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INDEX 



Jack, Whiskey, feeding in winter, 



87; tamed to feed from hand, 



84. 

 Jay, Blue, eating fruit, 129 ; feeding 



in winter, 87. 

 Jay, Oregon, feeding in winter, 87 j 



tamed to feed from hand, 84. 

 Junco, eating fruit, 129; feeding in 



winter, 87. 



Kingbird, eating f ruit, 129. 

 Kinglet, Golden-crowned, feeding 

 in winter, 87. 



Lark, Shore, feeding in winter, 87. 



Limbs, hollow, for nesting-houses, 

 15. 



Longspur, Lapland, feeding in win- 

 ter, 87. 



Martin, attempts to reestablish, 34; 



nesting-houses for, 37. 

 Mockingbird, feeding in winter, 87. 

 Mortality among winter birds, 4. 

 Mud for nests, 66. 



Nesting-houses, birds using, 14. See 



also Houses. 

 Nesting-material, kinds to expose, 



55. 



Nesting-sites, destruction of natur- 

 al, 2 ; plants for, 124. 

 Nuthatch, Red-breasted, feeding in 



winter, 87; tamed to feed from 



hand, 84. 

 Nuthatch, White-breasted, feeding 



in winter, 87; tamed to feed from 



hand, 84. 



Observations on bird tenants, 143. 

 Oriole, Baltimore, eating fruit, 129 ; 



nesting-material for, 56. 

 Oriole, Orchard, eating fruit, 129. 

 Owl, Screech, feeding in winter, 87; 



in nesting-house, 40. 



Pheasant, feeding in winter, 87. 

 Phoebe, eating fruit, 129; nesting- 

 shelf for, 54. 



Photographing, at nesting-houses, 

 160; winter birds, 161. 



Plants, for food, 125; for ornament- 

 ation, 132; for shelter, 123. 



Problems of bird-life, 11. 



Protection of birds in schools, 136. 



Quail, eating fruit, 129; feeding in 

 winter, 87. 



Redpoll, feeding in winter, 87; 

 tamed to feed from hand, 84. 



Restaurant, school-yard, 147. 



Robin, eating fruit, 129; in nesting- 

 house, 41 ; nesting-trays for, 53. 



Schools, building nesting-houses in, 

 138 



School-yard, feeding birds in, 147; 

 fountain in, 152; nesting-houses 

 in, 142. 



Shelf on tree, 90 ; moving, 93 ; win- 

 dow, 91. 



Shelter, for winter birds, 92; plants 

 for, 98. 



Siskin, Pine, feeding in winter, 87. 



Sparrow, Chipping, nesting-mate- 

 rial for, 56; tamed to feed from 

 hand, 84. 



Sparrow, English, poisoning, 107; 

 protecting food from, 104 ; remov- 

 ing eggs of, 71 ; shooting, 76 ; trap- 

 ping, 77, 106 ; in winter, 103. 



Sparrow, Fox, eating fruit, 129; 

 feeding in winter, 87. 



Sparrow, Song, eating fruit, 129; 

 feeding in winter, 87. 



Sparrow, Tree, eating fruit, 129; 

 feeding in winter, 87. 



Sparrow, White-crowned, eating 

 fruit, 129; feeding in winter, 87. 



Sparrow, White-throated, eating 

 fruit, 129; feeding in winter, 87. 



Starling, feeding in winter, 87; in 

 nesting-houses, 42. 



Suet-box, 92. 



Swallow, Bank, eating fruit, 129. 



Swallow, Barn, nesting-shelf for, 54. 



Swallow, Eave, nesting-shelf for, 55. 



