INDEX. 



Accidents to Canaries, 43. 



African Gray Parrot, 184, 



African Love-bird, 212. 



African, Madagascar, and West-Indian Paro- 

 quets, 211 ; mostly used for beautifying the 

 aviary, 211; food and diseases of, 212; 

 " Tommy's " love of butter, 213. 



Albino Blackbirds, 142. 



Albinos, cause of peculiar apoearance of, 227 ; 

 in olden times held as objects of religious 

 worship, 227 ; most remarkable specimens 

 of, 228 ; care of, 229 ; high prices paid for, 

 229. 



Amazon Parrot, 189. 



American Canary, 30. 



American Red Linnet, plumage and size of, 

 103 ; treatment of, 103. 



Artificially colored Canaries, 28. 



Ass and the Nightingale (poem), 127. 



Asthma in Canaries, 39. 



Australian Magpie, 222. 



Austi-alian Paroquet, 207. 



Avadavat, or Strawberry Finch 246. 



Aviaries for breeding-birds, 43 ; indoor, 52. 



Aviary, indoor, 52. 



Baltimore Oriole, size and plumage of, 174; 

 ingenuity in nest-building, 174; treatment 

 of, 175. 



Bargaining for Bullfinches in Germany, 61. 



Belgian, or Long-breed Canary, 17; bronze 

 model of. 19; the blue-blood of the Canary 

 family, 19 ; careful breeding of. 20 ; cages 

 for, 21, 22; societies for breeding. 22. 



Bird buying and importing, 247 ; travellers 

 employed by importing-houses, 247; expe- 

 rience of pickers, 248; Canary "hearers," 

 281 ; London fakirs, 251 ; transportation by 

 steamer, 252 ; feeding and watering birds, 

 257; danger from rats, 256; "Fritz's "ad- 

 venturous life, 257. 



Bird-organs, prices of, 292. 



Bird-shows in Scotland, 26. 



Blackbird, European, size and plumage of, 

 140; intelligence and devotion of, 140; 

 amusing anecdotes of, 140; natural song 

 of, 140; a favorite dish for epicures, 141: 

 a favorite of English bird-lovers, 141 ; Al- 

 bino Blackbirds, 142 ; food, care, and treat- 

 ment for diseases, 142. 



Blackcap, size and plumage of, 129; food and 

 diseases of, 130. 



Black-capped Finch, or Three-colored Nun, 

 240. 



Black-capped Nun, 240. 



Black Goldfinch, 88. 



Blue-and-Yellow Macaw, 201. 



Blue Grosbeak, 118. 



Bobolink, destructive to farmers, 119; plu- 

 mage of, 119; song of, 120; activity and 

 gluttony of, 121. 



Brass cages, etc., prices of, 289. 



Brazilian Cardinal, 113. 



Brazilian or Blue-front Parrot, 189. 



Brazilian Toucan, 231. 



Breeding-birds, 43 ; cages for, 44 ; food for, 

 44; color in breeding-birds, 45; eggs, 46; 

 time of sitting, 46. 



Broken legs of Canaries, 43. 



Bronze Manakin, 242. 



Brown Linnet, 91. 



Brown Thrasher and other American Thrush- 

 es, 166; Wood Thrush, 166; Golden-crowned 

 Thrush, 167; Water Thrush, 167. 



Bullfinch, the favorite among trained birds, 

 57 ; size and color of German, 57 ; Gray, 

 Black, 56; Mottled, Hybrid, English, 58; 

 lightning way of training wild, 58 ; affec- 

 tionate nature of, 58 ; method of training, 

 59 ; style of music taught, 60 ; bargaining 

 for, in Germany, 61 ; teaching English and 

 American airs to, 62 ; rivalry of, in whis- 



