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INDEX. 



Bluebird, 49, 186. 



Bobolink, 16, 36, 37, 38, 54, 55, 60, 63, 



134. 



Bob-white, 36, 100. 

 Bonasa umbellus, 101. 

 Botaurus lentiginosus, 93. 

 Bubonidse, 108. 

 Bull-bat, 118. 

 Bunting, Bay-winged, 140. 



Black-throated, 155. 



Indigo, 63, 152. 



Snow, 147. 

 Butcher-bird, 162. 

 Buteo borealis, 106. 



lineatus, 104. 

 Butter-bird, 135. 

 Buzzard, Turkey, 104. 

 Buzzards, 8. 



Call-notes, significance of, 63. 



Canaries, 39. 



Caprimulgidae, 117. 



Cardinal, 153. 



Cardinalis cardinalis, 153. 



Carpodacus purpureus, 149. 



Cassique, 23. 



Cassowary, 19. 



Catbird, 69, 173. 



Cathartes aura, 103. 



Cathartidae, 103. 



Certhia familiaris americana, 178. 



Certhiidae, 178. 



Ceryle alcyon, 114. 



^haetura pelagica, 119. 



^hambergo, 135. 



Charadriidse, 98. 



Chat, Yellow-breasted, 172. 



Chebec, 125. 



^helidon erythrogaster, 159 



Chewink, 151. 



Chickadee, 7, 8, 70, 179. 



Carolina, 179. 

 Chippy, 142. 



Red-capped, 146. 



Winter, 146. 



Chondestes grammacus, 154. 

 Chordeiles virgir>'>anus, 118. 

 Circus hudsonius, lOo. 



istothorus palustris, 177. 

 lamatores, 122. 

 Clape, 116. 

 Clivicola riparia, 159. 

 Coccyges, 112. 

 Coccyzus americanus, 112. 



erythrophthalmus, 113. 

 Colaptes auratus, 116. 

 Colinus virginianus, 100. 

 Color and age, 36. 



and climate, 39. 



and food, 39. 



and haunt and habit, 41. 



and sex, 45. 

 Colors of birds, 35. 

 Columbse, 102. 

 Columbidae, 102. 

 Contopus virens, 126. 

 Coot, 27, 28, 94. 

 Cormorants, 69. 

 Cor v id*, 128. 

 Corvus americanus, 128. 

 Cow bird, 137. 



Creeper, Brown, 16, 25, 178. 

 Creepers, 6, 15, 16, 178. 

 Crossbill, American, 147. 

 Crow, American, 128. 

 Crow-duck, 94. 

 Cuckoo, Black-billed, 113. 



Yellow-billed, 7, 112. 

 CuculidiB, 112. 

 Cyanocitta cristata, 130. 



Deceptive coloration, 44. 

 Dendrocolaptidaa, 32. 

 Dendroica sestiva, 168. 



coronata, 168. 



virens, 168. 

 Dickcissel, 155. 

 Directive colors, 44. 

 Diving Birds, 84. 

 Docimastes, 31. 

 Dolichonyx oryzivorus, 134. 

 Dove, Carolina, 102. 



Mourning, 102. 

 Dryobates pubescens medianus, 115. 



villosus, 115. 

 Duck, Black, 89. 



