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Warbler, Yellow, 196. 



Wren, House, 129. 

 Songs uttered only by birds and 



man, 130. 



Sparrow family described, 105. 

 Sparrow hawk, American, 35-38. 

 Sparrow hawk, Cuban, described, 



35. 

 Sparrow hawk, Desert, described, 



35. 



Sparrow hawks, species of, 35. 

 Sparrow, I am only a tiny, 306. 

 Sparrows and blue jay attack owl, 



26. 



Sparrows as weed destroyers, 298. 

 Sparrow, Song, 105-109. 

 Sparrow, Tree, 292-295. 

 Spider, golden-striped, 107. 

 Spiders, webs of, 107. 

 Spinus tristis, 229-232. 

 Spiza americana, 171-174. 

 Spizella monticola, 293-295. 

 Spring and autumn compared, 277. 

 Spring Valley described, 5. 

 Stanton, Henry T., quoted, 283. 

 St. Catharine of Genoa, church of, 



215. 



Stedman, Edmund C., quoted, 103. 

 St. Lucas sparrow hawk, 35. 

 Stoddard, Mr., quoted, 196. 

 Story of the Birds, quotations from, 



172, 239, 253, 277, 291. 

 Stump of Buzzard's Roost tree, 6, 



7. 



Sturnell magna, 153-157. 

 Sugar bird, 275-278. 

 Sugar making, delights of, 277. 

 Supper with the Wheeler family, 4. 

 Swallow, Barn, 203-207. 

 Swift, Chimney, 209-215. 



Tanager, Scarlet, 217-220. 

 Tanagridae, family of, 217. 

 Tangled Stars, quotation from, 227. 

 Taylor, Robert S., quoted, 128. 

 Terrapin, land, nest of, 147. 

 Tetraonidae, family of, 283. 

 Texas kingfisher, species of, 63. 

 Thicket at Somerleaze, 228. 

 Thomas, Edith M., quoted, 273. 

 Thompson, Dr. Daniel, quoted, 53. 

 Thompson, Maurice, quoted, 71, 



101. 

 Thompson, Ernest Seton, quoted, 



65, 129, 133, 171, 238, 245. 



Thorns and thistles, meaning of, 

 298. 



Thrasher, Brown, 115-118. 



Thrush, Brown, 115-118. 



Thrush, Wood, account of, 111-114. 



Thrushes, the silver 'tongued fam- 

 ily, 112. 



Titmouse, Tufted, 275-278. 



Todd's ducks feed and paddle, 3. 



Tongue of hummingbird, 178. 



Tongue of woodpecker, illustrated, 

 254. 



Torrey, Bradford, quoted, 202. 



Tramping, account of, 4. 



Tramp, approach of supposed, 6. 



Tramp with Bob White, 7. 



Trapping of birds, 14. 



Tree sparrow, 293-295. 



Tree sparrows in Iowa, 295. 



Tree sparrows, species of, 293. 



Trinity cemetery, chimney swift 

 scene at, 214. 



Trochilidse, family of, 175. 



Trochilus colubris, 175-180. 



Troglodytes sedon, 125-130. 



Troglodytidae, family of, 115. 



Troglodytinae, subfamily of, 125. 



Trumball, Gordon, quoted, 82. 



Tufted titmouse, 275-278. 



Tulip tree, prostrate trunk of, 6. 



Tulip tree, where buzzards roost- 

 ed, 7. 



Turdidse, family of described, 99. 



Turdinae, subfamily of, 111. 



Turdus mustelinus, 111-114. 



Turkey vulture, 51-56. 



Two Vanishing Birds, quotations 

 from, 79, 83. 



Tyrannidae, family of described, 

 131, 137. 



Tyrannus tyrannus, 131-135. 



Vandercook's farm visited, 6. 

 Vandyke, Mr., quoted, 196. 

 Vegetable kingdom essential to 



life, 297. 

 Vicious elements to contend with, 



298. 



Vireo olivaceous, 233-236. 

 Vireo, Red-eyed, 233-234. 

 Vireonidae, family of described, 



231. 

 Virginia nightengale, referred to, 



210. 

 Vulture, Turkey, 51-56. 



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