INDEX. 
A. 
Animals, comprehension of, 218. 
a lost, returning, 199. 
B. 
BANK-SWALLOWS, 241. 
Bee, tactics of, 203. 
Birds and weather, 113. 
at night, 111. 
“¢ enemies of, 185, 255. 
‘““ far eyesight of, 213. 
“ flight of, 87, 249. 
“food in winter, 131. 
“migration of, 93, 107, 249. 
«nests of, 102, 230, 249. 
“of Spring, 36. 
‘¢ OUR WINTER, 106. 
‘“<  protective colors of, 134, 233. 
“« superstitions about, 196. 
Bison (Buffalo), domesticated, 154. 
«extinct races of, 143, 162, 164. 
‘“¢ former range of, 158. 
Blackbird, the crow, 52. 
sf the red-winged, 49. 
Bluebird, 37. 
BUFFALO, THE, AND HIS Fate, 140. 
C. 
Chickadee, the, 122. 
Chippy, the, 46. 
CIVILIZING INFLUENCES (on birds), 
182, 230, 241. 
Civilizing influences on the bison, 
166. 
Creeper, the brown, 119, 185. 
Dy 
Darwinism in the song -sparrow, 
181. 
Dogs, anecdotes of homing ability 
of, 207. 
Dogs, power of scent in, 215. 
Dove, the, 44. 
KF 
FIRST-COMERS, 36. 
Fishes, possible perceptions of, 204. 
Fringillide, the winter, 123, 136. 
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