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TNDEX, 



31, 32, 33, 78, 84, 85,90, 142, 166, 

 lso. 182, L96, 201, 204, 208 ; as 

 parents, 7. 8, 9, 11, 12, 23, 24, 

 31-38, 46, 55, 63, 64, 69, 84, 85, 

 ST. 88, 110, 111, 129, 135, 137, 

 154-1 55, 156, 17'J. 182, is:. 186, 

 189-193, 215, '-'17 ; companion- 

 ship of mates, '-"-'. 26, 27. 30, 31, 

 42. 46, 53, 50. 59, 62, si. 83, 87, 

 89, 90, 10G, 100, 126, 141. 142, 

 145. 166, 177, 178, L80, 182, 196, 



204 ; coquettish airs. 53 ; court- 

 ship, 31. 90, 101, 148, 14!): de- 

 fense of nest, 7, S. 9, 11, 12, 25, 

 46,46, 47. .".7. 58,86, 91, 92, 115, 

 r_'4 125, 138, 141. 178, 182, 204- 

 205, 209 : excitement when young 

 hatch, 63; family government, 

 12, 35, 85, 111, 150; friendly 

 birds shy at nest, 65, 66, 67, si;, 

 87, ss, 95, 04, 00. lor.. L53, 198, 

 202, 203; — habits of male at 

 nest: absent, 24, 149-155, 167; 

 brings mate food for young, 32, 

 (13 ; brings material to mate. 50, 

 :>■: ; broods, 4;;, 44, 62 ; builds 

 while female looks on or goes off 

 with other females, 109, 200. 203, 

 L'04, 207-208 ; feeds mate, 27, 52, 

 126, 132, 134, 180, 1S2; feeds 

 young, 33, 82, 88 ; guards mate, 

 27, 42, 53, 201 : helps mate build, 

 48, 50, 52, 61, 100, 108, 100, 126, 

 135, 142, 145; sings while mate 

 builds ami broods, 22, 26, 30, 31, 

 33, 56, 83, SI, 00. 175, 177, 178 : 

 — interval between building and 

 brooding, 59. 145. 181 ; looking , 

 for nesting sites. 25, 26, 129, 184- 

 185 : lordly airs of male. 25, 1 1"'. 

 111'., 117, 172, 208, paternal in- 

 stinct, 31-33. 53, 63, 101. 204, 



205 : persistence in work, 60, 107, 

 178 : reluctance to brood, 43, 1 1 ; 

 tenderness to young, 23, 33,84, 

 85. 



food. — ants, 76; bees, 114. 115; 

 carrion, 07 ; cocoons, 100 ; go- 

 phers, 136; grubs, L2, 13. ill; 

 insects. 4. 6, 7. 16, 31. 36, 82, 01. 

 101, 150. 160 ; lizards ami toads. 

 00 ; pepper berries, 107. 198, '-'"l ; 



rats and mice. 137 ; scale. 103 : 

 seeds, 93, 162; snakes, 13.2; 

 spiders, 3.1 ; worms. 12, !•"•. 57. 

 11.4. 182, 1S5, ISO, 190. 

 flight, 5, 7. 1C. 17. 24, 3,o. si. 91, 

 OS. 00. 103. 115. US, 147. 110. 



l.-,:;. L66, 161, 166, 168, 184, 105. 

 100. 197, 200. 

 friendliness when not disturbed, 

 lo. 13,23,30,40,42, 15,53,59.61, 



64, 07. 83, s<;. 89, 02. 05. 97, 100, 

 105. L26, 128, 120, 144. 14s. 150 

 151. 153, L58, 171. 17s. 180, 182- 

 183, 185, lso. 1:17. 200. 201. 204. 



legends about, 11. 105. 



local names, — blue jay, C; bur- 

 rowing owl, 11; bush-tit. 50; 

 California towhee. 02. 



neighborly relations. 13. 25. 45-4S. 

 40, 57-61, 02, so. so. ah, loo. 108, 

 115. 110. 124. 125. 120. 130, 138, 

 147, 171-174, 189-193, 204 205, 

 208 20! I. 



nervousness. 9, 11. 22, 20, 34, 35, 

 42, 47. 53,, 50. 01. 03.. 04. 07, 70, 

 70,, si. 82, 87, 88, 97. 105, 117, 

 138, 139, 150. 100, 177. 180, 191, 

 208,21s. 

 Blackbird, Brewer's, 86-88, 117, 128. 



afraid of a bath, 10. 



attacking hawks and owls, 135, 139. 



a jolly colony, 123. 124. 



building, 124. 



common in valley, 02. 



curiosity about road-runner, loo. 



following plow for grnl.s. 12. 15. 



nervousness at nest, s7 88 



nesting sites. SO. 124. 



pranks, 124. 



repulsing shrike. 124. 125. 



ruling dooryard, SO. 

 Blackbird. Red-winged. 14. 



eating grubs in vineyard, 12 15. 



following plow. 13. 



nesting in marsh, 118. 

 Blackbird, Busty. SO. 

 Blackbird. Yellow-headed, 



in vineyard, 13-14. 

 on mustard. 14. 



Blackbirds, 15. 114. lis. 120. 

 flocks riding cattle, hogs, ami 

 horses, 14. 



Bluebird, Mexican. 187. 

 nesting site. 185. 

 second nest, ISO. 



Blue Jay. See .lay. 



Blue Squawker. See Jay. 



Brown Chippie. See Towhee, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Bunting, Indigo. 81. 



Bunting, Lazuli, 81-83, 123., 189-193. 

 call, 190. 

 keeping out of quarrel, 45 40. 



nest, 82, 210 217. 



nesting site. 27. 82, 210. 

 Bong, 0. 44, 83, 117. 



taking insects to nest. 82. 

 young fed by wren-tit. ISO. 100. 

 Bush-tit, California. 28, 56, 59, 103 



111. 117. 101. 102. 10C. 

 building, 105-107. H>s. 1 In. ls(. 

 call notes, 109. 110. 



