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INDEX 



39^0, 71, 98-99, 100, 172, 318- 

 320; companionship of mates, 

 18, 31, 76, 142, 146, 169, 316; 

 courtship, 43-44, 128-129, 136, 

 149, 180, 186-187, 210, 255, 279- 

 280, 288; defense of nest and 

 young, 9, 32, 36-37, 39-40, 71, 

 87, 160, 161, 187 ; family govern- 

 ment, 18 ; habits of male at 

 nest, absent from, 3-4; helps 

 build, 39, 76, 136, 210; mated 

 through life, 15, 60, 136, 288. 



economic status of (see Economic 

 status). 



eyesight of, 84-85. 



flight of, 72, 84, 178, 186, 189, 195, 

 213,272-273, 276-278, 280, 283- 

 284, 299. 



flocks of, 19, 24, 51, 55, 66, 73, 78, 

 111, 141, 144, 145, 148, 175, 189, 

 194, 221, 231, 233, 234, 317, 339, 

 354. 



food of (see Food of birds). 



how and what to observe about, 

 xiv-xv, 4, 12, 14, 18-20, 23-24, 

 26-27, 141-142, 144, 149, 160- 

 161, 199-200, 352, 367-368, 380- 

 388. 



how to find name of, xiii, 79-80. 



how to protect, attract, and feed, 

 xx-xxi, xxiv-xxviii, 36, 40, 42- 

 43, 46, 48-49, 53, 58, 68, 81, 

 113, 124-125, 146, 154, 194, 235, 

 281. 



how to protect crops from, xx- 

 xxi, 7, 8, 13, 21, 58, 105, 143, 

 209. 



human companionship sought by, 

 10-11, 218. 



keys to (see Keys). 



migration of (see Migration). 



sleeping places of, 28, 51, 75, 139- 

 140. 



songs (see Songs and calls of birds). 



winter, xxvi-xxviii, 376-379. 



young (see Young birds). 

 Black and White Creeper, 314. 

 Black and Yellow Warbler, 324-325. 

 Blackbirds, 12, 101-102, 109-111, 

 144. 



Gowbird, 98-101, 102, 110. 



Crow, 93-96, 101, 110. 



Key to, 111-112. 



Red-whig, 96-98, 101, 102, 110. 



Rusty, 101-103, 110. 

 Blackbirds and Orioles, 109-111. 



Key to, 111-112. 

 Blackburnian Warbler, 326. 

 Black-poll Warbler, 321-322. 

 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 312- 

 313, 326. 



Black-throated Bunting, 224. 

 Black-throated Green Warbler, 311, 



326. 



Bluebird, 41-44, 59, 140. 

 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 357. 

 Blue Jay, 154-157. 

 Blue Yellow-backed Warbler, 317- 



318. 



Bobolink, 103-106, 107, 110. 

 Bob-white, 37-40, 57, 80. 

 Bonasa umbellus. 32-37. 

 Broad-winged Hawk, 275. 

 Brown Creeper, 349-352. 

 Brown Thrasher, 177-180, 182. 

 Bubo virginianus, 292-293. 

 Butcherbird, 300. 

 Buteo borealis, 271-273. 



latissimus, 275. 



lineatus, 273-274. 

 Buzzard, Turkey, 263-265, 266. 



Canada Jay, 217-219. 

 Canadian Warbler, 322. 

 Cardinal, 65-66, 151, 171, 199, 200. 

 Cardinalis cardinalis, 65-66. 

 Carolina Chickadee, 71-72, 151. 

 CarolinfrWren, 199-200. 

 Carpodacus purpureus, 148-149. 

 Catbird, 6-11, 92. 

 Cathartes aura, 263-265. 

 Cats, xxv, 118. 

 Cedar-bird, 141-144. 

 Ceophloeus pileatus, 212-213. 

 Certhia familiaris americana, 349- 



352. 



Ceryle alcyon, 157-160. 

 Chaetura pelagica, 23-29. 

 Chat, Yellow-breasted, 331-333. 

 Chebeck, 80-82, 92. 

 Chelidon erythrogaster, 49-51. 

 Cherry-bird", 141-144. 

 Chestnut-sided Warbler, 318-320. 

 Chewink, 181-183. 

 Chickadee, 67-71, 79, 95, 138, 152. 



Carolina, 71-72, 151. 

 Chimney Swift, 23-29, 45, 92. 

 Chipping Sparrow, 11 3-1 16. 

 Chondestes grammacus, 237-238. 

 Chordeiles virgiuianus, 188-190. 

 Circus hudsonius, 278-280. 

 Cistothorus palustris, 202-204. 

 Clay-colored Sparrow, 241. 

 Cliff Swallow, 50, 52-54. 

 Clivicola riparia, 54-55. 

 Coccyzus americanuf , 160-163. 



erythropthalinus, 163-164. 

 Cock-of-the-Woods, 212-213. 

 Colaptes auratus, 127-131. 

 Colinus virginianus, 37-40. 

 Columbigallina passeriua terrestris, 



31-32. 

 Compsothlypsis americana, 317-318. 



