INDEX. 



Heavy-faced type indicates the principal reference to any subject. 



All important references to each bird are to be found under its scientific, and its vernacular, 

 name, a-s used in the Check-List of the American Ornithologists' Union. 



Unless otherwise specified, streets mentioned are in Cambridge, and towns mentioned are in 

 Massachusetts. 



A. D. Club, 82. 

 Abbot, Samuel L., 198. 

 Abbott, Edwin H., 206. 

 Acacia Street, 295. 

 Acadian Owl, 59, 200. 

 Sharp-tail, 275. 

 Sharp-tailed Finch, 32, 276. 



Sparrow, 32, 57, 274, 275. 

 acadica, Cryptoglaux, 56, 59, 61, 199, 200. 

 Acanthis brewsterii, 58, 260. 



hornemannii exilipes, 58, 59, 258-260. 

 linaria, 28, 35, 56, 59, 258-261, 263. 

 holboellii, 58, 59, 259, 260. 

 rostrata, 56, 59, 259, 260. 

 Accidental visitors, 57. 

 Accipiter atricapillus, 57, 185. 

 cooperii, 55, 184. 

 velox, 18, 56, 183, 321. 

 accipitrinus, Asio, 56, 196. 

 Acomenticus [,Me.], 70. 

 Actitis macularia, 33, 38, 55, 60, 167. 

 Actodromas maculata, 32, 57, 158. 



minutilla, 32, 56, 159-161, 169. 

 Acton, 336. 



acuta, Dafila, 41, 49, 57, 110. 

 Adams, C. F., Jr., 69, 70, 121, 128, 130, 142, 172, 



175. 

 Adams estate, 215, 239, 244, 334. 

 aedon, Troglodytes, 13, 18, 21, 26-28, 35, 53, 55, 



61, 66-68, 256, 304, 367, 395. 

 jEgialitis semipalmata, 32, 33, 57, 115, 117, 161, 



169. 

 jEgiothus flavirostris, 260. 



brewsterii, 260. 

 aeneus, Quiscalus quiscula, 12, 14, 22, 25, 55, 67, 



241, 248, 249, 251. 

 aestiva, Dendroica, 13, 15, 21, 25, 28, 29, 49, 51, 



55, 63, 240, 325. 331, 337, 354. 

 affinis, Aythya, 36, 39-41, 56, 60, 116. 

 Agassiz, Louis, S3, 198. 

 Agelaius phneniceus, 19, 22, 23, 46, 49-51, 55, 60, 



241, 242, 248, 250, 278, 287, 354. 

 agilis, Geothlypis, 48, 57, 59, 350. 



Agowamme, 71. 



Agyrtria viridissima, 58, 222. 



Aix .sponsa, 36, 37, 40, 43, 45, 46, 49, 53, 56, 61, 



79, 83, 106, 111. 

 Alauda arvensis, 58, 232. 

 alba, Guara, 131. 



albeola, Charitonetta, 36, 40, 57, 60, 119. 

 Alberta, 204. 



albicollLs, Zonotrichia, 16, 56, 60, 276, 277. 

 albifrons, Nyctale, 201. 

 Alca torda, 90. 



alcyon, Ceryle, 18, 38, 55, 194, 209. 

 Aider, black, 47, 351, 388. 

 Alder Flvcatcher, 56, 59, 61, 230. 

 Aldrich, Pertia W., 92. 

 'Alert,' ship, 77. 

 Alewife, 44, 91, 191, 194. 

 Alewife Brook, 42-45, 47, 49, 83, 102, 106, 107, 



112, 133, 138, 139, 145, 156-158, 202, 



241, 371, 393. 

 Alice's Thrush, 386. 

 alicia; bickneUi, Hylocichla, 18, 57, 386, 387. 



Hylocichla, 18, 57, 386, 387. 

 Alle alle, 57, 61, 90. 

 Allen, F. H., 252. 

 Allen, Glover M., 3, 92, 114, 136, 141, 204, 205, 



259, 266, 290, 295, 332, 334, 352, 353, 



356. 

 Allen, J. A., 69, 135, 142, 151, 186, 194, 222, 232, 



233, 241, 242, 250, 251, 262, 264, 272, 



273, 296, 306, 321, 325, 332, 356. 

 Almy, Mrs. Charles, 82, 173. 

 alnorum, Empidonax traillii, 56, 59, 61, 230. 

 alpestris, Otocoris, 56, 233, 266, 267, 360. 



praticola, Otocoris, 58, 234, 266. 

 alpina .sakhalina, Pelidna, 57, 160. 

 Alstead, N. H., 185. 

 alternifolia, Cornus, 314. 

 American Bittern, 32, 45, 46, 49-52, 55, 61, 80, 



132. 

 Coot, 36, 37, 40, 41, 46, 49-51, 56, 60, 115, 



117, 150-152. 

 Crossbill, 16, 35, 54, 59, 256-259. 



