Index 



319 



Chickadees Continued 



156; friendliness of, 128; Hud- 

 sonian, 138, 139, 140, 145; 

 in New Hampshire, 7; insect- 

 eating bird, 16; investigating 

 rifle, 7; nesting box for, situa- 

 tion of, 199, 206; suet, 8; 

 tameness of, 5; value of, no; 

 Washington, 159; window box, 

 148; winter food of, 137; 

 work of, in 



Chipmunks, 29 



Cincinnati Zoological Park, 51 



Citizen Bird, 74 



Clap nets, 50 



Claremont (N. H.) Bird Club, 280 



Clark University, 251 



Clubs, bird, advertising of, 275; 

 debates, 290; desirability of, 

 272; dues, 278; exhibitions, 

 280; growth of, 297; members, 

 276; Meriden, 137, 140, 228, 

 2 3 I > 273, 281; necessity for, 

 271; organizations interested 

 in, 297; organization of, 269; 

 place of meeting, 274; plea 

 for, 298; work, 278 



Coccidiosis, disease of intestines, 

 18; sparrows as carriers of, 18 



Collectors, scientific, 72, 73 



Columbus, Christopher, value of 

 birds to, 87 



Connecticut, Canaan, 36 ; Stam- 

 ford, 14 



Conservation, bird, 254 



Corbin Game Preserve, 41 



Corn, cracked, Kaffir, whole, 139, 

 140 



Cornfield Bird Club of Cornish, 

 N. H., 279 



Cornish, N. H., 26 



Courage, 10, n 



"Cover," description of, 167; 

 value of, 1 68 



Cowbirds, value of, 107 



Coyotes, enemies of birds, 21 



Crane, whooping, extinction of, 54 



Cranes, destroyers of insects, 

 88,89 



Creation, The, Haydn, 121 

 Creepers, 16; brown, 138, 145; 



destroyers of insects, 1 1 1 

 Crickets, black, destruction of, 



85 



Crossbills, 66, 148; American, 

 3, 140; fearlessness of, 141; 

 white-winged, 3, 140, 144 



Crows, 116, 133, 138, 246; 

 economic value of, 105, 106; 

 in raccoons' pen, 25; nest 

 robbing by, 33 



Crumbs, bread, dog-biscuit, 

 doughnut, 139, 140 



Cuckoos, black-billed, 100 ; Class- 

 ification of, 84; destroyers of 

 insects, 101 ; yellow-billed, 100 



Curlews, bristle-thighed, 59; de- 

 stroyers of insects, 89 ; Esqui- 

 mau, 89 ; Esquimau, extinction 

 of i 5 J 53; nesting grounds, 

 slaughter of, winter quarters 

 of, 52 



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Damage done by "so-called" 

 sportsmen, 63, 64 



Deane, Walter, 189 



Dearborn, Ned, 79, 101, 242 



Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C., 81, 82, 

 102, 190, 191, 195, 264 



Destroyers of bird life, civilized 

 man, savages, 40 



Destroyers of insects, 88 



Destruction of birds, disease, 10, 

 17; elements, 10; foreigners, 

 66; forest fires, 42; light- 

 houses, 40; lumber camps, 71 ; 

 mining camps, 71; Statue of 

 Liberty, New York Harbor, 

 40; wholesale, 39; wild birds, 

 17; wire fences, 41; wires, 

 telephone, telegraph, electric 

 light, trolley, 41 



Directory of Officials and Organi- 

 zations Concerned with the 

 Protection of Birds and Game, 

 297 



