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INDEX 



food of, 115; kinds of insects 

 eaten by, 74, 82, 83; nest of, 29, 

 82; open shelter for, 242; table of 

 nesting-habits, 35, 36. 



Photography, 59. 



Pictures of birds, 280. 



Pigeon, passenger, 117-20. 



Plover, golden, 120. 



Plover, upland, 120. 



Poultry, destruction of by birds, 

 103. 



Pratt, Albert H., 144. 



Quail. See Bob-white. 



Redstart, and cowbird, 81; dates 

 of nesting and migration, 62; 

 number of insects eaten by, 73. 



Regurgitation, 37. 



Reservations, national bird, 204- 

 07; private, 218-21; state, 208. 



Residents, permanent, 61; summer, 

 2, 62; winter, 2, 62. 



Rice-fields, bobolink in, 102. 



Roberts, Dr. T. S., 133. 



Robin, attacked by English spar- 

 row, 153; dates of migration and 

 nesting, 62; economic status of, 

 112; food of, 66, 67, 115; fruit 

 eaten by, 99; lessons on, 313, 

 314; nest of, 29; number and 

 kinds of insects eaten by, 73, 74; 

 number in United States, 126; 

 number killed by cats, 140; 

 number of broods, 32; open 

 houses for, 242; slaughtered in 

 South, 166; song of, 17, 23; 

 speed of migration of, 6; table of 

 nesting-habits, 35, 36; time of 

 singing, 14; time to build nest, 30. 



Rodents, harm done by, 91. 



Roosevelt, Theodore, 204. 



Sage, Mrs. Russell, 220. 



Sanctuaries, 185; Birdcraft Sanc- 

 tuary, 186-87. 



Sandpiper, pectoral, 120. 



Sapsucker, economic status of, 111; 

 harm done to trees by, 104-06. 



Shaler, Nathaniel S., 151. 



Shrike, 107. 



Shrubs, for food, 264; for nesting- 

 sites, 264; for shelter, 263. 



Sight of birds, 9. 



Size of birds, lesson on, 313. 



Songs, classification of, 21; season 

 of, 13; study of, 56; time of day 

 of, 14; variations in, 23. 



Sparrow, chipping, dates of migra- 

 tion and nesting, 62; food of, 

 115; nest of, 28, 29; number 

 killed by cats, 140; period of 

 incubation, 33; time of singing, 

 14; weed seeds eaten by, 87, 

 88. 



Sparrow, English, economic status, 

 111; enemy of other birds, 129; 

 food of, 115; grain eaten by, 

 101; nest-robber, 108; number 

 in United States, 126; number 

 killed by cats, 140; number of 

 broods, 32; poisoning, 156-59; 

 protection of nesting-houses 

 from, 2 10-41 ; protection of win- 

 ter birds from, 258-59; shooting, 

 155-56; table of nesting-habits, 

 35; trapping, 159-60; ways in 

 which harmful, 152-54. 



Sparrow, field, duet by, 20; food 

 of, 115; nest of, 28 ; weed seeds 

 eaten by, 88. 



Sparrow, song, dates of migration 

 and nesting, 62; food of, 115; 

 number killed by cats, 140; open 

 shelter for, 242; table of nesting- 

 habits, 35, 36; time of singing, 

 14; weed seeds eaten by, 87. 



Sparrow, tree, dates of migration, 

 61; weed seeds eaten by, 88, 89. 



Sparrow, vesper; dates of migra- 

 tion and nesting, 62; food of, 115; 

 song of, 23; weed seeds eaten by, 

 87. 



Sparrow, white-throated, dates of 

 migration, 61; song of, 17. 



Sportsmen, shooting by, 162-65. 



Squirrel, red, 42, 130. 



Starling, 108. 



