INDEX 



Dutcher, William, 169. 177, 256. 

 Dyke, A. C. f 139. 



Egg-collecting, 171-72. 

 Eggs, 33. 



Egret, American, 120, 171. 

 Entrance hole of nesting-boxes, lo- 

 cation of, 235; size of, 234-85. 

 Extinct birds, 116. 



Fairbanks, Cornelia T., 150. 



Feeding winter birds, by children, 

 290; dealers in apparatus for, 

 247-48; from hand, 251; in Au- 

 dubon food-house, 255; in hop- 

 per, 255; in school-yard, 2&0; 

 in suet-box, 254; in weather- 

 cock food-house, 256; in window- 

 box, 256; kinds of food, 252; les- 

 son on, 311; methods of, 253; 

 need of, 250-51 ; on ground, 253; 

 on moving counter, 256-58; on 

 shelves, 253. 



Field agents, 184. 



Field, George W., 143. 



Field-glasses, 51. 



Field trips with children, 291. 



Fisher. Dr. A. K.. 94, 132, 138, 143. 



Flagg, Wilson, 23. 



Flicker, dates of migration and 

 nesting, 62; food of, 115; method 

 of feeding youag, 37; nesting- 

 box for, 243; number and kinds 

 of insects eaten by, 74; number 

 killed by cats, 140"; song of, 16. 



Fly, birds eating, 81, 83. 



Flycatcner, crested, food of, 115; 

 kinds of insects eaten by, 74; 

 nest of, 29. 



Flycatcher, least. See Chebec. 



Food-house, Audubon, 255; weath- 

 ercock. 256. 



Food of birds, amount of, 72; how 

 determined, 64-68; table of, 115. 



Forbush, Edward H., 73, 8S, 121, 

 122, 137, 13S. 139, 140, 141, 143, 

 147, 156, 165, 224, 232, 237, 240, 

 244. 246, 249. 



Ford, Henry, 218. 



Foreigners, shooting by, 166. 



Fountains, concrete, 261-62; deal- 

 ers in, 247-48; essentials of, 260; 

 in school-yard, 291; lesson on, 

 311; location of, 260. 



Foxes, 129. 



Fruit-eaters, 99. 



Fruits, kinds eaten by birds, 265; 

 succession of, 267; table of fruit- 

 ing-periods, 260. 



Game-birds, decrease of, 120. 



Game laws, 189-91. 



Game preserves, 218-20. 



Games for children, 282. 



Goldfinch, American, date of nest- 

 ing, 61; plumage of nestling, 45; 

 soag of, 23. 



Goose, Canada, 275. 



Goshawk, 94. 



Grackle. See Blackbird, crow. 



Grain-eaters, 100. 



Grinnell, George B., 174. 



Grosbeak, rose-breasted, dates of 

 migration and nesting, 62; eco- 

 nomic status of, 113; feeding 

 young, 36; food of, 115; number 

 and kinds of insects eaten by, 74; 

 sexual differences in color, 46; 

 song of, 13, 23; weed seeds eaten 

 by, 87; winter home of, 6. 



Grouse, ruffed, location of nest of, 

 27; number killed by cats, 140; 

 protective coloring, 47; rearing, 

 274. 



Gull, Franklin's, number of insects 

 eaten bv, 74. 



Gulls, 79. 



Handwork for children, 281. 

 Hawk, broad-winged, 96. 

 Hawk, Cooper's, 96, 103, 107, 111. 

 Hawk, duck, 94. 

 Hawk, fish (osprey), 33. 

 Hawk, marsh, 96," 98, 103. 

 Hawk, pigeon, 95. 96, 107. 

 Hawk, red-shouldered, 96. 

 Hawk, red-tailed, 96, 103. 

 Hawk, Swainson's, 97. 



