262 
Canada Goose, its manner of feeding, 
237 
Canada Grouse, 202. 
Canada Jay, 57. 
Canvas-back Duck, 244. 
Cardinal Grosbeak, 89. 
Audubon quoted on, 90. 
Carolina Dove, 196. 
Carolina Parrot, 147. 
destructiveness of, 148. 
roost in companies, 148. 
Wilson’s account of one, 149- 
151. 
Carolina woods, music of, 66, 69, 70. 
Cedar-Bird, 61-63. 
beauty of its plumage, 62. 
Chick-a-de-de, 111. 
Chimney Swallow, 118-121. 
Chuck-wills-widow, 115-117. 
Cliff Swallow, 123. 
Color of feathers, useful purposes 
served by, 22, 23. 
Comet-tail Humming Bird, 159. 
Common Magpie, 54. 
Common Tern, 252. 
Condor, anecdote illustrating the 
strength of, 172, 173. 
Courage of birds, 72, 104, 178, 183, 
219. 
Cow-bird, 35, 61, 96. 
how hatched, 36. 
Cranes, 211. 
Cray-fish, how caught by the White 
Ibis, 224. 
Crested Titmouse, 111. 
Crossbill, 87, 88. 
Crow, 48. 
anecdote of a, 51. 
can be domesticated, 50. 
his extreme wariness, 48. 
nest of, 49, 50. 
services of, to the farmer, 49. 
Cuckoo, 141-143. 
American, rear theirown young, 
142. 
services of, to the farmer, 143. 
Cursores, orders of, 15. 
Delalande Humming Bird, 158-161. 
Depredations on crops, how com- 
pensated for, 38, 49, 104, 139, 1438. 
Duck Hawk, 183, 
Ducks, 240-249, 
Eagle, nest of, 25. 
Eagles sometimes attack human spe- 
cies, 178, 179. 
INDEX. 
Eagles, stratagems of, to secure thei) 
prey, 175. 
Edible Swallow, 124. 
Eggs, number of, in a nest, etc., 26 
Egrets, 228-230. 
Eider Duck, 245. 
Audubon on, 246, 247. 
down of, how procured, 245, 246 
seldom found south ot Nev 
York, 246. 
Falcon, 184. 
Feather, 22. 
colors of, serve a useful purpose 
) 2d. 
Finches, 78-98. 
Fishing by a bird, 186, 187, 224. 
Flamingo, 232. 
Flicker, 159, 140. 
activity of, 140, 141. 
Flight of the Raven, 47. 
Flight of various birds, described, 19 
Fly-Catchers, 94, 99-105. 
Gamble’s Partridge, 201. 
account of, by McCall, 201, 202 
Genera, 28. 
Gralle, 18. 
Great Black-backed Gull, 254. 
his voracity, 256. 
Great Carolina Wren, 109. 
Great Crested Fly-Catcher, 105. 
Great White Egret, 228. 
Great White Owl, 186. 
Greenland, birds of, 79. 
Green-winged Teal, 243. 
Goat-sucker, the term an absurdity 
iy. 
Golden Eagle, 178. 
feathers of, prized by the In 
dians, 178. 
Golden-crowned Thrush, 71. 
Golder aeed Woodpecker, 139 
140. 
Gosse, account of a remarkable par 
rot by, 143-147. 
Ground-squirrel and Sand Piper 
contest between, 219, 220. 
Grouse, 202. 
Gulls, 254-256. 
Hanging-bird, 40. 
Hawk Owl, 184. 
a connecting link between the 
Hawk and the Owl, 185. 
Herons, 227-231. 
Hooded Merganser, 248, 249. 
