INDEX. 



273 



the successful wooer, 219. 

 difficulty, studies under, 25, 26, 

 27, 29, 30. 



Golden - winged Woodpecker, or 

 Flicker, 115. 



in search of a nest, 115. 



heavy flight, 116. 



out of a bird store, 117. 



excessively wild, 117. 



getting acquainted, 117. 



peeping out, 118. 



expressing emotion, 118. 



in despair, 118. 



holes in the wall, 118. 



learning to eat, 118. 



peculiar attitudes, 119. 



sleeping, 119. 



restlessness, 119. 



taking naps, 120. 



a heavy sleeper, 120. 



dreaming, 120. 



hanging himself, 121. 



expression of sentiments, 121. 



the door opened, 121. 



running about the floor, 121. 



intelligence, 121. 



exploring the room, 121. 



investigating the nails, 122. 



visiting his neighbors, 122. 



up the ladder, 122. 



teasing the goldfinch, 123. 



down the ladder, 123. 



stepping down backward, 123. 



going home, 124. 



asking to be let out, 124. 



suddenly familiar, 124. 



childlike disposition, 124. 



a silent bird, 124. 



a strange song, 125. 



an extraordinary display, 125. 



the baby of the family, 126. 



position of rest, 127. 



flicker talk, 127. 

 Goldfinch, 72, 152, 157. 



Mocking-Bird. 

 baby ways, 13. 

 study of, 23. 

 way of singing, 25-44. 

 fables about, 30-31. 

 nest, 35. 



domestic relations, 36. 

 home in a pine grove, 37. 

 wooing, 38. 

 dance, 39. 

 love or war ? 41. 

 house hunting, 41. 

 building in a storm, 42. 

 on the winding stairs, 43. 



belligerent, 44. 

 a call on his spouse, 45. 

 frolic on the grass, 45. 

 nest in the cedar, 45. 

 the youngsters out, 46. 

 feeding the babies, 46. 

 the baby cry, 47. 

 parental anxiety, 48, 50, 55. 

 madam remonstrates, 48. 

 telling the news, 49. 

 out of the nest, 50. 

 looks and manners of the in- 

 fant, 50, 51, 53. 

 a lively youngster, 52. 

 an ignominious flop, 53. 

 baby number two, 53. 

 refuses to move on, 53. 

 thieves black and white, 54. 

 behavior of a young singer, 54. 

 had his own way, 55. 

 number three neglected, 55. 

 the cry-baby, 56. 

 peculiar hops, 56. 

 a curious performance, 57. 

 the nest, 57. 

 movements, 58, 59. 

 lifting the wings, 60. 

 disposition, 60. 

 quarrel, 61. 

 attack on a crow, 61. 

 song, 62, 63. 

 as imitator, 63. 

 Mocking-Bird in the house, 

 mocking, 67. 

 intelligence, 67. 

 taking notes, 68. 

 choice of colors, 68. 

 enjoyment of liberty, 69. 

 reason, 69. 



warmed by a lamp, 69. 

 quiet observation, 70. 

 submitting to imposition, 70. 

 out of the cage, 70. 

 studying surroundings, 71. 

 the pin-cushion, 71. 

 looking-glass, 71. 

 settling his position, 72. 

 the English goldfinch, 72. 

 driven away from the bath, 73. 

 the feathers flew, 74. 

 scene between goldfinch and, 



74. 



insulted by a thrush, 75. 

 dispute over the bath, 75. 

 worrying the Mexican, 77. 

 with the wood thrush, 78. 

 quarrel over the apple, 78. 

 a war dance, 79. 

 settling the thrush, 80. 

 end of the apple contest, 81. 



