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INDEX. 



Huuimingbir.ls, fi, 0^ 14, 18, 23, 25. 31, 



42, 07, G9, 70, 14a. 



Ibis, Soarlc-t, 39. 

 [cteria virens, 23G. 

 Icterldie, 103. 

 Icterus galbula, 104. 

 spurius, 100. 



Jacana, 24, 28. 

 Jay, Blue, 102. 

 Junco, 11)2. 

 Junco hyenialis, 102. 

 J uncos, 41, 44. 



K(iy to common birds, 75. 

 Killdeer, 108. 

 Kingbird, 150. 

 Kingfislicr, Belted, 130. 

 Kinglet, Golden-crownrd, 251. 

 Kuby-crowncd, 252. 



Laiiiidiu, 218. 

 Liuiius boreali.-^, 218. 

 Lark, Horned, 41, 55, 158. 



Prairie Horned, 100. 

 Laridie, 88. 



Larus argentatus smitliwonlaiius, 88. 

 Lightliouses, 50, 57. 

 Liinicoli"e, 32, 102. 

 Lougipennes, 88. 

 Loon, S'i. 

 Loxia curvirostra minor, 196. 



Macrochirus, 142. 

 Mallard, :i2. 

 Man-o'-war Bird, 19. 

 Marsh Hen, 100. 

 Martin, Purple, 212, 210. 

 Mating of birds, 05. 

 Meadowlark, 27, 44, 174. 

 Megascops asio, I'js. 

 Melanerpes erytlimtH'pbalus, 140, 

 Melospiza fasciata, 178. 



georgiana, IsO, 

 Mt^rganstT.s, 32, !I2. 

 Morula migratoria, 200. 

 Mieropodidie, 140. 



Microrhynchus, 31. 

 Migration of bird.'^, 48. 



cause of, 59. 



eft'ects of changes of climate on, 59. 



extent of, 49. 



highways, 55, 00. 



manner of, 54. 



nocturnal, 55, 50, 57. 



origin of, 58. 



times of, 49. 

 Mimus polyglottos, 238. 

 Mniotilta varia, 226. 

 Mniotiltidre, 224. 

 Mockingbird, 238. 

 Molothrus ater, 170. 

 Molt, tiie, 37. 

 Momotus subrufuseens, 25 

 Motmot, 25. 

 Mud-hen, 100. 

 Myiarehus orinitus, 152. 



Natural selection, 14, 15, 05. 



Nesting season, 04. 



Nest of birds, 05. 



Nighthawk, 0, 23, 144. 



Notornis, 22. 



Nuthatch, Ked-breasted, 250. 



White-breasted, 251. 

 Nuthatches, 6, 8. 

 Nyoticora.\ nyoticorax nievius, 90. 



Ootoris alpestris, 158. 

 (_)pera-glass, 72. 

 Opisthoconius cristatus, 17. 

 Oriole, Baltimore, 104. 



Orchard, 37, I'U, n;5. 

 Orioles, 42, 44, 55, 103. 

 Ortolan, 172. 

 Oscines, 150. 

 Osprey, Amrrioan, 122. 

 Ostinops, 23. 



Ostrich, 5, IS, ]!i. 'J7, 29, 09, 70. 

 <Jtocoris ali-cstris, 15tf. 

 Ovfu-bird. -J^l, 23-J. 

 Owl, Barn, s. 



Ban-cd, 130. 



Gw-dt Ilonu'd, 128. 



Long-oared, 120. 



