INDEX. 



253 



Macmillan & Co., 241. 



Macy, C, 235. 



Mammoth cave, Music in, 129. 



Mare. (/See afeo Horse, colt.) Nota- 

 tions, 206. 



Martin, W. C. L., 2-35. 



Maryland yellow-throat. Notation, 49. 



Mavis. See Thrush (harporhynchus 

 rufus). 



Mayer, A. M., 152, 235, 241. 



Maynard, C. J., 235. 



Meadow lark. See Lark (sturnella 

 magna). 



Melodies, poems, etc. {See also Bird- 

 songs. — Inanimate music. — Music 

 in nature. — Night-songs. — Nota- 

 tions.) Bobolink's song in poetry, 

 192; Browning, R. Song thrush 

 (poem), 223; Larboard watch ahoy, 

 48, 117; Last rose of summer, 175; 

 Melody whistled while heating iron 

 (horseshoes), 189 ; Partant pour la 

 Syrie, 186; Rock of ages, 45, 118; 

 Seven sleepers (oratorio), 108, 119 ; 

 Spinning-girls' song, 20; Titmouse 

 (poem), 27; Wood-pewee (poem by 

 Trowbridge), 65; Worship of Free- 

 willers (wood-pewee's song), 64. 



Melody, Structure of, 130; What is, 2. 



Melospiza melodia. See Sparrow. 



Menura superba. See Lyre-bird. 



Merriam, C. H., 241. 



Merriam, F. A., 235. 



Meyer, A. B., and Helm, F., 236. 



Mice, Vesper, music of, 126. 



Michelet, J., 236. 



Miller, O. T., 236, 242; Oriole, 169; 

 Robin, 169 ; Song-sparrow, 169 ; 

 Variations in bird-songs, 169. 



Mimicry. (See a/so Imitation.) Cat- 

 bird, 159 ; Lyre-bird, 210. 



Mimus Carolinensis. See Cat-bird. 



Mimus Orpheus. See Mocking-bird. 



Mimus polyglottus, Boie. See Mock- 

 ing-bird. 



Mimus triurus. See Mocking-bird. 



Minor scale. Origin of, 135. 



Minot, H. D., vi, 236, 242; Black- 

 throated green warbler, 157; Blue- 



bird, 144; Bobolink, 193 ; Chestnut- 

 sided warbler, 157 ; Chickadee, 143 ; 

 Drumming of partridge, 197 ; Field- 

 sparrow, 35 ; Night-hawk, 167 ; 

 Nightingale, 181 ; Red-eyed vireo, 

 190; Redstart's song, 158; Rose- 

 breasted grosbeak, 188; Skj'lark, 

 193; Song-sparrow, 146; White- 

 throated sparrow, 150; Wood-pewee, 

 144; Wood-thrush, 181; Yellow- 

 billed cuckoo, 194. 



Mitford, ( — ), Cuckoo, 194. 



Mivart, St. G., 140, 236. 



Mock nightingale, Norfolk, 180. 



Mocker, Brown. See Thrush (harpo- 

 rhynchus rufus). 



Mocking-bird. (See a?so Brown thrush. 

 — Cat-bird, 52), 133. 



Mocking-bird {mimus Orpheus). Dar- 

 win, C, 181. 



Mocking-bird {mimus polyglottus, 

 Boie). Hill, R., 178. 



Mocking-bird, White-banded {mimus 

 triurus), 136; Hudson, W. H., 176. 



Mocking-bird, Virginia, 178. 



Montagu, Col. G., 236. 



Morning song in Jamaica, 153. 



Mottled owl. See Owl {scops asio). 



Moult and fatness. Bicknell, E. P. 

 Effect of, on the singing of birds, 

 147. 



Mouse-song. Vesper-mice, 126. 



Miiller, J., 140, 236. 



Miiller, Karl, 151, 236. 



Munger, C. A., 236; Brown thrush, 

 159; Oriole, 169. 



Murdoch, J. B., 236. 



Music. (See a to Bird-song. — Bird- 

 songs. — Inanimate music. — Melo- 

 dies. — Music in nature. — Nota- 

 tions. — Song-birds. — Songs.) Ef- 

 fect of, on snakes, 142 ; Henderson, 

 W. J. Nothing in nature that re- 

 sembles music, 116; Human, 130; 

 Pole, W. Structure of, 123; Uni- 

 versal effect of, 141. 



Music, Animal, 130. (See also Bird- 

 songs. — Insect music. — Music in 

 nature. — Notations.) 



