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Birds Continued. 



of, 1 80; automatic response in 

 gullet of young of, 181, 182, 199, 

 economy of food in, 183, 193; 

 struggles with insects at nest of, 

 184; inspection and cleaning of 

 nest in, 188-193; use f excreta 

 of young as food by, 189-193; 

 force of habit displayed in, 204; 

 adaptability of, 207; change of 

 diet in, 210; mental life of, 212; 

 fear in old and young of, 214- 

 227; use of pot-belly in young of, 

 220; lack of discrimination in 

 young of, 221; taming of, 230; 

 tanieness of, in nature, 240; at 

 Galapagos Islands, 242; wild- 

 ness of, in Arctic America, 242; 

 (see under names of species) 



Blackbird, Crow, or Purple Grackle 

 (Quiscalus quiscala) , nest-clean- 

 ing instincts of, 189 



Blackbird, European (Merulaatra), 

 habits of, 178; food of, 181 



Blackbird, Redwing (Agelaeus phce- 

 niceus), preparation of nesting 

 site of, for use of tent, 45 ; be- 

 havior of, 47 ; erection of feathers 

 in female of, 47; respiration of, 

 47 ; flight of young from nest of, 

 48; eating of excreta of young 

 by, 189; force of habit displayed 

 in, 208-209 



Black cherry tree as aviary in late 

 summer, 102 



Blackwall, John, xxi, 189 



Bluebird (Sialia sialis), feeding 

 young in, 73 ; arrival of, at Cleve- 

 land, O., 84; call-notes of, 115; 

 choice and care of nesting site in, 

 1 1 6 ; displacement of nest of, 1 1 6 ; 

 general habits of, 116-121; nest- 

 hole of, 116; polygamy in, 116; 

 behavior of, after removal of 

 nest, 1 1 8 ; strength of parental in- 

 stincts in, 1 1 8, 121 ; use of tail 

 for support in, 1 1 8 ; food of young 

 of, 120; nest- cleaning of, 120; 

 defense of nest of, 121; individu- 

 ality and pugnacity of, 121; num- 

 ber of broods of, 121; rate of 

 feeding young in, 121; repair of 

 nest in, 121 



Breeding season, lateness of, in 

 Cedar-bird and Goldfinch, 87 



Brooding in Robin, 46, 47, 173- 

 174; in Redwing Blackbird, 47; 

 in Red-eyed Vireo, 112; in Night 

 Hawk, 134; in Cedar-bird, 173; 

 importance of, 173; in Brown 

 Thrush, 174; in Kingbird, 174 

 175; in Chestnut-sided Warbler, 

 175; behavior of birds in, 179; 

 in Flicker, 224 



Broods, number of, in Robin and 

 Bluebird, 12; in House Sparrow, 

 13; in domestic Pigeon, 13 



Brown Thrush. See Thrush 



Burlington (Vt.), arrival of Robins 

 at, 84; nest of Black Duck at, 

 219 



Cairo, Shoe-Bill in zoological gar- 

 dens of, 178 



Call- notes of Cedar-bird, 37, 92; 

 of House Wren, 40; of Robin, 

 77; of Red-eyed Vireo, 103; of 

 Bluebird, 115; of Night Hawk, 

 134; of Kingfisher, 139140 



Camera, value of, in portrayal of 

 animals in action, xxiv; its rela- 

 tion to the work of the artist, 

 xx v; size, construction, best 

 forms of, for field work, 63 ; the 

 twin lens, 65 ; the reflecting, in- 

 vention, and history of , 65 



Cats; as enemies of young birds, 28 ; 

 how to protect young birds from, 

 29, 63 



Catbird (Galeoscoptes carolinensis), 

 shyness of, 14, 122; alarm notes 

 of, 122; minute observations on, 

 122-128; behavior of young of, 

 124, 126, 128; development of 

 wing-quills in young of , 125, 128; 

 rate of feeding young in, 126; 

 suppression of fear in, 126; cap- 

 ture_of dragon- flies by, 127; eat- 

 ing of excreta of young by, 128; 

 attracted by alarm of Robin, 224 



Cedar-bird, Cedar- Waxwing (Am- 

 pelis cedroruni), the nesting of, 

 36,87-91,93; removal of nesting 

 bough of, 36, 91; call-notes of, 

 37,92; care of young by, 38, 92, 

 100; flight of young of, 38, 98; 

 winter flocks of, 52; spring and 



