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INDEX. 



Bluebird, 49, 186. 



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



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. 



Caprimulgidse, 117. 



Cardinal, 153. 



Cardinalis cardinalis, 153. 



Carpodacus purpureus, 149. 



Cassique, 23. 



Cassowary, 19. 



Catbird, 69, 173. 



Cathartes aura, 103. 



Cathartidfle, 103. 



Certhia familiaris americana, 178. 



Certhiidae, 178. 



Ceryle alcyon, 114. 



f^haetura pelagica, 119. 



Chambergo, 135. 



Charadriidse, 98. 



f!hat, 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 virgicianus. 118. 

 Circus hudsonius, 10t>. 



istothorus palustria, 177. 

 Clamatores, 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. 

 Corvidse, 128. 

 Corvus americanus, 128. 

 Cowbird, 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. 

 Cuculidse, 112. 

 Cyanocitta cristata, 130. 



Deceptive coloration, 44. 

 Dendrocolaptidaa, 32. 

 Dendroica aestiva, 168. 



coronata, 168. 



virens, 168. 

 Dickcissel, 155. 

 Directive colors, 44. 

 Diving Birds, 84. 

 Docimastes, 81. 

 Dolichonyx oryzivorus, 134. 

 Dove, Carolina, 102. 



Mourning, 102. 

 Dryobates pubescens medianus, 115. 



villosus, 115. 

 Duck, Black, 8. 



