Index 



323 



Nesting sites, necessity for, 192 



New England, 12, 116 



Newfoundland, 52 



New Hampshire, 7, 41, 144; 

 Cornish, 26; Meridcn, 145, 

 156, 163, 190, 199, 214, 220, 

 231 ; Meridcn Bird Club, 289 



Newton Centre, Mass., 152, 167 



New York City, 295 



New York Zoological Society, 

 297 



Norfolk, Connecticut, 283 



North Carolina, 91 



Nutcracker, Clark's, 138 



Nuthatches, 5, 16, 66, 137, 159; 

 red-breasted, 2, 138, 139, 140, 

 145, 199, 208; situation of 

 nest boxes, 199, 208; value of, 

 no; white-breasted, 2, 138, 

 139, 140, 145, 199, 208; work 

 of, no 



Nuts, 6; broken, 5, 139; nut- 

 meat, 128 



Oats, 139 



Opossums, destroyers of nests, 



3 



Origin of music, 120 



Orioles, market for, 44; value of, 

 107 



Ornis, Spirit of all birds, 118 



Osborne, C. A., 251 



Owls, Arcadian, 212; barn, food 

 of, value of, 98; classification 

 of, 92; destructiveness of, 33; 

 great horned, economic value 

 of, 33, 34, 84; hooting of, 117; 

 pellets of, 99; screech, 33, 34, 

 138, nesting box of, 199; 

 situation of nesting box of, 

 214; range of, 99; value of, 

 99; short-eared, food of, 82; 

 species, 92; value to farmers, 

 91 



Paraquet, Carolina, extinction 

 of, 54 



Pastoral Symphony, 120 



Pease, C. H., 36 



Pelicans, white, food of, 88 



Pennsylvania, 42; "The Scalp 

 Act," 264 



Pests, destruction of, 81 ; lists of, 

 90 



Petrels, 59 



Phoebe, habits of, 104; houses of, 

 215; nests of, 13 



Pigs as destroyers of birds, 77 



Pigeon, passenger, armies of, 

 47; extinction of, 46; flight 

 formation of, 46; flocks raised 

 in confinement, 5 1 ; harvest of, 

 methods used, 48, 49, 50; 

 markets for, 50; nests, 48; 

 slaughter at roosts, 48 ; squabs, 

 48 



Pike, an enemy of birds, 37 



Plover, golden, 59; upland, 89 



Plumage, demand for, 44, 54 



Plume-hunter, 118; "so-called" 

 sportsman, 63 



Poachers, Italian, 69 



Polar bears, 24 



Policemen of the air, 103 



Pork, 138 



Potato bugs, 90 



Poultry. 22 



Problems for beginners, 233; 

 cats, training of, 247; crows, 

 246; disease, 236; dogs, 253; 

 European sparrows, 240-242; 

 floods, natural enemies, killing 

 of, 238; preservation tracts, 

 239; storms, 268; waterfalls, 



234 



Protection of birds, aesthetic 

 reasons, 115; by law, 62; 

 economic reasons, 8 1 ; moral 

 reasons, 115, 125, 126 



Quail, 16, 19, 22, 139, 140; 

 Massachusetts, saving of, 135; 

 starvation of, in Massachu- 

 setts, 16; value of, 90 



