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INDEX 



Birds' nests: — Flimsy structure of 

 the cuckoo's, 26 ; song-sparrow's, 

 30 ; oriole's swinging hammock ; 

 cobweb structure of the vireo's, 

 32; size of yellow - bird's ; sum- 

 mer yellow-bird's beautiful home, 

 47 ; a four -story house, a pos- 

 sible fashion in featherdom, 

 51; pipit's, 35; wood-sparrow's, 

 37- 



Bittersweet ( Celastrns scandens ), 

 queer little harlequins on, 9 ; its 

 scarlet-coated seeds, 88. 



Blackburn, Mrs., quoted, 35. 



Blair, Patrick, his claims concerning 

 pollen, in. 



Blossom ceremonies, 119. 



Blue-flag, its hidden anthers reached 

 only by the bumblebee or large 

 fly, 129 ; manner of the bee's ap- 

 proach, 131. 



Burroughs on wren-building, 17. 



Butterflies : — Great yellow swallow- 

 tail (Papilio turnus); red admiral 

 {Pyrameis Atlanta); small yellow 

 (P hilodice); semicolon (Grapta in- 

 terrogationis ) ; comma ( Vatzessa 

 comma), 153 ; orange; white {Aph- 

 rodite), 154 ; white cabbage {Pon- 

 tia oleracea), 153. 



Cactus, prickly - pear, its golden 



bower, 118. 

 Collinsonia, horse-balm, 136. 

 Caterpillars, 10, 14, 15, 62. 

 Celastrus scandens, bittersweet, 88, 

 Chamoelirium luteum, devil's -bit, 



133. 

 Chipmonk, 6. 

 Cicada, victim of the sand -hornet, 



77; manner of depositing its eggs; 



period of transformation, 97, time 

 of hatching, 100. 



Cicindela, tiger-beetle, 6S. 



Clover, cause of failure of crop in 

 Australia, 117. 



Cobwebs : — A dusty prize ; a two 

 year's span, 7 ; a mixed assort- 

 ment in, 8. 



Cone-flower (Rudbeckia hiiia), 138 ; 

 embryo seeds ; arrangement of 

 the anthers, 139 



Cow black - bird, 27; his favorite 

 perch ; old dame's theory, 28 ; an 

 unwelcome intruder, 30 ; a prowl- 

 ing foe, 31. 



Cow -bird: — Ravenous young para- 

 site, 31 ; a clamoring lubber, 37 ■ 

 "Black Douglas" of the bird- 

 home, 38 ; selected victims, 39 ; 

 distribution of its eggs ; vicious 

 habits, 40; egg -laying intervals; 

 demoralizing conditions ; Ameri- 

 can species an improvement, 41 ; 

 survival of the fittest, 42; balance 

 of power, 44 ; outwitted, 51 : 

 massing for migration, 52. 

 " Cow-spit," So. 



Cross - fertilization, 115, 122, 178, 



189, 194. 

 "Cuckoo-spit," So. 



Cuckoos: — Poetic misnomer, 23; 

 outrage on maternal affection ; 

 yellow-billed ; black - billed ; im- 

 agination versus facts, 25 ; bad 

 workmanship of nest, 26 ; its 

 stammering cry, 27 ; manner of 

 depositing its eggs ; handling the 

 egg with her bill, 33; short period 

 of incubation ; voracious appetite 

 of the young ; aggressive selfish- 

 ness, 34; the tragedy of the nest, 



