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INDEX. 



Insects, destruction of, 18, 23. 



Junco, nest, 132. 

 young, 133. 



Kingbird : 



bathing, 26. 



character, 3, 12, 17. 



curious antics, 232. 



distinguishing marks, 14. 



English sparrow annoyance, 12. 



feeding, 21, 22, 25. 



greeting to mate, 8. 



nest of, 2. 



nesting habits, 9, 20. 



night perch, 14. 



oriole encounter, 5. 



preparing to sit, 7. 



robin encounter, 6, 10. 



Bitting, 13. 



song, 14. 



treatment of young robin, 31. 



young out, 17, 19. 

 Kingbird, the young : 



appearance above the nest, 

 22. 



attachment to each other, 24. 



dress of, 25. 



first flight, 28. 



first night out of nest, 29. 



last view, 32. 



leaving the nest, 26. 



migrating cry, 27, 29. 



preparing for flight, 34. 



reception of strangers, 30. 



vireo impertinence, 31. 



voice, 23. 



Mephitis Family, 156. 



Oven Bird, Golden Crowned Thrush 

 accident to nest, 177. 

 good sense of, 178. 

 nest, 177. 

 song, 177. 



Partridge, a sitting, 80. 

 Phoebe, 223. 



manners, 224. 



strange performance, 225. 



Red-headed Woodpecker, 211, 223. 

 after berries, 215, 219. 

 comical attitudes, 216. 

 feeding on the ground, 212. 

 fly-catching, 217. 

 frolics of young, 219. 

 greeting to mate, 216. 

 insulted by robin, 214. 

 on the raspberries, 214. 



Red-headed Woodpecker, continued: 



poaching, 213. 



robin surveillance, 216. 



settling with the robin, 215. 



young, 217. 

 Redstart 



and chestnut-sided warbler, 184. 



caution of, 54. 



curiosity, 111. 



description, 50. 



hostility, 49. 



in rain, 53. 



nest, 49, 59. 



nesting habits, 51, 58. 



out of nest, 56. 



out of shell, 53. 



treatment of young, 55. 



young identified, 189. 

 Red Squirrel, 234. 

 Robin, a saucy, 70. 



morning song, 173. 



on guard, 216. 



special policeman, 226. 



subdued, 37. 



surveillance, 87. 



takes a hint, 51. 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 86. 



Scarlet Tanager : 



bathing, 161. 



nest, 159. 



shyness, 160. 



young, 162. 

 Song Sparrow, 173. 

 Sparrow Hawk, 250. 



Towhee Bunting, young, 105. 



Veery, Wilson's Thrush : 

 bleating cry, 111. 

 calls and cries, 125. 

 cry of young, 107. 

 description of young, 113. 

 distress of parents, 120, 124, 



126. 



empty nest, 120. 

 friendliness, 126. 

 humorist, 127. 

 mother, the, 109. 

 nest destroyed, 117. 

 nest seeking, 115. 

 nests found, 116, 118, 119, 124. 

 solitude, love of, 125. 

 song, 99, 106, 260. 



Warbler life, problems in, 184, 264. 

 Wood-pewee, 68. 



nest, 131. 



song, 70. 

 Wood-thrush, 260. 



