Index 



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sparrows — Continued 

 225; tree, 138, 139, 140; 

 economic value o£, 84; food 

 found in, 109; value of, 108; 

 vesper, 138, 139, 140, 144; 

 white crowned, 138, 139, 140, 

 144; white-throated, 18, 138, 

 139. 140. 144; traps, 242 



Spenser, Edmund, 122 



Spirit of all birds, Omis, 118 



Spoonbills, destroyers of in- 

 sects, 88, 89 



Sportsmen, 44, "so-called," 54, 

 257; true, 257 



Squirrels, flying, 29; gray, 29; 

 ground, 84; red, robbers of 

 nests, 28, 29 



Stark, 118 



Starling, 138; European, 78, 80; 

 insect-destroyers, 89; nesting 

 boxes, 199 



Stickney, Mr. Lewis, 31 



Stoneham, Mass., 6, 134 



Storms, 1 1 ; a means of destruc- 

 tion, 10 



Storks, insect-destroyers, 88 



Suet, 133; as food, 5; pockets, 

 description and use of, 145; 

 suet stations, 144 



Survey, Minnesota Natural His- 

 tory, 12 



Swallows, bank, 27; beneficial 

 species, 109; destruction of, 

 12; tree, homes for, 195; nest- 

 ing boxes for, 199; situation 

 of nesting boxes for, 208 



Swan, trumpeter, extinction of, 



o 54 . . , 



Swans, 14; injured, 234; rescu- 

 ing of, 235; saving, 15; value 

 of, 88 



Swifts, destruction of, 12 ; meth- 

 od of feeding of, 103 



Symbolism of birds, 119 



Tameness of birds, 59 

 Tanagers, scarlet, 28, 44 



Tar, the use of, 246 



Teal, 59 



Tenehrio moUtor, 165 



Tenebrio obscurus, 165 



Terns, 58; economic value of, 



86; market for, 44; value to 



sailors, 87 

 Thrashers, value of, iii 

 Thrush, 34, 66; hermit, 18, 138, 



145; value of, III, 113 

 Titmice, 66; tufted, 138, 139, 



159; value of, 110; work of, 



no 

 Townsend, Charles H., 24, 77 

 Trafton, Gilbert H., 140, 160 

 Traps, sparrow, 242 

 Tropic birds, red-tailed, 59 

 Trunstones, 59 

 Turkey vultures, 16 

 Turtles, snapping, 35, 36 

 Typhoid, 104 



U 



University of California, 107 

 Utah, 84, 85; waterfowl, 17 



Village, The Bird, I 

 Vireos, value of, work of, no 

 Virginia, 91 



Vultures, black, value of, scaven- 

 gers, 93, 94; turkey, 16 



W 



Waco, Neb., Esquimau curlew 



shot at, 53 

 Wagner, 120 



Walcott, Frederick C, 283 

 Walnuts, English, 7 

 Walpole, N. H., Bird Club, 274 

 Warblers, II, 66; myrtle, 138, 



144; value of, no; work of, 



no 

 Washington, 159 

 Waterfalls, 14 



