INDEX. 



Heavy-faced type indicates the principal reference to any subject. 



All important references to each bird are to be found under its scientific, and its vernacular, 

 name, as used in the Check-List of the American Ornithologists' Union. 



Unless otherwise specifled, streets mentioned are in Cambridge, and towns mentioned are in 

 Massachusetts. 



A. D. Club, 82. 

 Abbot, Samuel L., 198. 

 Abbott, Edwin H., 206. 

 Acacia Street, 295. 

 Acadian Owl, 59, 200. 

 Sharp-tail, 275. 

 Sharp-tailed Finch, 32, 275. 



Sparrow, 32, 57, 274, 276. 

 acadica, Cryptoglaux, 66, 59, 61, 199, 200. 

 Acanthis brewsterii, 58, 260. 



hornemannii exiUpes, 58, 59, 258-260. 

 linaria, 28, 35, 56, 59, 258-261, 263. 

 holboellii, 58, 59, 259, 260. 

 rostrata, 56, 59, 259, 260. 

 Accidental visitors, 57. 

 Aeciplter atricapillus, 57, 185. 

 cooperii, 55, 184. 

 velox, 18, 56, 183, 321. 

 accipitrinus, Asio, 66, 196. 

 Acomenticus [,Me.], 70. 

 Actitis macularia, 33, 38, 55, 60, 167. 

 Actodromas maculata, 32, 57, 158. 



minutilla, 32, 66, 159-161, 169. 

 Acton, 336. 



acuta, Dafila, 41, 49, 57, 110. 

 Adams, C. F., Jr., 69, 70, 121, 128, 130, 142, 172, 



176. 

 Adams estate, 215, 239, 244, 334. 

 aedon. Troglodytes, 13, 18, 21, 26-28, 35, 53, 55, 



61, 66-68, 256, 304, 367, 395. 

 vEgialitis semipalmata, 32, 33, 67, 115, 117, 161, 



169. 

 jEgiothus flavirostrls, 260. 



brewsterii, 260. 

 seneus, Quiscalus quiscula, 12, 14, 22, 25, 55, 67, 



241, 248, 249, 251. 

 aestiva, Dendroica, 13, 15, 21, 26, 28, 29, 49, 51, 



65, 63, 240, 326, 331, 337, 364. 

 affinis, Aythya, 36, 39-41, 66, 60, 116. 

 Agassiz, Louis, 83, 198. 

 Agelaius phoeniceus, 19, 22, 23, 46, 49-51, 55, 60, 



241, 242, 248, 250, 278, 287, 354. 

 agilis, Geothlypis, 48, 67, 69, 350. 



Agowamme, 71. 



Agyrtria viridissima, 58, 222. 



Aix sponsa, 36, 37, 40, 43, 45, 46, 49, 53, 56, 61, 



79, 83, 106, 111. 

 Alauda arvensis, 58, 232. 

 alba, Guara, 131. 



albeola, Charitonetta, 36, 40, 67, 60, 119. 

 Alberta, 204. 



albicollis, Zonotrichia, 16, 56, 80, 276, 277. 

 albifrons, Nyctale, 201. 

 Alca torda, 90. 



alcyon, Ceryle, 18, 38, 65, 194, 209. 

 Alder, black, 47, 351, 388. 

 Alder Flycatcher, 66, 69, 61, 230. 

 Aldrich, Pertia W., 92. 

 'Alert,' ship, 77. 

 Alewife, 44, 91, 191, 194. 

 Alewife Brook, 42-45, 47, 49, 83, 102, 106, 107, 



112, 133, 138, 139, 145, 156-158, 202, 



241, 371, 393. 

 Alice's Thrush, 386. 

 aliciae bicknelli, Hylocichla, 18, 57, 386, 387. 



Hylocichla, 18, 67, 386, 387. 

 AUe alle, 57, 61, 90. 

 Allen, F. H., 252. 

 Allen, Glover M., 3, 92, 114, 136, 141, 204, 205, 



259, 266, 290, 295, 332, 334, 352, 353, 



356. 

 Allen, J. A., 69, 135, 142, 151, 186, 194, 222, 232, 



233, 241, 242, 250, 251, 262, 264, 272, 



273, 296, 306, 321, 325, 332, 366. 

 Almy, Mrs. Charles, 82, 173. 

 alnorum, Empidonax traillii, 56, 69, 61, 230. 

 alpestris, Otocoris, 56, 233, 266, 267, 360. 



praticola, Otocoris, 58, 234, 266. 

 alpina sakhalina, Pelidna, 57, 160. 

 Alstead, N. H., 185. 

 alternifolia, Cornus, 314. 

 American Bittern, 32, 45, 46, 49-52, 56, 61, 80, 



132. 

 Coot, 36, 37, 40, 41, 46, 49-51, 56, 60, 116, 



117, 150-152. 

 Crossbill, 16, 35, 54, 59, 256-259. 



