EN Dix 
Accipitres, 16. 
Adaptation of the form of birds to 
motion through the air, 18. 
American Flamingo, 232. 
Audubon on, 232, 233. 
connecting link between the 
Waders and Swimmers, 234. 
American House Finch, 84. 
description of, by McCall, 85. 
American Raven, 45 
American Redstart, 93. 
American Swan, 238, 239. 
Anecdote of a Crow, 51. 
of a pair of Swallows, 121. 
of a Scarlet Tanager, 92. 
of a Thrush, 73. 
Appendages to wings of birds, 21. 
Arctic Bluebird, 78. 
Arctic Tern, 253. 
Audubon quoted: 
on American Flamingo, 282, 233. 
Blue Jay, 56. 
Canada Goose, 236-238, 
Canada Jay, 57. 
Cardinal Grosbeak, 90. 
Hider Duck, 246, 247. 
Mallard, 241, 242. 
Nonpareil Finch, 83. 
Rail, 209. 
Raven, 47. 
Red-backed Sand Piper, 216, 
217. 
Snowy Owl, 186, 187. 
Sparrow Hawk, 180. 
Swallow, 119-121. 
White Ibis, 223, 224. 
Wild Pigeon, 190-195, 
Wild Turkey, 198. 
Bald Eagle, 175. 
robs the Fish Hawk, 176. 
Baltimore Oriole, 40. 
Barn Swallow, 118. 
Belted Kingfisher, 127-129. 
Birds, orders of, 14. 
orders of, how subdivided, 28. 
parts of, figured, 14. 
power of flight denied to some, 
21. 
purposes subserved by color of 
feathers, 22, 23. 
sub-classes of, 15. 
their keen sense of danger, 27. 
their migrations, 24, 25. 
their remarkable instincts, 24. 
use of the tail in flight of, 21. 
Bird-mountains of Java, 124. 
Birds’-nests, edible, 124. 
Blackbird, Red-winged, 37-39. 
Black-capped Titmouse, 111. 
Black-headed Humming Bird, 157. 
Black Skimmer Gull, 251. 
Blacksnake and Brown Thrush, 73. 
Bluebird, 74-77. 
Blue Grosbeak, 90, 91. 
Blue Jay, 55. 
his bad character, 56. 
Blue-winged Teal, 248. 
Bobolink, 31. 
description of, by Irving, 31-35. 
Bonaparte Gull, 254. 
Brown Creeper, 111. 
Brown Thrush, 72. 
Bullock’s Oriole, 42. 
Bunting, Cow, 35, 61, 96. 
Snow, 79, 80. 
Burrowing Owl, 188. 
Butcher Bird, 58, 59. 
California Vulture, 172. 
California Woodpecker, 134. 
its mode of securing winter pro- 
visions, 135. 
always selects sound nuts, 136. 
Canada Goose, 235. 
Audubon on, 236-238. 
its keenness of sight and hear- 
ing, 237. 
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