INDEX. 
House Wren, 106. 
en of, by Wilson, 106- 
109 
its quarrelsome disposition, 108. 
Humming Bird, extensive range of,” 
152, 
female deposits but two eggs, 
food of, 164. 
nests of various species, 25, 161. 
number of species, 152, 
plumage of, 159, 165. 
seldom live long in captivity, 
160. 
species found in the United 
States, 166, 167. 
Humming Birds of Brazil and Qui- 
ana, 157, 158. 
Ibis, 222. 
Indigo Bird, 82. 
Insessores, 16. 
orders of, 15. 
Irving’s description of the Bobolink, 
-35,. 
Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 136-138. 
Wilson’s account of, 137. 
Jay, Blue, 56. 
Canada, 57. 
Prince Maximilian’s, 58. 
wide diffusion of the family, 54. 
Kildeer Plover, 214-216, 
Kingfisher, 127-129. 
Labrador, birds of, 79. 
Lapland Longspur, 79. 
Lazuli Finch, 83. 
Least Tern, 252. 
Leona Night Jar, 21. 
Lilljeborg’s classification of birds, 
15 
Little Egret, 229, 230. 
Long-tailed Duck, 247. 
Magpie, 52. 
in United States, not found east 
of the Mississippi, 52. 
two species in United States, 54. 
Wilson quoted on, 53. 
Mallard, 240. 
Audubon on, 241. 
Maryland Yellow -Throat, 95. 
McCall’s account of American House 
Finch, 85. 
of Gamble’s Partridge, 201. 
263 
Meadow Lark, 42, 43. 
Migration of birds, 24, 25. 
Mocking-Bird, 69, 70. 
will attack the Rattlesnake, 72, 
Mother Carey’s Chickens, 258. 
Natatores, 18. 
orders of, 15. 
Nest of American Flamingo, 232, 
Baltimore Oriole, 40, 41, 
Belted Kingfisher, 131, 
Bluebird, 74. 
Butcher-Bird, 59. 
Great Black-backed Gull, 255. 
House Finch, 86. 
House Wren, 106. 
Humming Bird, 161. 
Kildeer Plover, "215. 
Meadow Lark, "43. 
Merganser, 249, 
Orchard Oriole, 42. 
Partridge, 200. 
Petrel, 258. 
Piping Plover, 214. 
Prairie Hen, 204, 
Scarlet Tanager, 92, 
Snowy Heron, 231, 
Swallow, 123. 
Virginia Rail, 210, 211, 
White-eyed Vireo, 61. 
Woodcock, 222. 
Wood Duck, 248. 
Yellow-poll War bler, 95. 
Nests of birds, 25. 
Night-Hawk, 112. 
its powers of flight, 113, 114. 
usually flies by day, 113. 
Night Heron, 227. 
breeding-places of, 228. 
wariness of, 227. 
Nightingale, song of, represented n 
words, 97. 
Night Owls, 187. 
Nonpareil Finch, 83, 84. 
Nuthatch, 63, 64. 
value of, to the farmer, 65. 
Orchard Oriole, 42. 
Orders of birds, 14. 
how subdivided, 28. 
Oriole, 40-42. 
nest of, 26. 
Owl, 185. 
some varieties diurnal, 186-188, 
Painted Finch, 83. 
plumage of, 84. 
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