INDEX. 



Ill 



German class of Canaries. 10; size and color 

 of, 14. 



German mode of feeding Canaries, 17. 



Germans first give attention to breeding of 

 Canaries, 10. 



Giddiness of Canaries, 42. 



Glossy Starlings, 147. 



Golden-crowned Trush, 167. 



Golden Robin, 174. 



Goldfinch, American, 101. 



Goldfinch, European, points by which sex is 

 distinguished, 87; Cheveral, or King Gold- 

 rinch, 88 ; Black Goldfinch, 88 ; Hybrid, 88 ; 

 food, song, and intelligence of, 89 ; diseases 

 of, 90. 



Grass Finch, 242. 



Grass Paroquets, 210. 



Gray Linnet, 103. 



Gray, or Brazilian, Cardinal, 113. 



Great Lemon-crested Cockatoo, 205. 



Greater Redpoll Linnet. 91. 



Green Satin Starling, 149. 



Green Macaw, 201. 



Grosbeaks, 115; Rose-breasted, habits of , 115; 

 food for, 116; diseases of, 117; Pine Gros- 

 beak, affection of, size and plumage of, 117 ; 

 song of , 118; Blue Grosbeak, size and plu- 

 mage of, 118; other varieties of Grosbeak 

 family, 118. 



Harz Mountains, the home of the German 



song Canary, 10. 

 Hill, or Rock, Minor, size, and plumage of, 



215 ; resemblance of, to the Starling family, 



215; a pious Minor, 215; a demoralized 



Minor, 21G; voracity of, 217. 

 Holden's bird-cures and insect-powders, 



287. 



Holden's (new) Book on Birds, 288. 

 Holden's Price-list, 283-286. 

 Hooks, chains, springs, cups, etc., prices of, 



291. 

 Hybrids, 32. 



Indigestion in Canaries, 37. 



Indigo-bird, size, plumage, and song of, 100 ; 

 proper food and cage for, 100. 



Indoor aviary, 52. 



Inflammation of the bowels and liver in Cana- 

 ries, 40. 



Insect-powder, German, 36. 



Insects a pest to Canaries, 36. 



Introduction, 5. 



Jackdaw, favorite of the Crow tribe, 225 ; 



not so destructive as the Rook and Crow, 



nor so dignified as the Raven, 226. 

 Java Sparrow, also called Rice-birds, 105; 



size and plumage of, 105 ; amusing tricks 



of, 105. 



Lcadbcater's Cockatoo, 205. 



Linnet, European, plumage of, 91; Brovvii 

 Linnet, Greater Redpoll, Yellow Linnet, 

 91; beautiful song of, training of, 92; 

 Burns's verse on, Hybrids, 93. 



Lizard Canaiy, 23. 



London Fancy Canary, 23. 



Lories, 203. 



Loss of voice in Canaries, 39. 



Macaws, remarkable intelligence of, 200; 

 Scarlet, Blue-and- Yellow, Green, 201 ; cage 

 and stand for, 202. 



Madagascar Love-bird, 213. 



Madagascar Weaver, 239. 



Magpie Finch, or Bronze Manakin, 242. 



Magpies, the clowns or monkeys of the bird- 

 race, 219 ; size, plumage, and nests of, 219 ; 

 thieving propensities of, 220 ; a bird of ill 

 omen, 221; capacity of , to talk, 221; food 

 and care of, 222. 



Manchester Coppy Canary, 26. 



Maracaibo Parrot, 189. 



Mating, time of, among Canaries, 50. 



Medicines, 275-281. 



Mexican Double Yellow-headed Parrot, intel- 

 ligence and capability of, 180 ; food and 

 diseases of, 187. 



Mice a source of torture to Canaries, 36. 



Minor Grackle, 215. 



Mocking-bird, size and plumage of, 159 ; mode 

 of catching, natural song, powers of mim- 

 icry, 161 ; prices lower in the Northern than 

 in the Southern States, 162 ; sex distin- 

 guished by markings, 163 ; diseases of, 164. 



Mottled Bullfinch, 53. 



Mouse and squirrel cages, prices of, 290. 



Mud Minor, 217. 



Mules, 32. 



Musical Grackle, 215. 



Napoleon Weaver, 239. 

 Nests for Canaries, 37. 

 New York Siskin, 101. 



Nightingale, English, size and plumage of, 

 123 ; migrations of, 123 ; nest of, 123 ; song: 



