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427 



Longspur, Chestnut-collared, Song 



of, 340. 



Longspur, McCown's, Song of, 340. 

 Los Banos, Calif., Birds of, 286-293. 



AlACDouGAL, D. T., Advice by, in 



Arizona, 242. 



Magistrate, Bahaman, 165. 

 Magpie, American, near Lake Ta- 



hoe, 306. 

 Mallard, feigning lame, 323. 



with young in San Joaquin Val- 

 ley, 292. 

 Mangrove Cay, Bahamas, Arrival 



at, 166. 



Mangroves killed by frost, 84. 

 Manitoba, Shoal Lake, White Peli- 

 can on, 373. 



Man-o'-War Bird, both sexes incu- 

 bating, 218. 



Development of plumage in 



young of, 220, 221. 

 Egg of, 220. 



formerly on Pelican Island, 83. 

 in Bahamas, 200-224. 

 Inflation of gular pouch by, 



219. 



killed for food, 210. 

 less tame than Booby, 218. 

 Nesting sites and nests of, 217, 



220. 



soaring, 206, 218. 

 Young of, 220. 



Marmot, Hoary, in Canadian Rock- 

 ies, 360. 



Martin, House, aboard ship, 392. 

 Martin, Sand, in England, 399. 

 Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard, 

 36. 



Muskeget, 36. 

 Penikese, 36. 

 Matthews, F. Barrows, Co-operation 



of, 157, 159, 163. 



Mayer, Alfred G., Studies of Boo- 

 bies by, 214. 

 Voyage in the Bahamas with, 



200, 204, 224. 



Maynard, C. J., Studies of Flamin- 

 go by, 166. 



Meadowlark, Alarm note of, 15. 

 Home-life of, 15. 

 Morning with, 15. 

 Range of, about nest, 15. 



Meadowlark, Rate of feeding 

 young of, 18. 

 Shyness of, 15, 16. 

 Song of, compared with that of 



Western Meadowlark, 231. 

 Meadowlark, Western, in Saskatch- 

 ewan, 339. 



sings on blind, 235. 

 Song of, 231. 

 Merriam, C. Hart, At Pyramid Lake 



with, 376. 



Migration of Pelicans, 88. 

 of Phalaropes, 268. 

 on Cay Verde, 209. 

 Milliners', Destructions of Cobb's 

 Island birds for, 64. 



Destruction of Grebes for, 303. 

 Mink, Absence of, on Gardiner's 



Island, 89. 



Mirage in San Joaquin Valley, 287. 

 Moccasins in Florida, 116. 

 Mockingbird, Bahama, 152. 

 Molt of Ptarmigan, 358, 359. 

 Monster, Gila, in Arizona, 249. 

 Moorhen, Abundance of, 400. 

 Murre, Eggs of, as food, 276, 277. 

 Eggs of, taken at Bempton 



Cliffs, 405. 

 in Farallones, 276. 

 in Fame Islands, 406. 

 Manner of perching of, 278. 

 off coast of Wales, 392. 



NEBRASKA.Character of bird-life of, 



229. 

 Nebraska, Halsey, Birds seen at, 



229-231. 

 Nesting season, Earliness of, in 



England, 397. 



Nesting-site, Arboreal, in relation 

 to gregariousness, 36. 



influenced by environment, 37. 

 insular, Necessity for, among 



colonial birds, 35-37. 

 not determined by condition of 



young birds at birth, 35. 

 Nest-Relief, Ceremony of, 95, 96. 

 Nevada, Pyramid Lake, White Peli- 

 can on, 35. 

 New England, Morton's account of 



birds of, 38. 



New Forest, England, Attractions 

 of, for naturalist, 402. 



