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INDEX. 



whispered song, 64. 



intelligence, 65. 



curiosity, 65. 



humor, G6. 



treatment of pigeons, 66. 



settles the sparrows, 66. 



evening toilet, 68. 



bath, 68. 



sun bath, 69. 



attitudes, 69. 



expressions, 70. 



seeking the nest, 70. 



songs and other notes, 71. 

 Crow, attacked by an oriole, 115. 



with the king-bird, 117, 119. 



among the pine needles, 118. 



not know when beaten, 119. 

 Goldfinch (English), 35. 



sauciness, 35. 



with a thrush, 35. 



marriage of convenience, 147. 



growing tyrannical, 148. 



rebellion, 148. 



learning to bathe, 149. 



cheerfulness, 205. 



amiability, 208. 



fainting away, 210. 



talk, 213. 



turning somersaults, 215. 



insulting the cardinal, 217. 



impressed, 219. 



selfishness, 220. 



bathing, 221. 



Grasshopper under the glass, 83. 

 King-bird, mode of attack, 117. 



assisting an oriole, 119. 

 Mantis, praying, 82. 

 Marmosets, 138. 



difference, 138. 



and sand- worms, 139. 



opening the door, 140. 



rush for the birds, 141. 

 Mocking-bird, change of residence. 

 35. 



play, 214. 

 Oriole, Baltimore, 111. 



greeting, 111. 



deception, 112. 



characteristics, 112. 



nest, 113. 



approach to nest, 113. 



vigilance, 114. 



the tree shaken, 114. 



trouble with a crow, 115. 



mode of attack, 117. 



tactics, 118. 



song, 119. 



other cries, 120. 



accident to the babies, 120. 



female calls and song, 121. 



first appearance of young, 121. 



looks of the mother, 122. 



as a drudge, 122. 



the first peep, 123. 



excitement in the family, 123. 



two babies flown, 124. 



a strange oriole, 124. 



appearance of babies, 124. 



cry of babies, 124. 



busy times, 125. 



baby's first flight, 127. 



flight of number four, 127. 



character of nestlings, 127. 



catastrophe, 128. 



flight of number five, 129. 



flight of number six, 129. 



nest deserted, 130. 

 Robin, American, 1. 



cheerfulness, 1. 



notes, 4. 



worm-hunting, 5. 



trouble with a turkey, 7. 



playing a joke, 8. 



lessons in worm-hunting, 9. 



teaching to sing, 10. 



baby, 11. 



nest, 12. 



song, 119. 



sparrow impertinence, 199. 



talk, 213. 



intelligence, 220. 

 Ring-dove, 133. 

 Skylark, 135. 



when let out, 136. 



a bewitching dance, 137. 

 Sparrow, house, 153. 



morning hymn, 153. 



manners, 154. 



nest in a spruce-tree, 154. 



accident in the family, 155. 



conduct of parents, 155. 



murder of the infant, 156. 



divorce decided upon, 157. 



manner of securing it, 158. 



bringing home a bride, 158. 



differences, 159. 



nest in the maple-tree, 163. 



domestic quarrel, 164. 



conduct of the cock, 164. 



hiding, 165. 



quickness of the female, 166. 



change in affairs, 166. 



cunning, 167. 



stratagems, 168. 



cleaning house, 169. 



reappearance, 169. 



going a-wooing, 170. 



coquetry, 170. 



another drama, 175. 



a leg lost, 175. 



