INDEX 



Bear, a caged, 76. 



Bear, black, 260. 



Beaver, 166, 167 ; nature of his in 

 telligence, 209-211. 



Beebe, C. William, on instinct and 

 reason in birds, 215-217. 



Bees, 24. 



Belief, scientific grounds for, 173- 

 179. 



Birds, mistakes of, 4-6 ; their nest- 

 building, 4, 5, 70, 71; fighting 

 their reflections, 5, 6; taking ad 

 vantage of man s protection for 

 their nests, 6, 7; probably make 

 no improvement in nest-build 

 ing or singing, 70, 71 ; learn cun 

 ning by experience, 71 ; instincts 

 connected with parasitism, 79, 

 80; communication in flocks of, 

 96-98; courtship of, 103, 104 ; ac 

 tivities of the two sexes among, 

 111-114; song contests among, 

 114, 115 ; and glass, 127 ; incubat- 

 ing-habits of, 135 ; shading mate 

 and young from sun, 137, 138; 

 their knowledge of the value of 

 protective coloration, 138-140; 

 migration of, 186; their affection 

 for their young, 215 ; and shell 

 fish, 216 ; have no power of initi 

 ative, 232, 233 ; their handling of 

 Strings, 246-248; instinct in, 256- 

 261 ; variability in, 258-261. 



Bird s-nests, an epitome of wild 

 nature, 109; haphazard design 

 in, 109, 110. 



Bird-songs, the power to hear, 29; 

 not music, 29 ; elusiveness of, 

 30 ; a part of nature, 30 ; our 

 pleasure in them from associa 

 tion, 31-34 ; songs of caged birds, 

 32, 35; the wing-song, 39-44; in 

 dividual variation in musical 

 ability, 44-46; acquired by imi 

 tation, 67, 68. 



Bittern, least (Ardetta exilis), 

 eating her eggs, 111. 



Blackbird, crow, or grackle (Quis- 

 calus quiscula subsp.), catching 

 a fish, 176; enmity with robins, 

 263, 264. 



Blackbird, English, song of, 45, 

 227. 



Blackbird, red-winged. See Red- 

 shouldered starling. 



Black-knot, 27. 



Bluebird (Sialia stalls), hearing 

 the, 29. 



Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivo- 

 riis), its song in the home mead 

 ows, 36; variation in song, 69; 

 with defective song, 116. 



Body, the, intelligence of, 128. 



Bolles, Frank, 18. 



Bostock, Frank C., his The Train 

 ing of Wild Animals, 239-242. 



Brewster, William, 22. 



Buds, formation of, 50, 51. 



Bumblebee, hibernation of, 49. 



Burmeister, quoted on bees, 200. 



Calf, a wild, 214; a yearling and 

 its muzzle, 237. 



Canary-bird, 159; an incredible 

 story of a, 177, 178. 



Carlisle, Bishop of, 148. 



Cats, 66, 67, 73; fear of dogs, 75; 

 talking with the ears, 94, 95; 

 playing with mice, 100; watch 

 ing a mouse-hole, 186, 187; hu 

 man qualities of, 225, 226. 



Cat tribe, their method of hunt 

 ing, 183, 184. 



Cedar-bird (Ampelis cedrorum), 

 notes of, 46; nest-building of, 

 112 ; and strings, 247, 248 ; no 

 song impulse in, 257. 



Chapman, Frank M., his story of 

 a least bittern, 111. 



Chewink, or towhee (Pipilo 

 erythrophthalmus), the &quot; Her 

 mit s &quot; story, 93. 



Chickadee (Parus atricapillus), 

 flight of a young, 70; tameness 

 of, 205. 



Chipmunk, 159. 



Coon. See Raccoon. 



Cow, the, ignorance of, 123, 124 ; 

 187, 221. 



Cowbird (Molothrus ater), 79, 80, 

 156, 157 ; an incredible statement 

 regarding, 178, 179, 220. 



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