INDEX 



Adaptability of birds, 13. 



Blackbird, Crow, eating fruit, 129. 

 Blackbird, Red-winged, eating fruit, 



129. 

 Blackbird, Yellow-headed, feeding 



in winter, 87. 

 Bluebird, nesting-house for, 26; 



tamed to eat from hand, 84. 

 Box, observation, 19. See also 



Houses. 



Camera for bird photography, 156. 

 Cardinal, eating fruit, 129; feeding 



in winter, 87. 

 Cat, fences to keep out the, 63; 



outwitting the, 61 ; traps for the, 



63. 

 Catbird, eating fruit, 129. 

 Cedar-bird, eating fruit, 129. 

 Chickadee, eating fruit, 129 ; feeding 



in winter, 87; nesting-house for, 



26 ; tamed to feed from hand, 84. 

 Chickadee, Carolina, 28. 

 Covers for nesting-houses, 23. 

 Creeper, Brown, feeding in winter, 



87. 

 Crow, eating fruit, 129 ; feeding in 



winter, 87. 

 Crow, Clark's, feeding in winter, 87. 

 Cuckoo, eating fruit, 129. 



Duck, Wood, nesting-houses for, 28. 



Farm, value of birds on, 6. 

 Feeding birds, effect of, 5. 

 Fence, cat-proof, 63. 

 Finch, Gray-crowned Rosy, feeding 



in winter, 87. I 



Finch, House, nesting-h*>*ises for, 



29. \ 



Finch, Purple, eating fruit, 129. 



Flicker, eating fruit, 12y; feeding 

 in winter, 87; nesting-houses for, 

 30. 



Flycatcher, Crested, nesting-houses 

 for, 31. 



Food, in box, 92; in cocoanut, 92; 

 on ground, 90 ; on tree shelf, 90 ; on 

 tree trunk, 90 ; on window shelf ,91 ; 

 on moving shelf, 93; plants for, 

 125; for winter birds, 80, 88. 



Food-bell, 102. 



Food house, 100. 



Food tree, 100. 



Fountain, essentials of, 116; Dr. 

 Hodge's, 120; location of , 116; on 

 lawn, 117; pans for, 119; in school- 

 yard, 152; visitors at, 122. 



Fruits, eaten by birds, 128; birds 

 that eat, 129; to plant, 132; protec- 

 tion of cultivated, 133. 



Germany, experiments in, 7, 49, 99, 

 124. 



Goldfinch, feeding in winter, 87. 



Gourds, for nesting-houses, 22. 



Grosbeak, Evening, feeding in win- 

 ter, 87 ; tamed to feed from hand, 

 84. 



Grosbeak, Pine, eating fruit, 129; 

 feeding in winter, 87. 



Grosbeak, Rose-breasted, eating 

 fruit, 129 ; feeding in winter, 87. 



Grouse, Ruffed, eating fruit, 129; 

 feeding in winter, 87. 



nawk. Sparrow, in nesting-house, 



?2. 

 Houses, bark, 16; board, 18; clay, 22; 



swinging, 68; time to put out, 24; 



.'iu, 21. 



