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INDEX TO TEXT 



New Jersey, Englewood, Study of 

 Blue Jay at, 3. 



Study of Meadowlark at, 15. 

 New York, Gardiner's Island, Bird 

 studies at, 31, 36, 37, 38-61. 



West Park, Bird studies at, 20. 

 Nichols Town, Bahamas, visited. 



165. 

 Nighthawk and Whip-poor-will con- 

 fused, 29. 

 Nighthawk, feigning lameness, 31. 



Nest of, 29. 

 Nighthawk, Texas, Notes on, in 



Arizona, 216. 

 Nightingale, Song of, 391, 395. 



Song season of, 393. 

 Noddy, Plight of, 196. 

 Nest of, 193. 

 Notes of, 192. 

 on Cay Verde, 208. 

 Persecution of, by spongers, 



193. 

 Tameness of, 192, 195. 

 Terrestrial nesting habit of, 

 how acquired, 195. 

 Notes of birds, Significance of. 5S, 



59. 

 Nova Scotia, Sable Island, 37. 



Obedience of Young Birds, 8, 31, 



53, 68, 325, 328. 

 Observations continuous and casual 



compared, 22. 

 Opuntia cholla as site of birds' 



nests, 245. 



in Arizona, 241. 

 Opuntia engelmanni in Arizona, 



~244. 

 Opuntia spinosior in Arizona, 244. 

 Oriole, Northrop's, on Andros, 158. 

 Osprey on Gardiner's Island, 46. 

 Oyster-catcher on Cobb's Island, 63. 

 Oregon, Bird studies on Klamath 



Lake, 294-304. 

 Owl, Burrowing, at Halsey, Neb., 



232. 



in Florida, SO. 

 Owl, Elf, living in giant cactus, 244. 

 Owl, Screech, and Blue Jay, 10-14. 

 Owl, Spotted, Probable call of, 263. 



Palo Verde in Arizona, 244. 

 Parental control of young birds, 8, 

 31, 53, 68, 325-328. 



Paroquet, Carolina, Range of, 80. 

 Partridge, Gambel's, Notes on, in 



Arizona, 246, 249. 

 Pass, San Gorgonio, Force of wind 



through, 257. 

 Pear, Prickly, in Arizona, 244. 



in Bahamas, 152, 207. 

 Peter, negro guide, 163. 

 Petrel. Ashy, in Farallones, 282. 

 Leach's, in Farallones, 282. 

 Pelican, Brown, Arrival on Island 

 of. S6, 92. 



Daily life of, 105-10S. 

 Development of young of, 94, 



96. 

 driven from Pelican Island, 84, 



85. 

 Eggs of, 95. 



exercising in the air, 108. 

 fighting, 10S. 

 Flight of, 105. 

 Means of defense of, 90. 

 Mental status of, 108-112. 

 Migration of, 88. 

 Nesting sites of, 84, 92. 

 Nests of, 93. 

 Notes of, 96, 97. 

 Plumage of, 89. 

 protecting young, 112. 

 recognizing young, 110. 

 Time of laying of, 86, 88, 89, 



92, 95. 

 Voice of, 92. 

 Young of, die when exposed to 



sun, 110. 

 Young of, eating young Peli- 

 cans, 104. 

 Young, Habits of, 99. 

 Young of, how fed, 97, 98. 

 Pelican Island flooded by norther, 

 90, 94. 



History of, 83. 

 Pelican, White, Aerial evolution of, 

 382. 

 deprived of home by Reclama- 

 tion Service, 379, 380. 

 Expanse of, 370. 

 feeding young, 381. 

 Flight of. 367. 

 Knob on bill of, 376. 

 in Saskatchewan, 384. 

 on Klamath Lake, 380. 

 Range of, 370. 372. 



