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INDEX 



Hawks, beneficial, 94; enemies of 

 other birds, 129; food-chart of, 

 96; harmful, 94; money value of, 

 97. 



Health, human, and birds, 81. 



Henshaw, H. W., 90, 97, 114, 138, 

 162. 



Herbaceous plants, 268. 



Heron, snowy, 120. 



Heronry, 277. 



Hodge, Clifton H., 157, 274. 



Hopper, automatic, 255. 



Hornaday, W. T., 121, 138, 167. 



Hummingbird, dates of migration 

 and nesting, 62; killed by cats, 

 140; method of feeding young, 37; 

 nest of, 28; winter home of, 5. 



Hunting contests, 164. 



Identification of birds, 49. 



Incubation, 33. 



Injurious birds, 110, 111. 



Insects, beneficial destroyed by 

 birds, 106; harm done by, 68; 

 kinds eaten by birds, 74; nature's 

 check on, 70; number eaten by 

 birds, 73, 74, 77, 78; power of re- 

 production of, 70. 



Jay, blue, date of nesting, 61 ; eco- 

 nomic status, 112; enemy of 

 other birds, 129, 131; food of, 

 115; nest-robber, 108; number 

 killed by cats, 140. 



Job, Herbert K., 184, 272, 273, 278. 



Johnson, C. A., 166. 



Judd, Sylvester D., 80, 110. 



Junco, slate-colored, dates of mi- 

 gration, 61; food of, 115; number 

 killed by cats, 140. 



Kennard, Frederic H., 255, 267. 



Killdeer, insects eaten by, 82. 



Kingbird, beneficial insects eaten 

 by, 106; dates of migration and 

 nesting, 61; economic status of, 

 112; food of, 115; kinds of insects 

 eaten by, 74, 82; number in 

 United States, 126; table of 



nesting-habits, 35, 36: winter 



home of, 6. 

 Kingfisher, dates of migration and 



nesting, 61; nest of, 28; table of 



nesting-habits, 35. 

 Knot, 120. 



Lacey Act, 193. 



Ladd, Neil W., 136, 156, 246. 



Lark, horned, food of, 115; kinds of 

 insects eaten, 74, 83; weed seeds 

 eaten by, 87. 



Laysan Island, tragedy on, 170. 



Legislation, history of, 178, 188- 

 89. 



Lessons on birds, on Audubon So- 

 ciety, 313-14; on Baltimore ori- 

 ole, 310-11; on bluebird, 310; 

 on colors of birds, 312; on foun- 

 tains, 311; on hawks and owls, 

 314-15; on national government, 

 315; on nesting-box for wren, 

 303-04; on nesting-materials, 

 312; on open box for robin and 

 phoebe, 313; on robin, 314; on 

 size of birds, 313; on winter birds, 

 311-12. 



Liberty Bell Bird Club, 215-56, 

 293, 295. 



Litchfield, E. H., 220. 



Literature and birds, 297. 



Longspur, Lapland, destruction of, 

 133-34. 



Mcllhenny, Edward A., 219, 277. 



McLean, George P., 194. 



Market shooting, 167-68. 



Marsh Island reservation, 220. 



Martin, purple, attacked by Eng- 

 lish sparrow, 153; dates of mi- 

 gration and nesting, 61; destruc- 

 tion by storms, 134; house for, 

 243-44; house in school-yard, 

 289; insects eaten by, 82, 83. 



Mathews, F. Schuyler, 17. 



Meadowlark, dates of migration 

 and nesting, 62; economic status 

 of, 112; food of, 115; number 

 killed by cats, 140; trio by, 20. 



