Index 



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Cedar- Bird Continued. 



fall behavior of, 86, 87; late 

 breeding of, 86; breeding season 

 of, at Northfield, N. H., 86; quiet 

 nature of, 87; appendages to 

 feathers of wings and tails in 

 young and adult of, 87; food of, 

 87, 102; favorite nesting trees 

 and bushes of, 88; position, ma- 

 terials, and construction of nest 

 of, 88-89, 147; eggs, and num- 

 ber of young of, reared, 90; early 

 weakness of parental instincts of, 

 90; desertion of nest in, 90; the 

 hatching of, 90, 187; routine in 

 nesting habits of, 90, 95; re- 

 gurgitation of food for young in, 

 92, 100; number of berries car- 

 ried in gullet of. 92; function of 

 gullet in, 92, 181; inspection and 

 cleaning the nest by, 93 . 1 89 ; sud- 

 den appearance of sense of fear in 

 nestlings of, 93, 98 ; time occupied 

 in building nest by, 93; laying, 

 incubating, and hatching of eggs 

 in, 93, 94; young of, at birth, 

 94; age of young of, when eyes 

 open, 94; development of black 

 line through eye in, 99 ; upright 

 postures in young and adult of, 

 99. 100; rate of feeding of young 

 in, 100 ; similarity in sexes of, 

 101; nocking of, in August, 102; 

 habit of sipping maple sap in, 

 102; gaping habit in, 1 80; glut- 

 tony of, 181-182 ; peculiar signals 

 at nest of, 183; rate of growth 

 and weight of young of, 187-188; 

 eating excreta of young by, 190; 

 parasites in nest of, 191; reac- 

 tions of mother and child in, 

 198-199 



Chebec or Least Flycatcher (Em- 

 pidonax minimus) , nesting scene 

 of, 61; nest-building and re- 

 markable nest of, 159 



Cherry Bird. See Cedar-bird 



Chick, domestic, development and 

 hatching of, 170-172; instincts 

 of, 218-219 



Chickadee (Pants atricapillus), 

 during incubation, 179; cleanli- 

 ness of, 188; attracted by Robin's 

 alarm, 224; habits and tameness 

 of, 232 



Cicada, eaten by young of Cedar- 

 bird, 10 1 ; struggles of King- 

 birds with, 184; of House Spar- 

 row with, 1 86 



Clamp, the "Graphic" ball-and- 

 socket, 68 



Cleaning instinct, 188. See In- 

 stinct 



Cleveland, O., spring arrival of 

 Robins and Bluebirds at, 84; 

 Canada geese at, 234 



Color, discrimination of, in Cedar- 

 bird, 93; in Robin, 158 



Cowbird (Molothrus ater), young of, 

 in Warbler's nest, 222; nursed 

 by Chipping Sparrow, 222 



Crossbills, American (Loxia cur- 

 virostra minor), early nesting of, 



87 



Crow (Corvus americanus) , dis- 

 placement of nest of, 24 



Cuckoo (Coccyzus) , young of Eng- 

 lish, reared by Titlarks, xxi; ap- 

 pearance of feather-shafts in, 1 6 



Cycle, the reproductive, in birds, 

 7; minor components of, 9; 

 repetition of, 12, 13 



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Darwin, Charles, 242 



Dearborn, Ned, 21 



Development, of chick, 170; length 

 of period of, in birds, 172; and 

 growth of Cedar Waxwing, 187- 

 188 



Dragon-fly, capture and killing of, 

 by Kingbirds, 52, 184; as food of 

 young Warbling Vireos, 53; as 

 food of young Catbirds, 123, 127 



Duck, Black (Anas obscura), ab- 

 sence of fear in newly hatched 

 young of, 218; nesting of, 219; 

 behavior of young of, when pos- 

 sessed of fear, 219 



Eagle, behavior of, when nesting, 



compared with that of Night 



Hawk, 130-131 

 Earthworms, fed to young Robins, 



75, 79; habits and tropisms of, 



196, 197 



