INDEX. 
Macmillan & Co., 241. 
Macy, C., 235. 
Mammoth cave, Music in, 129. 
Mare. (See also Horse, colt.) Nota- 
tions, 206. 
Martin, W. C. L., 235. 
Maryland yellow-throat. Notation, 49. 
Mavis. See Thrush (harporhynchus 
rufus). 
Mayer, A. M., 152, 235, 241, 
Maynard, C. J., 235. 
Meadow lark. See Lark (sturneila 
magna). 
Melodies, poems, etc., (See also Bird- 
songs. —Inanimate music. — Music 
in nature. — Night-songs. — Nota- 
tions.) Bobolink’s song in poetry, 
192; Browning, R. Song thrush 
(poem), 223; Larboard watch ahoy, 
48, 117; Last rose of summer, 175; 
Melody whistled while heating iron 
(horseshoes), 189; Partant pour la 
Syrie, 186; Rock of ages, 45, 118; 
Seven sleepers (oratorio), 108, 119; 
Spinning-girls’ song, 20; Titmouse 
(poem), 27; Wood-pewee (poem by 
Trowbridge), 65; Worship of Free- 
willets (wood-pewee’s song), 64. 
Melody, Structure of, 180; What is, 2. 
Melospiza melodia. See Sparrow. 
Menura superba. See Lyre-bird. 
Merriam, C. H., 241. 
Merriam, F. A., 235. 
Meyer, A. B., and Helm, F., 236. 
Mice, Vesper, music of, 126. 
Michelet, J., 236. 
Miller, O. T., 236, 242; Oriole, 169; 
Robin, 169; Song-sparrow, 169; 
Variations in bird-songs, 169. 
Mimicry. (See also Imitation.) Cat- 
bird, 159; Lyre-bird, 210. 
Mimus Carolinensis. See Cat-bird. 
Mimus Orpheus. See Mocking-bird. 
Minius polyglottus, Boie. See Mock- 
ing-bird. 
Mimus triurus. See Mocking-bird. 
Minor scale, Origin of, 135. 
Minot, H. D., vi, 236, 242; Black- 
throated green warbler, 157; Blue- 
253 
bird, 144; Bobolink, 193 ; Chestnut- 
sided warbler, 157; Chickadee, 143; 
Drumming of partridge, 197; Field- 
sparrow, 385; Night-hawk, 167; 
Nightingale, 181; Red-eyed vireo, 
190; Redstart’s song, 158; Rose- 
breasted grosbeak, 188; Skylark, 
193; Song-sparrow, 146; White- 
throated sparrow, 150; Wood-pewee, 
144; Wood-thrush, 181; Yellow- 
billed cuckoo, 194. 
Mitford, (—), Cuckoo, 194. 
Mivart, St. G., 140, 236. 
Mock nightingale, Norfolk, 180. 
Mocker, Brown. See Thrush (harpo- 
rhynchus rufus). 
Mocking-bird. (See also Brown thrush, 
— Cat-bird, 52), 133. 
. Mocking-bird (mimus Orpheus). Dar- 
win, C., 181. 
Mocking-bird (mimus polyglottus, 
Boie). Hill, R., 178. 
Mocking-bird, White-banded (mimus 
triurus), 186; Hudson, W. H., 176. 
Mocking-bird, Virginia, 178. 
Montagu, Col. G., 236. 
Morning song in Jamaica, 153. 
Mottled owl. See Owl (scops asio). 
Moult and fatness. Bicknell, E. P. 
Effect of, on the singing of birds, 
147. 
Mouse-song. Vesper-mice, 126. 
Miiller, J., 140, 236. 
Miller, Karl, 151, 236. 
Munger, C. A., 2386; Brown thrush, 
159; Oriole, 169. 
Murdoch, J. B., 236. 
Music. (See also Bird-song. — Bird- 
songs. — Inanimate music. — Melo- 
dies. — Music in nature. — Nota- 
tions. —Song-birds.— Songs.) Ef- 
fect of, on snakes, 142; Henderson, 
W. J. Nothing in nature that re- 
sembles music, 116; Human, 130; 
Pole, W. Structure of, 123; Uni- 
versal effect of, 141. 
Music, Animal, 130. (See also Bird- 
songs. — Insect music. — Music in 
nature. — Notations.) 
