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INDEX. 



change in the song, 112. 

 set free, 112. 



attacked by sparrows, 112. 

 baby ways, 13. 

 bringing food to young, 47. 

 Blue Jay, 175. 



driving corks, 175. 



hammering, 175. 



destructiveness, 176. 



holes in the matting, 176. 



ornamenting books, 177. 



pounding upward, 177. 



hiding things, 177. 



his regular business, 178. 



clearing up the room, 178. 



setting off matches, 179. 



odd hiding-places, 179. 



in my hair, 180. 



intelligent interest, 180. 



likes and dislikes, 180-191. 



showing fight, 181. 



war upon the baby, 181. 



expression of affection, 181. 



curiosity, 182. 



jumping, 183. 



queer way of alighting, 183. 



bird of opinions, 183. 



scolding the rain, 184. 



strange noises, 184. 



song, 184. 



stamping his feet, 184. 



in anger, 184. 



peaceful among the birds, 185. 



timid, 185. 



afraid of falling, 185. 



a jay-baby cry, 185. 



fond of music, 186. 



attended to business, 187. 



talking to me, 187. 



his demon of work, 187. 



in his vindication, 187. 



knew what he wanted, 191 . 



human society, 191. 



tokens of affection, 192. 



love, 193. 



ice-cream and cake, 193. 



hiding his candy, 193. 



next in favor, 193. 



difference in treatment, 193. 



curious dance, 194. 



missed his frolics, 194. 



calling his playmate, 194. 



treatment of a young lady, 195. 



treatment of a youth, 195. 



treatment of the head of the 



household, 195. 

 treatment of a maid, 195. 

 afraid of a trap, 195. 

 a wise bird, 19G. 

 cutting a wire, 196. 



loosening a rubber band, 196. 



a troublesome pet, 196. 



on my desk, 196. 



a cure for hammering, 196. 



learning to get under the cover, 



197. 



prying into packages, 197. 

 the waste basket, 198. 

 after the photographs, 198. 

 on the door, 198. 

 flying out, 198. 

 the open window, 199. 

 learning to outwit him, 199. 

 the other birds no society, 199. 

 surprising his neighbors, 199. 

 the room in a panic, 200. 

 excitement over a grasshopper, 



200. 



the oriole takes a hand, 200. 

 afraid of a tree, 200. 

 hiding the needles, 202. 

 bathing, 202. 

 beauty of plumage, 202. 

 Brazilian Cardinal, 232. 



Cardinal Grosbeak, or Virginia C., 



207. 



colors, 207. 



her first admirer, 208. 

 his first call, 208. 

 a mind of her own, 209. 

 his mistake, 209. 

 reproaching her, 209. 

 violent wooing, 210. 

 the obnoxious door, 210. 

 the window, 210. 

 exploring the room, 211. 

 calling on the robin, 211-214. 

 war declared upon her, 211 

 the window problem, 212. 

 lord-and-master, 212. 

 curious performance, 212. 

 hostilities, 213. 

 jealousy, 214. 

 the looking-glass, 214. 

 calling on the tanager, 214. 

 the bath, 214. 

 calling on the orioles, 215. 

 beginning to sing, 215. 

 a queer game, 215. 

 war again, 216. 

 death of the persecutor, 216. 

 Virginia relieved, 216. 

 expression of crest, 216. 

 a week's peace, 217. 

 arrival of a stranger, 217. 

 Virginia not pleased, 217. 

 the second suitor goes, 218. 

 left alone, 218. 

 set free, 219. 



