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INDEX. 



31, 32, 33, 78, 84, 85, 90, 142, 1G6, ! 

 180, 182, 190, 201 , 204, 208 ; as , 

 parents, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 23, 24, 

 31-38, 4C, 55, G3, C4, 09, 84, 85, 

 87, 88, 110, 111, 129, 135, 137, j 

 154-155, 150, 172, 182, 185-180, j 

 189-193, 215, 217 ; companion- 

 ship of mates, 22, 26, 27, 30, 31, 

 42, 4G, 53, 56, 59, 62, 81, 83, 87, 

 89, 90, 106, 109, 126, 141, 142, , 

 145, 166, 177, 178, 180, 182, 196, I 

 204 ; coquettish airs, 33 ; court- ! 

 ship, 31, 90, 101, 148, 149 ; de- I 

 fense of nest, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 25, i 

 45, 46, 47, 57, 58, 86, 91, 92, 115, ! 

 124-125, 138, 141, 178, 182, 204- 

 205, 209 ; excitement when young 

 hatch, 63 ; family government, 

 12, 35, 85, 111, 156; friendly 

 birds shy at nest, 65, 66, 67, 86, 

 87, 88, 93, 94, 99, 105, 153, 198, i 

 202, 203 ; habits of male at 

 nest: absent, 24, 149-155, 167; 

 brings mate food for young, 32, 

 63 ; brings material to mate, 50, 

 52 ; broods, 43, 44, 62 ; builds 

 while female looks on or goes off 

 with other females, 199, 200. 203, 

 204, 207-208 ; feeds mate, 27, 52, ! 

 126, 132, 134, 180, 182 ; feeds j 

 young, 33, 82, 88 ; guards mate, 

 27, 42, 53, 201 ; helps mate build, \ 

 48, 50, 52, 61, 106, 108, 109, 126, i 

 135, 142, 145 ; sings while mate i 

 builds and broods, 22, 26, 30, 31, 

 33, 56, 83, 84, 90, 175, 177, 178 ; 

 interval between building and 

 brooding, 59, 145, 181 ; looking ; 

 for nesting sites, 25, 26, 129, 184- 

 185 ; lordly airs of male, 25, 115, 

 116, 117, 172, 208, paternal in- 

 stinct, 31-33, 53, 63, 191, 204, ! 

 205 ; persistence in work, 60, 107, 

 178 ; reluctance to brood, 43, 44 ; j 

 tenderness to young, 23, 33, 84, I 

 85. 



food, ants, 76 ; bees, 114, 115 ; i 

 carrion, 97 ; cocoons, 100 ; go- 

 phers, 136; grubs, 12, 13, 111; 

 insects, 4, 6, 7, 16, 31, 36, 82, 91, 

 101, 150, 160 ; lizards and toads, 

 99 ; pepper berries, 197, 198, 201 ; i 

 rats and mice, 137 ; scale, 103 ; 

 seeds, 93, 162 ; snakes, 132 ; 

 spiders, 31 ; worms, 12, 13, 57, 

 164, 182, 185, 186, 190. 



flight, 5, 7, 16, 17, 24, 30, 81, 91, 

 98, 99, 103, 115, 118, 147, 149, 

 153, 156, 161, 166, 168, 184, 195, 

 196, 197, 209. 



friendliness when not disturbed, 

 10, 13, 23, 30, 40, 42, 45, 53, 59, 61, 



64, 67, 83, 86, 89, 92, 95, 97, 100. 

 105, 126, 128,129, 144, 148, 150- 

 151, 153, 158, 171, 178, 180, 182- 

 183, 185, 186, 197, 200, 201, 204. 

 legends about, 11, 105. 

 local names, blue jay, 6; bur- 

 rowing owl, 11; bush-tit, 5(>; 

 California towhee, 92. 

 neighborly relations, 13, 25, 45-48, 

 49, 57-61, 62, 80, 86, 96, 100, 108, 

 115, 116, 124, 125, 126, 130, 138, 

 147, 171-174, 189-193, 204 205, 

 208-209. 



nervousness, 9, 11, 22, 26, 34, 35, 

 42, 47, 53, 56, 61, 63, 64, 67, 70, 

 76, 81, 82, 87, 88, 97, 105, 117, 

 138, 139. 156, 166, 177, 180. I'.U, 

 208, 218. 



Blackbird, Brewer's, 86-88, 117, 128. 

 afraid of a bath, 16. 

 attacking hawks and owls, 135, 139. 

 a jolly colony, 123, 124. 

 building, 124. 

 common in valley, 92. 

 curiosity about road-runner, 100. 

 following plow for grubs, 12, 13. 

 nervousness at nest, 87-88. 

 nesting sites, 86, 124. 

 pranks, 124. 



repulsing shrike, 124, 125. 

 ruling dooryard, 86, 

 Blackbird, Red-winged, 14. 



eating grubs in vineyard, 12-13. 

 following plow, 13. 

 nesting in marsh, 118. 

 Blackbird, Rusty, 86. 

 Blackbird, Yellow-headed, 

 in vineyard, 13-14. 

 on mustard, 14. 

 Blackbirds, 15, 114, 118, 120. 

 flocks riding cattle, hogs, and 



horses, 14. 



Bluebird, Mexican, 187. 

 nesting site, 185. 

 second nest, 186. 

 Blue Jay. See Jay. 

 Blue Squawker. See Jay. 

 Brown Chippie. See Towhee, Cali- 

 fornia. 



Bunting, Indigo, 81. 

 Bunting, Lazuli, 81-83, 123, 189-193. 

 call, 190. 



keeping out of quarrel, 45-46. 

 nest, 82, 216-217. 

 nesting site, 27, 82, 216. 

 song, 6, 44, 83, 117. 

 taking insects to nest, 82. 

 young fed by wren-tit, 189, 190. 

 Bush-tit, California, 28. 56, 59, 103- 



111, 117, 161, 162, 166. 

 building, 105-107, 108, 110, 184. 

 call notes, 109, 110. 



