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INDEX. 



Hummingbirds, 5, 6, 14, 18, 23, 25. 31, 

 42, 67, 69, 70, 148. 



Ibis, Scarlet, 39. 

 Icteria virens, 236. 

 Icteridae, 163. 

 Icterus galbula, 164. 

 spurius, 166. 



Jacana, 24, 28. 

 Jay, Blue, 162. 

 Junco, 192. 

 Junco hyemalis, 192. 

 J uncos, 41, 44. 



Key to common birds, 75. 

 Killdeer, 108. 

 Kingbird, 150. 

 Kingfisher, Belted, 136. 

 Kinglet, Golden-crowned, 251. 

 Ruby-crowned, 252. 



Laniidae, 218. 

 Lanius borealis, 218. 

 Lark, Horned, 41, 55, 158. 



Prairie Horned, 160. 

 Laridte, 88. 



Larus argentatus smithsonianus, 88. 

 Lighthouses, 56, 57. 

 Limicoloe, 32, 102. 

 Longipennes, 88. 

 Loon, 86. 

 Loxia curvirostra minor, 196. 



Macrochires, 142. 

 Mallard, 92. 

 Man-o'-war Bird, 19. 

 Marsh Hen, 100. 

 Martin, Purple, 212, 216. 

 Mating of birds, 65. 

 Meadovvlark, 27, 44, 174. 

 Megascops asio, 128. 

 Melanerpes erythrocephalus, 140. 

 Melospiza fasciata, 178. 



georgiana, 180. 

 Mergansers, 32, 92. 

 Merula migratoria, 260. 

 Micropodidse, 146. 



Microrhynchus, 31. 

 Migration of birds, 48. 



cause of, 59. 



effects of changes of climate on, 59. 



extent of, 49. 



highways, 55, 60. 



manner of, 54. 



nocturnal, 55, 56, 57. 



origin of, 58. 



times of, 49. 

 Mimus polyglottos, 238. 

 Mniotilta varia, 226. 

 Mniotiltidfe, 224. 

 Mockingbird, 238. 

 Molothrus ater, 176. 

 Molt, the, 37. 

 Momotus subrufescens, 25 

 Motmot, 25. 

 Mud-hen, 100. 

 Myiarchus crinitus, 152. 



Natural selection, 14, 15, 65. 



Nesting season, 64. 



Nest of birds, 65. 



Nighthawk, 6, 23, 144. 



Notornis, 22. 



Nuthatch, Red-breasted, 250. 



White-breasted, 251. 

 Nuthatches, 6, 8. 

 Nycticorax nycticorax nsevius, 96. 



Octoris alpestris, 158. 

 Opera-glass, 72. 

 Opisthocomus cristatus, 17. 

 Oriole, Baltimore, 164. 



Orchard, 37, 164, 165. 

 Orioles, 42, 44, 55, 163. 

 Ortolan, 172. 

 Oscines, 150. 

 Osprey, American, 122. 

 Ostinops, 23. 



Ostrich, 5, 18, 19, 27, 29, 69, 70. 

 Otocoris alpestris, 158. 

 Oven-bird, 231, 232. 

 Owl, Barn, 8. 



Barred, 130. 



Great Horned, 128. 



Long-eared, 126. 



