INDEX 



327 



Meriden Bird Club, 209-10. 



Merriam, Dr. C. Hart, 93, 97, 192. 



Migration, causes of, 10; changes 

 due to, 2; distances of, 4; rec- 

 ords of, 1; regularity of, 3; 

 routes of, 7; speed of, 6; time of, 

 7, 61, 62. 



Migratory bird law, advantages 

 of, 196-97; passage of, 193-95; 

 regulations for, 197-202; text 

 of, 195-96. 



Miller, Newton, 155. 



Millinery, birds killed for, 168-70. 



Minnetonka Bird Sanctuary, 220- 

 21. 



Mosquitoes, eaten by birds, 81-82. 



Moulting, 44. 



Moving counter, 256-58. 



Music of birds, recording, 16; simi- 

 larity to human music, 18. 



National Government, work of, 

 192-208; lesson on, 315. 



Nesting-boxes, birds using, 226-27; 

 cement, 231; comparison of 

 types, 231; dealers in, 246^8; 

 entrance hole, 234-35; for chil- 

 dren, 287; height to put out, 238; 

 in school-yard, 289; lesson, 303; 

 location of, 237; method of 

 fastening, 238; movable covers, 

 235; need of, 225; open, 241-42, 

 313; pottery, 231; putting out, 

 236; protection from cats, 239; 

 protection from English sparrow, 

 240; roofing-paper, 231; size and 

 shape of, 233; table of, 243; time 

 to put out, 236; tin, 230; types of, 

 227. 



Nesting-dates, 61-62. 



Nesting-habits, study of, 57. 



Nesting-materials, 244-45; lesson 

 on, 312. 



Nests, location of, 27; materials in, 

 29; shape of, 29; time of building, 

 27, 30. 



Nighthawk, dates of migration and 

 nesting, 61; economic status of, 

 113; kinds of insects eaten by, 



74, 82; table of nesting-habits, 

 35; winter home of, 6. 

 Nuthatch, white-breasted, date of 

 nesting, 61; song of, 16. 



Oldys, Henry, 18. 



Oriole, Baltimore, dates of migra- 

 tion and nesting, 61; economic 

 status of, 113; food of, 115; les- 

 son on, 310; nest of, 28, 29; 

 nesting-material for, 245; num- 

 ber killed by cats, 140; sexual 

 differences in color, 46; table of 

 nesting-habits, 35, 36; winter 

 home of, 5. 



Ornithologists, 221. 



Osborne, Dr. Caroline A., 147. 



Osprey, 33. 



Outline of bird-study, 304-09. 



Oven-bird, dates of migration and 

 nesting, 62; nest of, 27; song of, 

 16. 



Owl, barn, 92. 



Owl, barred, 96, 103. 



Owl, great horned, 93, 95, 96, 103, 

 107. 



Owl, long-eared, 92, 96. 



Owl, screech, 96. 



Owl, short-eared, 96. 



Owls, beneficial, 94; food-chart of, 

 96; money value of, 97. 



Parks, Military, 207; National, 

 207. 



Paroquet, Carolina, 120. 



Pearson, T. Gilbert, 138, 177. 



Pease, Charles H, 138. 



Pewee, wood, beneficial insects 

 eaten by, 106; dates of migra- 

 tion and nesting, 62; economic 

 status of, 112; food of, 115; kinds 

 of insects eaten by, 74, 82, 83; 

 song of, 18. 



Phalarope, Northern, insects eaten 

 by, 82. 



Pheasants, rearing, 274. 



Phcebe, beneficial insects eaten by, 

 106; dates of migration and nest- 

 ing, 62; economic status of, 112; 



