Index 



Kingfisher, Belted, 142,228. 

 Kinglet, Golden-crowned, ' 



25, 101, 103, 263. 

 Ruby-crowned, 102, 145, 



280. 



MANKIND, from a bird's 

 point of view, 211. 



March, character of, 78. 



Melumbium speciosum, 

 267. 



Migrations of birds, 48, 

 152, 176, 253, 254, 256. 



Mocking-bird, 333. 



NATURE, from a farmer's 



point of view, 65, 237. 

 infinity of life in, 308. 

 inventions borrowed from. 



325- 



Nidification, 311, 322. 

 Night-hawk, 185. 

 Nuthatch, Red - breasted, 



120. 

 White-breasted, 34, 102, 



ORIOLE, BALTIMORE, 197, 



Ornithology, attractions of, 

 7, 146, 297, 307. 



books upon, 12, 327. 



school and field, 5, 303. 



scientific, 6. 



opportunities for, 12. 

 Oven-bird, 130, 143, 262. 



PEACOCK, 201. 

 Pewee, Wood, 164, 182. 

 Phoebe, 93, 94, 102, 114. 

 Pigeons, the, 37. 



REDSTART, 145, 200. 

 Robin, 62, 82, 90, 138, 220, 



SIS- 

 utility of the, 285. 



SANDPIPER, SOLITARY, 



228, 261. 

 Spotted, 126. 

 Sandpipers, the, 126. 

 Scope of present volume, 



ix, 13- 



Seasons, advantage in al- 

 ternation of, 71. 

 comparison of the, 273. 

 Sentiment versus science, 



267. 



Sexes, disparity of, in plu- 

 mage, 74. 

 Shrikes, the, 84. 

 Simplocarpus fcetidus, 95. 

 Snow-bird, 40, 62, 90, 280. 

 Sounds of day and night, 



245- 

 Sparrow, Chipping, 105, 



244. 



English, 42, 156. 

 Field, 128. 



Fox, 89, 117. 293, 332. 

 Song, 40, 62, 77, 78, zoo, 



294. 

 Tree, 106. 



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