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INDEX 



Boys, shooting by, 165. 



Bradley, Guy, 171. 



Brooding young, 37. 



Broods, number of, 82. 



Brush Hill Bird Club, constitution 



of, 212-13; exhibit by, 211-12. 

 Bunting, indigo, dates of migration 



and nesting, 62. 

 Bureau of Biological Survey, 63, 



73, 74, 75, 87, 88, 94, 95, 105, 



114, 124, 192, 264, 265. 

 Burns, Frank L., 124. 

 Burroughs, John, 25, 28, 139, 214. 

 Burroughs Nature Club, 214-15. 



Calendar, for attracting birds, 269; 

 for children, 284. 



Call-notes, 25. 



Cardinal, food of, 115; kinds of in- 

 sects eaten by, 74; song of fe- 

 male, 13; weed seeds eaten by, 

 87. 



Carnegie foundation, 220. 



Cat, dealers in traps for, 247; 

 disease-carrier, 146-48; enemy 

 of nestlings, 43; licensing, 148; 

 method of doing harm, 135-36; 

 number kept per family, 142; 

 number of birds killed by, 139- 

 46; protection of nesting-houses 

 from, 39-40; protection of win- 

 ter birds from, 258; remedies, 

 148-51. 



Catbird, dates of migration and 

 nesting, 62; economic status, 

 112; feeding young, 36; food of, 

 115; fruit eaten by, 99; nest of, 

 28, 29; number in United States, 

 126; number killed by cats, 140. 



Cedar-bird, economic status of, 

 112; food of, 115; fruit eaten by, 

 99; growth of nestlings, 35; table 

 of nesting-habits, 35, 36. 



Census, by Bureau of Biological 

 Survey, 57, 124; by Bird-Lore, 

 58, 123. 



Chapman, Frank M., 43, 114, 137, 

 168, 180. 



Chebec (least flycatcher); benefi- 



cial insects eaten by, 106; eco- 

 nomic states of, 112; food of, 

 115; kinds of insects eaten by, 

 74; nest of, 28. 



Chewink (towhee), dates of mi- 

 gration and nesting, 62; song of, 

 20. 



Chickadee, date of nesting, 61 ; eco- 

 nomic status, 113; nesting-box 

 for, 243; number of insects eaten 

 by, 73, 75; number killed by cats, 

 140; plumage of nestlings, 45. 



Chicken, prairie, 21. 



Child's problem, 300. 



Coloration, protective, 46. 



Colors of birds, lesson on, 312. 



Cooke, Wells W., 5. 



Correlation of bird-study, 296. 



Counter-shading, 14. 



Courtship, 26. 



Cowbird, dates of migration and 

 nesting, 62; economic status, 

 112; food of, 115; grain eaten 

 by, 101; nesting-habits of, 31, 

 108; weed seeds eaten by, 87. 



Crane, whooping, 120. 



Creeper, brown, dates of migration, 

 61. 



Crow, call-notes of, 25; date of 

 nesting, 61; economic status of, 

 112; enemy of other birds, 129, 

 131; food of, 115; grain eaten by, 

 101; nest-robber, 108. 



Cuckoo, economic status of, 113; 

 food of, 115; number and kinds 

 of insects eaten by, 73, 74. 



Curlew, Eskimo, 120. 



Dove, mourning, dates of migra- 

 tion and nesting, 62; economic 

 status of, 112; food of, 115; weed 

 seeds eaten by, 87, 88. 



Dowitcher, 120. 



Dramatization, 284. 



Duck, Labrador, 117. 



Ducks, attracting, 276; number 

 killed in Louisiana, 168; rear- 

 ing, 275. 



Duets of birds, 19. 



