INDEX. 



279 



Hawk, Swainson's, 116. 



See also Goshawk. 

 " Hell-diver," see Grebe. 

 Heron, 6, 93, 98, 101, 141. 



little blue, 49. 



Louisiana, 113. 



night, 49. 



Ward's, 49. 



See also Egret. 



Hints on identifying birds, 269. 

 Hovering, 90. 



How birds are named, 128-131. 

 Humming-bird, 90, 93, 101, 140, 1T9. 



Princess Helena, 111. 



ruby-throated, -152. 

 " Hutnmocks," 48-49. 

 Huxley, Thomas H., quoted, 120. 



IBIS, white, 49.' 



wood, 49, 129. 

 Indian Falls (Maine), 180. 

 Indigo bird, see Bunting. 

 Inertia, def., 88. 



Ingraham, Capt. D. P., quoted, 52-56. 

 Iris of birds, 112-114. 

 Isothermal lines, 158. 



"JACKDAW," see Boat-tailed grackle. 

 Jaeger, 18-22, 117. 

 Jay, blue, 190. 



Canada, 190. 



Oregon, 190. 



Steller's, 190. 

 Junco. Oregon, 190. 



slate-colored, 161, 175. 

 Junk o' Pork (Maine), 33. 



KINGBIRD, 186. 



Kingfisher, 97, 184, 264. 



Kipling, Rudyard, quoted, 14, 33, 38. 



Kittiwake, see Gulls. 



Knee of birds, 68. 



LABRADOR, 42. 

 Laminse of bills, 103. 

 Lark, horned, 97, 133, 264. 



meadow, see Meadow-lark. 

 Law of gradation, 152. 

 Leucosticte. 161. 



Lighthouses as bird destroyers, 164-166. 

 Limpkin, see Courlan. 

 Lincoln Park (Chicago), 60, 71. 

 Linnet, pine, 200, 243, 264. 

 List of bird books, 273. 

 Littlejohn, Chase A., quoted, 14-17. 

 Lobate feet, 94. 



Long, Major, 202. 



Longfellow, Henry W., quoted, 26, 30, 48, 57. 



Longspur, 97. 



Loon, 9-13, 45, 59,72, 73, 88, 90,95, 141,176,267. 



Louisiana state seal, 62. 



Lowell, James Eussell, quoted, 1, 9, 258. 



MACBETH, quoted, 215. 

 Magdalen Islands, 43. 

 Mahonia, 183. 



Man-o'-war bird, 90, 92, 94, 101, 102. 

 Mallard, see Duck. 



black, see Black duck. 

 " Marlingspike," see Jaeger. 

 Martin, purple, 202, 213-218. 

 Meadow-lark, 116, 264. 



western, 188. 

 Melanism, 116. 

 Merganser, hooded, 114. 



red-headed, 114. 

 Migration, 163-172, 264-266. 

 Mink, 199. 



Momentum, def., 88. 

 " Moose-ear," see Pontederia. 

 " Mother Cary's chickens," see Petrel. 

 Mount Hood (Oregon), 188. 

 Mountains, effect upon climate, 159. 

 " Mourning widow," see Courlan. 

 Murrelet, ancient, 14-17. 

 Murres, 30, 32. 

 Muskeget Island (Mass.), 177. 



NEW ZEALAND, 106. 

 Newfoundland, 42. 

 Night-hawk, 93, 98, 99, 100, 151. 

 Nostrils of birdf, 99. 

 Nuthatch, pygmy, 191. 



red-breasted, 158, 161. 



white-breasted, 99. 



OBSERVING BIRDS, hints on, 267, 268. 



Ocean currents, effect on climate, 159. 



" Old man," see Ancient murrelet. 



"Old swell" of sea, 19. 



Orders, def., 126. 



" Oregon grape," see Mahonia. 



Oriole, Baltimore, 150, 227, 232, 253, 254, 264. 



Ostrich, 79, 81, 139. 



Oven-bird, 256. 



Owls, 97, 98, 101, 111, 112, 151, 258. 



horned, 133, 192, 198. 



screech, 133. 



PALMATE FEET, 95. 

 Parasitism, def., 230. 



