Index. 



Blackbird, Crow or Purple Grackle (Quiscalus quiscala, Linn.), nest-cleaning instincts of, 104, 105; 

 and brooding Robin, 39. 



Blackbird, Redwing (Agelaius phceniceus, Linn.), the bathing of, 16; an attractive nest of, 20; 

 preparation of nesting site of, for use of tent, 20; behavior of, 20; care of young of, 20, 21; 

 brooding of, 20, 21, 112; respiration of, 21; flight of young from nest of, 21; nest-cleaning 

 instinct of, 104, 105, 112; eating excreta of young by, 105; erection of feathers in female of, 

 21 ; force of habit displayed in, 112. 



Blackbirds, nest-cleaning instincts of, 104. 



Black cherry tree as an aviary in late summer, 62. 



Bluebird (Sialia sialis, Linn.) , arrival of, at Cleveland (O.) , 49 ; nest-hole of, 71; general habits of, 

 71-75; arrival at Holderness (N. H), 71; at Northfield (N. H.), 71; call-notes of, 71, 73; court- 

 ship of, 71; polygamy in, 72; choice and care of nesting site, 72; defense of nest of, 72; in 

 converted nest of Flicker, 72; removal of nest of, 72; adjustment of vertical tree-trunk with 

 nest of, 72; behavior of, after removal of nest, 73; feeding young in, 73; use of tail for sup- 

 port in, 73; strength of parental instincts in, 73-75; response of young in, 73, 74; nest-clean- 

 ing of , 74, 75, 104; young of , and their food, 75; rate of feeding young in, 75; in old Robin's 

 nest, 75 ; pugnacity of, 75 ; number of broods of, 75 ; repair of nest in, 75. 



Breeding season, lateness of, in Cedar-bird, 52; in Goldfinch, 52. 



Brewster, William, 51. 



Bristol (R. I), nesting of Osprey at, 115, 116. 



Brooding, in Redwing Blackbird, 20, 21, 112; in Kingbird, 28, 94, 97; in Robin, 46, 47, 94, 98; in Cedar- 

 bird. 17, 57; in Red-eyed Vireo, 68; in Night Hawk, 80, 82, 85; necessity of, 94; in Brown 

 Thrush, 94. 



Brown Thrush (see Thrush). 



Bunting, Bay-winged (Pooccetes gramineus, Gmel.), and black snake, 123. 



Burlington (Vt.), arrival of Robins at, 48-49; nest of Black Duck at, 119, 120; records of visits of 

 Bohemian Waxwings at, 136. 



Buzzard, Turkey, filthiness of nests of, 108. 



C. 



Call-notes, of Cedar-bird, 17, 56; of young of Baltimore Oriole, 18; of Robin, 45; of Red-eyed Vireo, 

 64, 65; of Bluebird, 73; of Redwing Blackbird, 77; of Night Hawk, 81, 82; of Kingfisher, 90; 

 of Canada Goose, 129; of Bohemian Waxwing, 136. 



Camera, value of, in portrayal of animals in action, xviii; size and construction of, 32; the twin lens, 

 32; the reflecting, invention and history of, 32. 



Catbird (Galeoscoptes carolinensis. Linn.) , shyness of, 5; minute observations on, 76-79; parental and 

 fighting instincts of, 76, 77; description of nests of, 76, 77; feeding and care of young in, 77- 

 79; development of wing-quills in young of, 77, 78; capture of dragon-flies by, 77, 78; alarm 

 notes of, 76, 77; suppression of fear in, 76-78; rate of feeding young in, 78; behavior of 

 young of, 77, 79, 117, 118; eating of excreta of young by, 105; attracted by alarm of Robin, 



122. 



Cats, and young after removal of nesting bough, 15; as enemies of young birds, 51 ; exemplified in Jan 

 Steen, 51. 



Cedar-bird, Cedar Waxwing (Ampelis cedrorum, Viell), life at nest of, after change of site, 13, 61; the 

 nesting of, 17, 52, 53; removal of nesting bough of, 17, 54, 57, 59; call-notes of, 17, 56; care 

 of young by, 18, 54-62, 94; flight of young of, 18, 60; spring and fall behavior of, 52, 53; 

 winter flocks of, 52; late breeding of, 52; breeding season at Northfield (N. H.), 52; quiet 

 nature of, 52; origin of names of, 52; appendages to feathers of wings and tails in young and 

 adult of, 5253; food of, 62, 63; position, materials, and construction of nests of, 53, 58; pro- 

 portion of young of, reared, 53; early weakness of parental instincts of, 53, 54; desertion of 

 nests in, 54; the hatching of, 54; routine in nesting habits of, 54; favorite nesting trees and 

 bushes of, 53; regurgitation of food for young in, 55, 61; number of berries carried in gullet of ) 

 55; function of gullet in, 55, 56, 101; habits of nestlings of, 56; sudden appearance of sense 

 of fear in nestlings of, 56, 60; timidity of, 54; response to alarm signal in, 57; brooding in, 

 17, 57, 94; supplying colored yarn for nest of, 58; time occupied in building nest in, 58; laying 



