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INDEX. 



Bluebird, 49, 260. 



Bobolink, 16, 36, 37, 38, 54, 55, 60, 63, 



170. 

 Bob-white, 36, 110. 

 Bonusa umbellus, 111. 

 Botaiirus lentiginosus, 98. 

 Bubonic!;*, 124. 

 Bull-bat, 144. 

 Bunting, Bay-winged, 182. 



Black-throated, 210. 



Indigo, 63, 206. 



Snow, 196. 

 Butcher-bird, 218. 

 Buteo borealis, 120. 



lineatus, 116. 

 Butter-bird, 172. 

 Buzzard, Turkey, 115. 

 Buzzards, 8. 



Call-notes, significance of, 63. 



Canaries, 39. 



Caprimulgidie, 142. 



Cardinal, 207. 



Cardinalis cardinalis, 207. 



Carpodacus purpureus, 200. 



Cassique, 23. 



Cassowary, 19. 



Catbird, 69, 237. 



Cathartes aura, 115. 



Cathartidae, 115. 



Certhia familiaris americana, 246. 



CerthiidtB, 246. 



Ceryle alcyon, 136. 



Chastura pelagica, 146. 



Chambergo, 172. 



Charadriidae, 106. 



Chat, Yellow-breasted, 236. 



Chebec, 156. 



Chelidon erythrogaster, 214. 



Chewink, 204. 



Chickadee, 7, 8, 70, 248. 



Carolina, 248. 

 Chippy, 186. 



Ked-capped, 194. 



Winter, 194. 

 Chondestes grammacus, 208. 

 Chordeiles virginianus, 144. 

 Circus hudsonius, 120. 



Cistothorus palustris, 244. 

 Clamatores, 150. 

 Clape, 140. 

 Clivicola riparia, 214. 

 Coccyces, 132. 

 Coccyzus aiiiericauus, 132. 



erythrophthahnus, 134. 

 Colaptes auratus, 140. 

 Colmus virginianus, 110. 

 Colors of birds, 35. 

 Color and age, 36. 



and climate, 39. 



and food, 39. 



and haunt and habit, 41. 



and sex, 45. 

 Colunibce, 112. 

 Colunibidfe, 112. 

 Contopus virens, 158. 

 Coot, 27, 28, 100. 

 Cormorants, 69. 

 Corvida;, 161. 

 Corvus americauus, 161. 

 Cowbird, 176. 



Creeper, Brown, 16, 25, 246. 

 Creepers, 6, 15, 16, 246. 

 Crossbill, American, 196. 

 Crow, American, 161. 

 Crow-duek, 100. 

 Cuckoo, Black-billed, 134. 



Yellow-billed. 7, 132. 

 Cuculidce, 132. 

 Cyanocitta eristata, 163. 



Deceptive coloration, 44. 

 Dendrocolaptidae, 32. 

 Dendroica sestiva, 228. 



coronata, 228. 



virens, 228. 

 Dickcissel, 210. 

 Directive colors, 44. 

 Diving Birds, 84. 

 Docimastes, 31. 

 Dolichonyx oryzivorus, 170. 

 Dove, Carolina, 112. 



Mourning, 112. 

 Dryobates pubescens, 138. 



villosus, 138. 

 Duck, Black, 92. 



