252 
147 ; of flycatchers, broad and with 
bristles, 151 ; of cowbird and bobo- 
link, 151; of finches, 152 ; parrots 
sleeping suspended by, 158; of 
gulls, 215; with horny shield, 221 ; 
notched, 216, 226; chisel-shaped, 
26, 227 5; cere on, 223, 224. 
Beauty, down the ages with love, 44 ; 
ever onward, 48; tantalizing, 67; 
and polygamy, 95. 
Bipedal motion, 15. 
Bird, forefathers of, 1: definition 
of, 5 ; flight of, before feathers, 6 ; 
crawling by wings of, 6 ; tempera- 
ture of, 15 ; degenerate plumage of 
flightless, 24 ; degeneration of, gen- 
erally, 47, 192 et seq. ; have no pro- 
tective armor, 64, 67 ; losing weap- 
ons, 64; various tones of, for 
various emotions, 83 ; unmated, 84, 
93 ; resident, pairing, 85; long en. 
gagements of, 85 ; spring bird wed- 
ding and housekeeping, 86; incu- 
bation of, and pedigree, 96; con- 
stancy to one nest material, 109; 
do not farm out the baby, 133; 
highest parental devotion among, 
134 ; first users of false teeth, 136; | 
how they scratch, 137; feeding 
habit and pedigree, 153; light 
sleeping, 156; knowledge gener- 
ally, 186 et seq. ; and weather, 240; 
identification of, 213 et seq. 
Bird of paradise, a crow form, 199. 
Bird of prey, with all-around weap- 
ons, 60; a pair for life, 84; feed- | 
ing young, 134; kinship of, 208; 
cere of, 208 ; and identification by , 
228, 224. 
Blackbird, lays two kinds of eggs, 
119 ; red-winged, trysting place of, 
constant, 82; latter polygamous, 
95 ; rookeries of, 159 ; nesting and 
roosting, 240, 241. 
Blood, hot, 17 ; cold, 18. 
Bluebird, fighting, 82, 244; nesting 
habits, 114; white egg of, 118; 
feeding young, 182, 183. 

THE STORY OF THE BIRDS. 
Bobolink, wedding garment of, 42; 
migrating unpaired, 86; beak 
sparrowlike, 151; distribution west 
and return migration, 186. 
Bobwhite, signal marks on, 55; 
throat patch ornamental, 56 ; smgs 
after mating, 81; male caring for 
young, 88; roosting, 154; roosting 
flight, 159. 
Bones of wing (ill.), 13 ; why tubular, 
20 ; in albatross, etc., 173. 
Bower bird, using bowers and bright 
things in courtship, 50, 200 ; a crow 
form, 200. 
Brain, relations to body and skull, 
196. 
Breast, bare tracts on, 22; bare in 
incubation, 98 ; touching perch in 
roosting, 156, 157. 
Brilliancy, progressive, 46, 48; of 
fruit and sexual selection, 48 ; and 
polygamy, 95 ; rarely sacrificed. 47. 
Bristles, degenerate feathers, 26; 
around beaks of flycatchers, ete. 
(see illustration of whip-poor-will), 
1Dle 
Broadbill, 210. 
Brown creeper and warblers, 199; 
author’s notes on, 231, 232; pro- 
tective markings, 35. 
Brush turkey (see MEGAPODES) with 
wing spurs, 62 ; hatching methods, 
99 ; flight from shell, 29, 40, 126; 
kinship of, 204; an old type, 211. 
Burnish of feathers, 35. 
Burroughs, John, note on downy 
woodpecker, 85; on _ bluebird’s 
fighting, 82 ; on house-wren build- 
ing, 111; on roosting and nesting 
places, 157. 
Bustard, grotesque antics of, 
kinship of, 205. 
Butcherbird. (See SHRIKE.) 
70x 
Ceeca, 194. 
Calls by color, 53 ; as ornament, 56. 
Cardinal feeding young blackbird, 
101. 
