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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 ( Celastriis 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 

 (Philodice); semicolon (Grapta in- 

 terrogationis ) ; comma ( Vanessa 

 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, 

 Chamczlirium lutewn, 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, 68. 



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 hirta], 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 pnra- 

 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," 80. 



Cross - fertilization, 115, 122, 178, 

 189, 194. 



" Cuckoo-spit," 80. 



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, 



