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INDEX 



Bond, Frank, on fighting the Eng- 

 lish sparrow, 75-77. 



Books, bird, 155. 



Borggreve. Die Vogelschutzfrage, 

 63. 



Botany, Manual of. Coulter, 22; 

 Gray, 22. 



Botany of California. Whitney and 

 Watson, 22. 



Boxes, nesting ; provide, 33. 



Boy, a (.verse) , 107. 



Boys, collectors, and so-called bird 

 students, 8. 



Bracket shelves for swallows, 38. 



Branching, species with copious, 24. 



Britton and Brown. Illustrated 

 Flora, 22. 



Brown, Britton and. Illustrated 

 Flora, 22. 



Brown thrasher (verse), 107. 



Buck, Parson and. The Wild Flow- 

 ers of California, 22. 



Bulletins, farmers', 150. 



Burning-bush (figure), 31. 



California, Botany of. Whitney and 

 Watson, 22 ; The Wild Flowers of. 

 Parson and Buck, 22. 



Camera, hunting with a, 131. 



Canary, wild (verses), 109. 



Carrion places, 59. 



Catbird (verses), 109. 



Cat-proof fence (figure) , 67. 



Cats causing decrease of birds, 8. 



Cats, protecting birds against, 64-67. 



Causes for the decrease of song 

 birds, 6. 



Causes of decrease in bird life, 

 Hornaday's report, 11. 



Cedar, red; burning-bush and (fig- 

 ure), 31. 



Census, bird ; difficult to take, 5 ; of 

 the United States, 1. 



Chapman. Flora of the Southern 

 United States, 22. 



Cheyenne, Wy., list of birds from, 

 79,80. 



Chickadee, child and (verses), 120. 



Chickadees, nesting boxes for, 36. 



Child and chickadee (verses), 120. 



Chipmunks, squirrels and, 68. 



Chippie (verses), 113. 



Christmas tree, birds' (figure), 57. 



Coil, tarred rope, 66. 



Collectors, 84. 



Collectors, boys, and so-called bird 

 students, 8. 



Concluding remarks on nesting 

 boxes, 40. 



Conclusions regarding birds, Horna- 

 day's report, 122. 



Conclusions regarding Western 

 mammals, Hornaday's report, 

 138. 



Construction of bathing and drink- 

 ing basins, 43. 



Copious branching, species with, 24. 



Coulter. Manual of Botany, 22. 



Creepers, nesting boxes for, 37. 



Crows, 70. 



Dana, Mrs. How to know the Wild 



Flowers, 22. 

 Davenport, Mrs. Elizabeth B, on 



feeding birds in winter, 46-53. 

 Decrease, causes of ; in bird life, 



Hornaday's report, 11. 

 Decrease of birds, per cent of, 2. 

 Decrease of game birds, the, 13. 

 Decrease of song birds, causes for 



the, 6. 



Dense foliage and fruit, species of- 

 fering, 26. 



Dense foliage, species with, 24. 

 Department of agriculture, 149. 

 Desirable species; on account of 



fruit, 25. 

 Directions, general, for nesting 



boxes, 33. 

 Directory of Audubon societies, 



93, 94. 

 Dogs, 67. 

 Drinking and bathing fountains, 



42. 

 Duck, wood ; nesting boxes for, 39. 



