INDEX 
[Binomials are indexed twice. 
Publications mentioned in the text are indexed under 
author and title, except those mentioned in foot-notes and under ‘ Miscellaneous 
Information,” which are not indexed. ] 
A 
A boy (verse), 107. 
Adults, educating, 92. 
Agricultural experiment stations, 
153. - 
Agriculture, United States depart- 
ment of, 149. 
Attracting song birds to our homes, 
19. 
Audubon societies, directory of, 93. 
B 
Bailey. The Birds and I, 40. 
Baltimore oriole (verses), 119. 
Barb wire coil, tree trunk with 
(figure), 36. 
Basin, floating bird (figure), 45. 
Basins, bathing and drinking, con- 
struction of, 43; floating, 44. 
Bathing fountains, 42. 
Baths, dust, 62. 
Bird and arbor day law of Minne- 
sota, 94. 
Bird basin, floating (figure), 45. 
Bird books, 155. 
Bird census, difficult to take, 5. 
Bird census of the United States, 1; 
compiled by W. T. Hornaday, 1. 
Bird day in the schools, 98. 
Bird hunters, 85. 
Bird island at Giessen, 29. 
Bird Life, cause of decrease in, Hor- 
naday’s report, 11. 
Bird Protection, Wild. Masefield, 40. 
Bird students, boys, and collectors, 
8. 
Birds and mammals, injurious, 10. 
Birds and mammals extinct or be- 
coming extinct, Hornaday’s report, 
136. 
Birds before Uncle Sam, 99-122. 
Bird’s Christmas tree (figure), 57. 
Birds, are the, decreasing, 1; con- 
clusions regarding, Hornaday’s 
report, 122; decrease of, in per 
cent, 2; education and the, 92; es- 
timate of, for Minnesota, 3; feed- 
ing house for (figure), 60; feeding 
in public parks, 61; feeding in 
winter, 46-61; game, the decrease 
of, 13; list of, from Brattleboro, 
Vt., 53-55; list of, from Cheyenne, 
Wy., 79, 80; on hats, 9, 81; pro- 
tecting the, against cats, 64-67; 
protecting the, from their natural 
enemies, 64; recommendations re- 
garding, Hornaday’s report, 123; 
tree planting for, general sugges- 
tions on, 28. 
Birds, song, as food, 90; causes for 
the decrease of, 6; protecting 
them, etc., 19. 
Birds, The, andI. Bailey, 40. 
Bittersweet, false (figure), 23. 
Black stork of Europe, 16. 
Bluebirds, nesting boxes for, 37; 
(verse), 111. 
Blue heron, great (verses), 113. 
Blue jay (verses), 117. 
Blue-winged or green-winged teal 
(verse), 104. 
Boards, elevated, 58. 
Bobolink (verses), 115. 
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