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Tent Continued. 



time to employ, 7 ; time required 

 for birds to become accustomed 

 to, 14-15 ; precautions in use of, 

 18-19; experiments in use of, 

 tabulated, 21-25; protection af- 

 forded by, 32-33; illustrations in 

 use of, 36-55; as an observatory 

 for birds, 37, 38; mounted over 

 water, 44-46; dimension and con- 

 struction of, 56-57 ; directions for 

 use of. 59-62; on elevated plat- 

 form, 64, in; as means of tam- 

 ing birds, 236-240 



Tent-cloth, material and color of, 



56, 57, 59 



Tent-frame, dimensions and con- 

 structions of, 56-57 



Tent-pins, form and use of, 57 



Tent- window, position of, 60 



Tern, the Common (Sterna hir- 

 undo), remarkable scene at nest 

 of, 33-34; nest-building instinct 

 of, 1 66 



Thorndike, Edward, xviii 



Throat, inflation of, in Red-eyed 

 Virep, 68; color of, in young 

 Robin, 74; response of, in young 

 birds, 92, 198-199; in Chestnut- 

 sided Warbler, 175; as target for 

 the parent, 199 



Thrush, Brown (Harporhynchus 

 rufus), camping beside nest of, 

 174; brooding of young in, 174- 

 175; excreta of young eaten by, 

 189; attracted by alarm of 

 Robin, 224; Wilson's or Veery 

 (T Urdus fusee scens) , premature 

 development of fear in young of, 

 220 



Titlark, English, illustration of 

 parental instinct in, xxi 



Trees, keeping cut branches of, 

 fresh, 32 



Trial movements. See Tropisms 



Tripod, best forms of, 68 



Tropic Bird (Phcethon flavirostris} , 

 pugnacity of, during incubation, 

 179 



Tropisms, definition and illustra- 

 tions of, 196-197 



Venice, "doves" or pigeons of, 228 

 Vireo, Red-eyed (Vireo olivaceus), 



coming to tent, 14; calls and 

 voracity of young of, 54; War- 

 bling (Vireo gilvus), displace- 

 ment of nest and habits of, 54; 

 habits and home-life of, 103- 

 114; behavior of young of, 107- 

 108; preying instinct in young 

 of, 1 08; food of young of, no; 

 rate of feeding at nest of, no; 

 by deer-mouse, 114; old nest of, 

 utilized by Yellow Warblers, 114; 

 call-notes of, 183; disposal of 

 excreta of young by, 189-190; 

 habit of approaching nest in, 

 206; attracted by alarm of 

 Robin, 224 



W 



Walking, instinct of, in verte- 

 brates, 138; peculiar habit of, in 

 young Kingfishers, 138 



Wallace, Alfred Russell, 165 



Warbler, Yellow (Dendroica (estiva) 

 appropriation of Red-eyed 

 Vireo's nest by, 114; nesting 

 habits of, 175-176; Chestnut- 

 sided (Dendroica pennsylvanica) , 

 excreta of young of, eaten by, 

 189-190; fate of rightful young 

 of, 222; Magnolia (Dendroica 

 maculosa), as foster parent to 

 Cowbird, 222-223; attracted by 

 alarm of Robin, 224; Maryland 

 Yellow Throat (Geothlypis tri- 

 chas} , attracted by alarm of Rob- 

 in, 224; taming of, 236-240; 

 photographing without tent, 239- 

 240; 



Waxwing, Bohemian (Ampelis gar- 

 rulus), tameness of, 242; Cedar, 

 see Cedar-bird 



Whitman, C. O., xviii 



Wildness, origin and nature of, 228, 

 242-243 



Woodpecker, cleanliness of nests 

 of, 188; Golden Shafted, see 

 Flicker 



Wren, House (Troglodytes aedon), 

 habits and home-life of, 38-44; 

 displacement and protection of 

 nest of, 39; dismemberment of 

 prey by, 41 ; opening nest of, 42 ; 

 disposal of excreta in, 43 ; bill of 

 fare of young of, 43; Golden 



