INDEX 



Albatross, 93. 



Anemone, 17. 



Animals, normal conduct of, 



104. 

 Apple-tree, the, 37. 

 Auk, Great, 90. 

 Avocet, 6s. 



Beb, the, 270. 

 Beech, the, 19. 

 Bird-songs, difficulties of re- 

 producing, 114. 

 instances of characteristic, 



US- 

 Birds, in West Englewood, 

 3, 20. 

 of prey, 195, 202. 

 popular classification of, 71, 



73- 



songless, 198. 

 Blackbird, Red -winged, 33, 

 266. 



nest of, Igo. 

 Bluebird, 18, 278. 

 Bobolink, 187. 

 Bronx Park, scene in, 29. 

 Buttercup, 17. 

 Butterflies, migration of, 188. 



Butterfly, 268, 271. 



symbolism of, 273. 

 Butterfly's wing, coloring of, 



269. 

 Buzzard, Turkey, 193. 



Catbird, 8, 20. 

 Cedar-bird, 220. 

 Chat, Yellow-breasted, 32. 

 Chaucer, 168. 



Chautauqua Landing, excur- 

 sion to, 182. 

 Chewink, 12, 20, 25. 

 Chickadee, 21. 



Circle of habitat, as principle 

 of bird-classification, 72. 

 Cormorants, 9J. 

 Cow-bird, 265. 

 Crane, Whooping, 82. 

 Cricket, 226. 

 Crow, Common, 20, 162. 

 Cuckoo, Black-billed, 13, 21. 

 Cuckoos, 99. 



American, compared with 

 European, 107, 108. 



anomalous character of, 

 102. 



charges'against, 103, 105. 



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