Index 



251 



Matinicus Rock, Maine, the Terns 

 of, 1 66 



Megapode or Brush Turkey, nest- 

 ing habits of, 146 



Methods of bird-photography, the 

 old, xix; the new, 1-35; analy- 

 sis of the new, 6-16; application 

 of, 1 6-2 1 ; precautions to be ob- 

 served in use of, 18-21; extent 

 of application of, 21-25; table 

 of experiments in, 21-25; ob- 

 jections to, 28-33; advantages 

 of, 33-35; fascination of, 34; 

 illustrations of, 36-55; history 

 of development of, xix, 91-92; 

 see also under names of species 



Mirrors, use of, 71 



Mites, parasitic, on young of Cedar- 

 bird, 191 



Montagu, Col. G. (Ornithological 

 Dictionary of British Birds), xxi 



Morgan, Lloyd, xviii, 227 



Moths, habits and tropisms of, 

 197 



Mouse, Deer- or White-footed (Hes- 

 peromys leucopus), nest of Red- 

 eyed Vireo occupied by, 114 



X 



Naturalist, duty and privilege of, 

 xviii; patience of, 30 



Nest, of House Sparrow, 13; dis- 

 placement of, in Common Tern, 

 33; in House Wren, 43; in Great 

 Herring Gull, 55; photographing, 

 when inaccessible to tent, 68; of 

 Cedar-bird, 88-89, 93, 147; de- 

 struction of, in Red-eyed Vireo, 

 113; of same, used by Deer- 

 mouse, 114; of Red-eyed Vireo, 

 occupied by Yellow Warbler, 114; 

 of Night Hawk, 129, 134; of 

 Kingfisher, 136; function of, 148; 

 imperfect, 148; of Robin, 148- 

 159; variety and type-form of, 

 1 48 ; movement of nesting cham- 

 ber in Kingfisher, 149; remark- 

 able example of, in Chebec, 160; 

 of Great Herring Gull, 162; of 

 Phoebe, 165; inspection and sani- 

 tation of, 188-193 ; parasites of, in 

 Cedar- bird, 191, 192; of Chimney 

 Swift, 207-209; adaptation in 



character, and position of, 209; 

 of Black Duck, 219; of Magnolia 

 Warbler, 222; of Chestnut-sided 

 Warbler, 236 



Nest-building, in the Phoebe, n, 

 165; in Great Herring Gull, 12, 

 162; in Alligator, 146; in Mega- 

 pode or Brush Turkey, 146; in 

 Robin, 148; proof of instinctive 

 character of, 158; in Chebec, 159; 

 in Chipping Sparrow, 161; phil- 

 osophy of, 165; (Sporadic and 

 diffuse character of instinct of, 

 in Great Herring Gull, 165; in 

 Terns, 166 



Nest-life in birds, the best period 

 for student of, xxi; the oldest 

 illustrations of, xxii, 177-178 



Nesting site, displacement of, in 

 Chipping Sparrow, Redwing 

 Blackbird, and Cedar Waxwings, 

 xix; control of, 2-5; when to 

 change, 16-17 ; the choice of new, 

 by operator, 1 7 ; accidents due 

 to change of, guarded against, 

 18-20; experiments in change 

 of, tabulated, 21-25; attachment 

 of birds to, 27; of Kingfisher to, 

 136; importance of cleanliness 

 of, in passerine birds, 188; un- 

 usual, in Chimney Swift, 207-209 



Nestling, rate of, growth and de- 

 velopment of, 1 86; comparison 

 of growth of, with that of human 

 infant, 188 



Nidification. See Nest-Building 



Night Hawk, Bull-bat (Chordeiles 

 virginianus) , behavior of, during 

 incubation, 129; hatching of, 

 129; nest life and habits of, 129- 

 134; expression of fear in old 

 and young of, 130-131; the 

 growth of, 131-134; call and 

 alarm notes of, 132, 134; coral- 

 ling the young of, 132; en- 

 counter of young of, with snake, 

 132; feeding habits in young of, 

 132, 134; the feeding of young 

 of, 132-133; illumination of 

 throat of, 134; fledgling of, 135 



No Man's Island, Maine, Hernng 

 Gulls at, 54 



Northfield, N. H., breeding of, 

 Cedar-birds at, 86; nesting of 

 Kingfisher at, 136 



