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Coloration contradictory in Long- 

 spurs and Shore Lark, 340. 

 of young Skimmer, 68. 

 protective, 30, 235, 358. 

 Condor, California, Appearance of, 

 on the wing, 263. 

 Nest sites of, 261. 

 Seven, seen at once, 263. 

 Wariness of, 264, 265. 

 Connecticut, Stevenson, Study of 



Nighthawk at, 29. 

 Coot in San Joaquin Valley, 292. 

 impaled on barbed wire, 292. 

 Nest-site of, 292. 

 Cormorant, Baird's, in Farallones, 



281. 



Cormorant, Brandt's, in Farallones, 

 281. 



nesting at Monterey, 272. 

 Cormorants, Double-crested, on 



Shoal Lake, 335. 

 Cormorant, Farallone, on Klamath 



Lake, 299, 304. 

 Coyote in Arizona, 249. 



in California, 260. 

 Cox, Walter, Background by, 62. 

 Crane, Sandhill, Former abundance 

 of, in New England, 38. 



Range of, 80. 

 Creeper, Honey, in Bahamas, 152. 



nesting in Bahamas, 202. 

 Creosote bush in Arizona, 248. 



in California, 256. 

 Crow, Clarke's, at Monterey, 268. 

 Crow, Fish, devouring eggs, 118, 



145. 



Crow, Florida, devouring eggs, 145. 

 Crow, Robbery by, not resented, 

 145. 



roosting on Gardiner's Island, 



60. 



Cuckoo, Call of, 398. 

 Curlew aboard ship, 392. 

 Cypress forest, Beauty of, 126. * 

 nesting-site of Herons, 127. 



DAHLGREN,B. E., Dr., in Bahamas, 



169. 



Day, Length of, in Canada, 321. 

 Denslow, H. C., Birds mounted by, 



62, 233, 244. 

 Desert. Mohave. Morning in, 258. 



Dipper, Nesting habits of, in Cana- 

 dian Rockies, 353. 



Dove, Ground, in Bahamas, 152. 



Dove, Turtle, Notes of, 400. 



Dove, White-winged, Notes of, in 

 Arizona, 244, 248, 249. 



Duck, Black, nesting on Gardiner's 

 Island, 36, 46. 



Duck, Fulvous Tree, in San Joa- 

 quin Valley, 292. 

 Notes of, 292. 

 Pose of, 292. 

 Range of, 292. 



Duck, Harlequin, at Monterey, 268. 



Duck, Ruddy, Actions of, 346. 



EAGLE, Bald, Nesting in Man-o'- 



War Key, 137. 

 Eagle, Golden, Story of nest of, 



236. 



Egg-birds in Bahamas, 152, 192. 

 Egg-shell removed by Skimmer, 71. 

 Eggs, Murre's, as food, 276, 277. 

 Eggs, Smaller number of, laid by 



southern birds, 198. 

 Egret, American, Actions of young 

 of, 134. 



Destruction of, 124. 

 Feeding young of, 134. 

 in Cuthbert Rookery, 141. 

 Nesting habits of, 123-134. 

 Nests of, 142, 145. 

 Notes of, 133, 134. 

 Rookery flight of, 124. 

 Shyness of, 146. 

 Egret, "Little White", formerly on 



Pelican Island, 83. 

 Egret, "Peale's", formerly on Peli- 

 can Island, 83. 



Egret, Reddish, in Bahamas, 169. 

 in Snake Bight, Florida, 139. 

 Egret, Rufous, formerly on Pelican 



Island, 83. 

 Egret, Snowy, in Cuthbert Rookery, 



135, 141. 

 less shy than American Egret, 



146. 



Eider, nesting in Fame Islands. 

 406. 



United States colony of, 3. 

 England, Bird-life of, 391-415. 

 Faunal Affinities of, 393. 



