. 

 Nuthatches. <;. B. 

 Nycticorax nycticorax osevius, 92. 



Opera-glass, 72. 

 Opisthocomus cristatiis, 17. 



Oriole, Baltimore, 131. 



i ►rchard, 37. 131, 132. 

 < (rioles, 4-2. 44. 55, 130. 

 Ortolan. 135. 

 Oscines, 122. 

 Osprey, American, 107. 

 I >>t in- .})S, 20. 



Ostrich. 5, 18, 19, 27, 29,69,70. 

 Otocoris alpestris, 126. 

 Oven-bird, 170. 

 Owl. Barn, 8. 



Barred, 111. 



Great Horned. 110. 



Long-eared, 110. 



Screech, 41, 110. 



