256 
Goatsuckers, with powder downs, - 
26 ; beak of, not a weapon, 60 ; feed- 
ing methods, 150; kinship of, 209 ; 
nosirils slightly tubular, 217 ; iden- 
tifying, 227. 
Goldfinch (American), long engage- 
ments of, nest, etc., 85. 
Goose, Canada, signal marks of, 55; 
male, a devoted parent, 62, 89; 
kinship by habit of covering eggs, 
198 ; the group identified, 215 ; dis- 
tinguished from ducks, 217,218 (ill.). 
Grebes, eggs, double-pointed, 122; | 
mother’s care of young (ill.), 134, 
197 ; feeding habits, 139 ; instinct 
to hide and kinship, 197 ; crawling 
by wings, 198 ; floating nest of, 198 ; 
covering eggs, 198; kinship of, 202, 
203 ; identifying, 214. 
Grosbeak, cool nest of, 101 ; fighting 
musically, 244; singing responsive- 
ly, 82. 
Ground color of eggs, origin of, 120. 
Grouse, ruffed, color of, 85; antics 
(ill.), 70 ; deserting mate, 88; col- 
or of egg erasable, 118; roosting 
flight of, 159; sudden rising and 
wing shape, 172. 
Guan, Texas, 223. 
Guidance of migrant, 184, 185. 
Gulf of Mexico’s extension and bird 
life, 187. 
Gulls, feeding, freebooters, 
kinship of, 205 et seq. ; identifying, 
215. 
Habits, changed, 52, 99, 134; of near 
species, 95 ; how set up by old tool, 
146; illustrated by parrots, 147 ; 
preceding structure, 153; migra- 
ting of various birds, 181; and use- 
less organs, 193; fixed, are instincts, 
184 ; hint of history, 196 et seq. 
Hair and horns, 32; removing epi- 
dermis, 82 et seq. 
Hare, why white tail of, 54. 
Hatching, by sun, 98, 99; varying 
heat of, 100; hatching heat and 
140 ; | 
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THE STORY OF THE BIRDS. 
nest shape, 102; premature, 126- 
128; egg tooth in, 126; in pen- 
guin’s pocket, 171. 
Haunt, mimicry of, 35, 38, 47, 56, 87. 
Hawks, inheriting downy nestling, 
29; eggs of, losing color, 119 ; 
nighthawk, so called, 150. 
Head, under wing in sleep, 159, 160, 
249; hidden by Apteryx, 155; 
naked in vultures, 224. 
Heart, change of, 2. 
Heligoland and migrants, 182. 
Herons, with powder downs, 26; 
forms feeding, 141; kinship, 205- 
208 ; identifying, 219 ; nest a plat- 
form (ill.), 106. 
Hesperornis (fossil), 202, 2038. 
Hoactzin, claws cn wing, 11; pecul- 
jar roosting habit, 156, 157 ; habits 
of young and kinship, 197; kin- 
ship generally, 204; very old and 
‘reptilian, 211, 212. 
| Hole builders, using same hole again, 
114; have white eggs often, 118; 
mostly altricial, 127; nestling 
naked, 128, 149. 
Homes, 177 ; homing instinct, 183. 
| Hornbill, manner of feeding mate 
and young, 131. 
House wren, rival males, 92; sham 
nests of, 111; sleeping out, 159; 
nest, location, 236; habits of, gen- 
erally, 248, 250. 
Hudson’s Bay, extension of, 187. 
Hummingbirds, color of, 46; ori- 
gin of splendor, 48; ornamenting 
nest, 107; feeding, 150; identify- 
ing, 227; only six secondaries, 228 
(ill.) ; male at window, 238. 
Ibises, 218. 
Ice-cap and migration, 178. 
Ichthyornis (fossil), 202, 208. 
Identification, various, 213 et seq. 
Incubation, in general, origin of, 96 
et seq.; male’s assistance and at- 
tention in, 50, 87, 88; and migra- 
tion, 100; affecting crop, 131. 
