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INDEX. 



Hummingbirds, 5, 6, 14, 18, 23, 25, 81, 

 42, 67, 69, 70, 120. 



Ibis, Scarlet, 39. 

 Icteria virens, 172. 

 Icteridse, 130. 

 Icterus galbula, 131. 

 spurius, 132. 



Jacana, 24, 28. 

 Jay, Blue, 129. 

 Junco, 145. 

 Junco hyemalis, 145. 

 Juncos, 41, 44. 



Key to common birds, 75. 

 Killdeer, 99. 

 Kingbird, 122. 

 Kingfisher, Belted, 114. 

 Kinglet, Golden-crowned, 181. 

 Ruby-crowned, 182. 



Lanlidte, 162. 

 Lanius boreal is, 162. 

 Lark, Horned, 41, 55, 126. 



Prairie Horned, 127. 

 Laridse, 86. 



Larus argentatus smithsonianus, 86. 

 Lighthouses, 56, 57. 

 Limicolse, 32, 95. 

 Longipennes, 86. 

 Loon, 85. 

 Loxia curvirostra minor, 147. 



Macrochires, 117. 

 Mallard, 89. 

 Man-o'-war Bird, 19. 

 Marsh Hen, 94. 

 Martin, Purple, 157, 161. 

 Mating of birds, 65. 

 Meadowlark, 27, 44, 136. 

 Megascops asio, 110. 

 Melanerpes erythrocephalus, 116. 

 Melospiza fasciata, 138. 



georgiana, 139. 

 Mergansers, 32, 89. 

 Merula migratoria, 186, 

 Micropodid, U9t 



Microrhynchus, 31. 

 Migration of birds, 48. 



cause of, 59. 



eftects of changes of climate o, 59. 



extent of, 49. 



highways, 55, 60. 



manner of, 54. 



nocturnal, 55, 56, 57. 



origin of, 58. 



times of, 49. 

 Mimus polyglottos, 174. 

 Mniotilta varia, 167. 

 Mniotiltidse, 166. 

 Mockingbird, 174. 

 Molothrus ater, 137. 

 Molt, the, 37. 



Momotus subrufescens, 25. 

 Motmot, 25. 

 Mud-hen, 94. 

 Myiarchus crinitus, 123. 



Natural selection, 14, 15, 65. 



Nesting season, 64. 



Nest of birds, 65. 



Nighthawk, 6, 23, 118. 



Notornis, 22. 



Nuthatch, Eed-breasted, 180. 



White-breasted, 181. 

 Nuthatches, 6, 8. 

 Nycticorax nycticorax naevius, 92, 



Opera-glass, 72. 

 Opisthocomus cristatus, 17. 

 Oriole, Baltimore, 131. 



Orchard, 37, 131, 132. 

 Orioles, 42, 44, 55, 130. 

 Ortolan, 135. 

 Oscines, 122. 

 Osprey, American, 107. 

 Ostinops, 23. 



Ostrich, 5, 18, 19, 27, 29, 69, 70. 

 Otocoris alpestris, 126. 

 Oven-bird, 170. 

 Owl, Barn, 8. 



Barred, 111. 



Great Horned, 110. 



Long-eared, 110. 



Screech, 41, 110. 



