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Woodcock, American, 82. 



Woodpecker, Downy, 266. 



Woodpecker, Red-headed, 262. 



Wren, House, 128. 

 Food of insectiverous birds, 230. 

 Forbes, Prof. S. L., quoted, 113, 224, 



228, 246, 262. 



Forbush, Professor, quoted, 190. 

 Forest and Stream, quotation from, 



252. 



Fringillidse, family of described, 9. 

 Fringillidse, usefulness of, 298. 

 Fruit trees planted at Buzzard's 



Roost, 8. 



Gaga, nickname of the author, 173. 

 Galeoscoptes carolinensis, 119-123. 

 Garrulinae, subfamily of, 23. 

 Genesis, quotations from, 2, 297. 

 Gentry, Thomas G., quoted, 285. 

 Ghost Hollow, visit to, 5. 

 Gibson, W. Hamilton, quoted, 152. 

 Goldfinch, American, 229-232. 

 Goldfinch, European, 229. 

 Goldfinch, robbed of nesting mater- 

 ials, 245. 



Goatsucker family, account of, 181. 

 Grackle, Bronzed, 143-147. 

 Grackles distinguished, 143. 

 Gray, Prof. Asa, quoted, 297. 

 Great Blue Heron, 69-73. 

 Great Horned Owl, 39-43. 

 Grosbeak, Cardinal, 9-15. 

 Grosbeak, Rose-breasted, 221-224. 

 Grosbeaks, species of, 221. 



Halcyon days, origin of, 68. 



Halcyone, daughter of Aeolus, 67. 



ir^alcyone grieves over Ceyx, 67. 



Hallerman, Lieutenant, crows 

 found by, 18. 



Harper's Magazine, quotation from, 

 11. 



Harporhynchus rufus, 115-118. 



Harrison, Ft. Benjamin, referred 

 to, 3. 



Hawks and Owls from the Stand- 

 point of the Farmer, quotation 

 from, 49. 



Hawks, owls and shrikes as rodent 

 destroyers, 303. 



Hawk, Night, 181-186. 



Hawk, Red-legged, as rodent de- 

 stroyer, 304. 



Hawk, Red-tailed, 29-33. 



Hawk, Sparrow, 35-38. 



Hazzard, Wm. Miles, quoted, 166. 



Hendlee, W. O., quoted, 71. 

 Heron, Great blue, 69-72. 

 Heronries described, 71. 

 Herons, White, feeding, 73. 

 Herrick, Prof., quoted, 246. 

 Hesperus, father of Ceyx, 65. 

 Hine, Jane L., quoted, 182. 

 Hirundinidae, family of, 199. 

 Hodge, Dr. C. F., quoted, 297. 

 Hoosier Bards, quotations from, 3, 



11. 



Horned larks, 153. 

 House wren, 125-130. 

 How Birds Affect the Orchard, 



quotation from, 266. 

 Hummingbird, ruby-throated, 175- 



180. 



Hummingbirds, family of, 175. 

 Hybrids of birds, Darwin quoted, 



25. 



I am only a tiny sparrow, 306. 

 Icteridae, family of described, 143. 

 Icterus galbula, 159-163. 

 Icterus, genus of, 159. 

 Illiger quoted, 243. 

 Illustrations of tongues of wood- 

 peckers, 254. 



Increase of weeds, insects and ro- 

 dents, 298. 

 Incubation of 



Bluebird, 101. 



Bob White, 286. 



Bunting, Indigo, 226. 



Cardinal, 14. 



Crow, American, 19. 



Cuckoo, Yellow-billed, 189. 



Dove, Mourning, 239. 



Duck, Wood, 77. 



Flicker, 252. 



Goldfinch, American, 231. 



Grackle, Bronzed, 144. 



Grosbeak, Rose-breasted, 222. 



Hawk, Night, 184. 



Hawk, Red-tailed, 31. 



Hawk, Sparrow, 36. 



Heron, Great blue, 71. 



Hummingbird, Ruby-throated 

 178. 



Jay, Blue, 25. 



Kingbird, 181. 



Kingfisher, Belted, 65. 



Lark, Meadow, 155. 



Martin, Purple, 201. 



Oriole, Baltimore, 163. 



Owl, Great horned, 41. 



