INDEX 



Blackbird, cow. See Cowbird. 



Bluebird, arrival in spring, 1; 

 nest-building, 1, 2; young and 

 cicada, 2, 3 ; abe wildered pair, 

 3-7 ; love aud rivalry, 7-12 ; 

 war with house wrens, 47-52. 



Bluebird, The, poem, 13. 



Bobolink, courtship, 77, 78; con- 

 cealment of nest, 78-81. 



Bobolink, The, poem, 82. 



Bob-white. See Quail. 



Butcher-bird. See Shrike, north- 

 ern. 



Catbird, song of, 72, 73 ; and 

 black snake, 73-76 ; a co- 

 quette, 83. 



Cedar-bird, nest-building, 122, 

 123; notes of, 124. 



Chewink, markings of, 39 ; 

 Thomas Jefferson writes to 

 Alexander Wilson about, 39- 

 41 ; inhospitality of, 83. 



Chickadee, nesting of, 157-160. 



Chippy. See Sparrow, chipping. 



Coming of Phcebe, The, poem, 31. 



Cowbird, notes of, 33; parasitic 

 habits of, 33-35. 



Crow, character of, 138, 139 ; 

 manners of, 139, 140 ; wari- 

 ness of, 140-142 ; yearly 

 meeting, 142, 143. 



Crow, The, poem, 144. 



Downy Woodpecker, The, poem, 

 169. 



Flicker, call of, 21 ; court- 

 ship, 22, 25, 26 ; not satisfied 

 with being a woodpecker, 

 22, 23; excavating a nest, 

 23 ; young, 23-25 ; drum- 

 ming, 26, 27. 



Goldfinch, nesting, 125, 126; 

 notes of, 126-128; flight of, 



127, 128 ; musical festivals, 



128, 129. 



Grouse, ruffed, 133-136. 



Hawk, marsh, habits of, 106 ; 



nest of, 106-108 ; young. 111, 



112 ; a pet young one, 112— 



117. 

 Hawk, red-shouldered. See 



Hen-hawk. 

 Hawk, red-tailed. See Hen* 



hawk. 

 Hen-hawk, flight of, 130-132. 

 High-hole. See Flicker. 



Jefierson, Thomas, 39, 40. 



Oriole, Baltimore, nests of, 91- 



94. 

 Oven-bird, walk of, 69 ; the two 



songs of, 69, 70 ; nest of, 70, 



71. 

 Owl, screech, a brood, 151, 162 



two owl neighbors, 152-156 



a captive, 153 ; note of, 154 



disappearing in his hole, 154- 



156. 



