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INDEX 



call note, 92. 



common and tame, Ol'. 



nesting, 93, 04. 



sin at nest, 013-04. 



song, 93. 

 Townee, Green-tailed, IG2-1G3. 

 Townee, Spurred, IS, 160, 102. 



singing, 169. 

 Trade wind, I 

 Trees, 



acacia. 189. 



elder, 15. 



eucalyptus, 211-220; character of , 



213-214, 219-220; grove, 211- 



220 ; raised for fuel, 211. 

 live-oaks. ,">. 6, 21, 86, 159 170; 



garden of, 159-160, 170 ; sappe i 



by mistletoe, 167. 

 pepper, 197. 



sycamore, 15, 21, 24-25, 67, 68 ; 

 'the big, L12-122, 159. 

 tobac< i 

 willow. 123. 

 Turkey Buzzard. See Vulture. 



Turtle Dove. Set- Dove. 

 Twin Oaks Canyon. 5-6, 159. 



Ughland Canyon. 21, 38, 123, 159. 



Vineyard, birds eating grubs in, 12- 



13. 

 Vireo, Hutton's, 140-146. 

 a devoted pair, 142. 

 buUding, 1 12, 145. 



call note. 1 15. 



fond of nest. 143, 145. 



nest, 144. 



nesting site. 141. 144. 

 Vireo, Least. 



song, 6, 44. 169. 

 Vireo, Warbling, 27, 59. 



building, 56. 



scolding jav. 60. 

 Vulture. Turkey. It',. 97 98, 162. 



circle over fighting snake-. 97. 



eating woodpecker, 7". 



eating skunk. 201. 



queer attitude, 98. 



scavenger, 97. 



soaring. 07. 98. 



Warbler, 160. 



migrants, 6, 7, Vl'd. 

 Waxwing, 69. 



Whip-poor-will. See Poor-will. 

 Woodpecker, California, 65 

 123. 



building, 28. 



rlycatching, 160. 



hunting ground distant from nest, 

 69. 



long intervals in feeding. 69. 



lying in wait for prey. 141. 



nesting site, 28, 71. 



notes. 69. 



old birds poisoned (?), 70. 



rescuing the young, 71-7.;. 



young orphans, inherited instincts, 

 75, 76, 7s. 79 ; notes. 78, 

 Woodpecker, Red-headed, 66, 69. 

 Wood rat. 



in chaparral. 55. 

 Wren. 9-10. 

 Wren, Vigors's, 1 .n 1 .4. 



linnets quarreling over materials, 

 171. 



nesting site. 171. 



young buried alive by linnets (?), 

 172-174. 

 Wren. Western House. JO-.'.T. 65, 67, 

 69, 81, 84, 112, 117, 123, 160, 

 219. 



building. 22, 25, 30, 96, L28. 



common birds, 95. 



feeding young on insects. 31. 



nesting takes six weeks. 35. 



nests in sycamore holes. 22, 128. 



odd nesting sites, 95. 



song, 22, 30, 96, 97. 



tremulous motion of wings. 30, 33 



Yellow-bird. See Goldfinch. 

 Voung birds. 



Bluebird, 185. 

 Brewer's Blackbird, 87. 

 Burrowing Owl, 11 12. 



Bush-tit, 28, 110, 111. 



California Jav. 85. 



California Woodpecker, 69-80. 



feather tracts. 79. 



fed at long intervals. 155. 



fed on insects. 31, 36, 76, 82. 



first flights, 36, 73-74, 88, L56. 



Gnatcatchers, 63 64. 



Horned Owl, 0. 



Hummingbird, 23, 24,88, 155-157, 



217, 210. 

 interest in each other. 78, .'■'. 

 Lazuli Bunting, 189-193, 217; 



adopted by wren-tit. 1*0-193. 

 Mourning Dove. 17. 

 Owl, 137. 

 Sparrow Hawk, 135; subdued on 



le;i\ ing nest. 36 : time kept in 



nest, 09. 

 Titmouse. 182-183. 

 Vigors's Wren, 171, 172, 174. 

 Western House Wren, 33-37. 



