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Index 



Incubation, period of, Continued. 

 93-94; in Chipping Sparrow, 

 170; origin and evolution of in- 

 stinct of, 146; behavior of birds 

 during, 179 



Insects, treatment of, by Wrens, 41 ; 

 struggles of birds with, 184-186; 

 instincts of, 203 



Inspection of young and nest, the 

 importance and significance of, 

 188-193; {see also under names 

 of species) 



Instincts and life of birds, the needs 

 of the student of, xxi ; Select 

 bibliography of, xxiii; the build- 

 ing (see Nest- Building) ; as key to 

 problem of approach to wild 

 birds, 6 (see also under names of 

 species); the parental, analysis 

 of, 6, 7; the fighting, 10 (see Pug- 

 nacity); of fear, suppression of, 

 by parental instincts, 14-15 (see 

 Fear); in Great Herring Gull, 55; 

 of preening in young, 104; prey- 

 ing, in young Red-eyed Vireos, 

 1 08; of hiding or concealment in 

 relation to eggs, 147; of shield- 

 ing or spreading over young, 

 176-178; of inspection and sani- 

 tation in birds, 188-193; defini- 

 tion and analysis of, 196-198; 

 illustrations of , 198-203; of nest- 

 ling, 198, 199; relation of, to re- 

 flexes, 199-200 ; of Chimney Swift 

 in nest-building, 208; use of par- 

 ental, in taming birds, 234-240; 

 of "feigning" in Chestnut-sided 

 Warbler, 237 



Intelligence, the marks of, 211- 

 212; evolution of, 213 



J 



Jay, Canada, Moosebird (Perisoreus 

 canadensis) , tameness and habits 

 of, 232-233 



K 



Kearton, the brothers, blinds de- 

 signed by, 58-59 



Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus}, the 

 time spent by young of, in dis- 

 placed nest, 26; the breeding of, 

 49; habits and nest-life of, 49- 



53; disposal of excreta by, 105; 

 economy of food, in 183 ; exciting 

 scenes at nest of , 184; attracted 

 by alarms of other birds, 224; 

 perched on fishing-rod, 229 

 Kingfisher, the Belted (Ceryle al- 

 cyon), general habits and home 

 life of, 136-145; dimensions of 

 subterranean nest of, 136; use 

 of tarsus of foot of, 136; habits 

 of young of, 138-145; habit of 

 walking backward, how acquired 

 in young of , 138 ; use of tent before 

 tunnel of, 138-139; notes of adult 

 and young of, 139, 140; colors in 

 young of, 140-141; the feeding 

 habits of young of, 140; peculiar 

 expression in young of, 141; de- 

 velopment of fear in young of, 

 144; habits of young of, in cap- 

 tivity, 144-145; moving nesting 

 chamber by, 144; structure of 

 oesophagus and bill of, 145 ; trick 

 of, 145 



Leaves, plucking or cutting of, 

 about a nest, 20, 31; keeping 

 fresh on branches cut from trees 

 of various kinds, 32; result of 

 cutting of, at Catbird's nest, 128 



Lenses, kinds of, available for pho- 

 tographing wild animals, 65-68; 

 the Anastigmat, 66; qualities of , 

 most needed in animal photog- 

 raphy, 66; long focus, 66-67; 

 telephoto, 68 



Life, the most striking characteris- 

 tic of, 195 



Locust, Rocky Mountain, eaten by 

 birds during plague, 211 



Loeb, Jacques, xviii, 197 



Lucerne, Switzerland, habits of the 

 Ousel or Blackbird at, 178; cap- 

 ture of snake by Blackbird at, 

 181 



Lures, the young as, 15, 1 6; as a 

 means of taming, 230 



M 



Maple sap, sipping of, by Cedar- 

 birds, 102 



