INDEX 
ADAPTATION of nature to 
life, 184. 
Advice to a beginner in Or- | 
nithology, 19, 24, 32, | 
304, 327- | 
| 
BIRD-LIST, ambition for a 
large, 17%. 
for January, 41. 
for March, 96. 
for April 1oth, 116. 
for April 29th, 129. 
for April, 131. 
for September 28th, 263. 
for the year, 339. 
Bird-type, variations of, 64. 
Birds, association of, 27. 
favorite, of every land, 79, 
310. | 
in mid-summer, 193, 255. 
in spring, 81. 
in winter, 24, 32, 57, 92: 
296. 
instinct of, 177, 258, 262, 
312, 320. 
land and water, 124. 

Birds, longevity of, 324. 
mating of, 35, IIS, 323- 
plumage of, 29, 74, 100, 
140, 144, 159, 205, 258, 
296. 
progression of, on foot, 
281. 
progression of, on the 
wing, 282. 
service rendered by, 65, 
282. 
songs of, 114, 117, 147, 
236, 309, 311. 
stuffed, Io. 
wading and swimming, 
124. 
Birds'-eggs, 322. 
Birds’-nests, location of, 
an, 
materials of, 319. 
variéties of, 315. 
Blackbird, Crow, 87, 253. 
Red-winged, 91, 254. 
Bluebird, 233, 293- 
Bobolink, 236. 
Bob-white, 246. 
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