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INDEX 



Partridge, 133-136. 

 Partridge, The, poem, 137. 

 Phoebe, arrival in spring, 28 ; 



nests of, 29, 30. 

 Phoebe, The Coming of, poem, 31. 



Quail, on nest, 109-111. 



Robin, arrival in spring, 15 ; a 

 graceful warrior, 16 ; the 

 " robin racket," 16, 17 ; nest 

 and young, 18, 19 ; boring for 

 grubs, 19, 20. 



Shrike, northern, 147-150; 

 raided by a screech owl, 

 155. 



Snake, black, and song spar- 

 rows, 55, 56 ; and catbirds, 

 73-76. 



Sparrow, chipping, trying to 

 catch a miller, 36 ; feeding 

 young robins, 37, 38. 



Sparrow, song, unsuccessful 

 nestings, 53, 54 ; and a black 

 snake, 55, 56 ; a risky ex- 

 periment, 56-58; a bob- 

 tailed song sparrow's nest, 

 58-60. 



Swallow, chimney. See Swift, 

 chimney. 



Swift, chimney, nest of, 61, 62 ; 

 flight of, 61, 62 ; young, 63, 

 64 ; outriding the storms, 64; 

 habits of, 64-66; great gath- 

 erings and aerial evolutions 

 of, 66-68. 



Thrasher, brown, stealthiness 

 of, 42; nests of, 42-46; skulk- 

 ing, 83. 



Thrush, wood, grace and ele- 

 gance of, 83, 84 ; newspaper 

 in nests, 84-86 ; the song and 

 the nests, 86, 87 ; unsuccess- 

 ful nestings, 87-89 ; song 

 contests, 89, 90. 



Towhee. See Chewink. 



Warbler, black-throated blue, 

 a successful search for the 

 nest of, 100-105. 



Whip-poor-will, eggs of, 95 ; 

 assimilative coloration of, 95, 

 97, 99 ; young, % ; gait of, 

 97 ; song of, 97, 98 ; an old 

 bird with her young, 98, 99. 



Wilson, Alexander, 39-41. 



Woodpecker, downy, a winter 

 neighbor, 161-164; drum- 

 ming, 164-167 ; the mystery 

 of his hopping up and down the 

 trunks and branches, 167, 168. 



Woodpecker, The Downy, poem, 

 169. 



Woodpecker, golden-winged. 

 See Flicker. 



Wren, house, song of, 47 ; war 

 with bluebirds, 47-52. 



Wren, winter, in his summer 

 home, 119, 120; in winter, 

 120, 121. 



Yarup. See Flicker. 

 YeUowbird. See Goldfinch. 



