INDEX 



329 



State governments, work of, 188- 

 91. 



Suet-box, 254. 



Swallow, bank, insects eaten by, 

 82; nest of, 28. 



Swallow, barn, dates of migration 

 and nesting, 62; insects eaten by, 

 82, 83; nest of 29; number killed 

 by cats, 140; open shelter for, 

 242; winter home of, 6. 



Swallow, cliff, insects eaten by, 82; 

 route of migration, 8. 



Swallow, tree, feeding young, 36; 

 insects eaten by, 82; nesting-box 

 for, 243. 



Swallow, violet-green, insects eaten 

 by, 82. 



Swan, trumpeter, 120. 



Swift, chimney, dates of migration 

 and nesting, 62; insects eaten by, 

 82; nest of, 28; return to nesting- 

 site, 28. 



Tanager, scarlet, dates of migra- 

 tion and nesting, 62; insects 

 eaten by, 73; moulting of, 44, 45, 

 46. 



Tariff regulations on plumes, 203- 

 04. 



Tern, Arctic, 5. 



Thrasher, brown, dates of migra- 

 tion and nesting, 62; economic 

 status of, 112; food of, 115; fruits 

 eaten by, 99; number in United 

 States, 126; song of, 23. 



Thrush, hermit, location of nest of, 

 27; song of, 23, 24. 



Thrush, wood, dates of migration 

 and nesting, 62; food of, 115; 

 song of, 19, 24; table of nesting- 

 habits, 35. 



Towhee. See Chewink. 



Traps, for cats, 247; for sparrows, 

 159-60, 247. 



Trees, damaged by sapsucker, 104. 



Trios among birds, 20. 



Turkeys, 274. 



Uehling, Edward, 257-58. 



Veery, dates of migration and nest- 

 ing, 62; song of, 23. 



Vireo, red-eyed, dates of migration 

 and nesting, 62; duration of sing- 

 ing, 14; feeding young, 36; num- 

 ber of insects eaten by, 73; win- 

 ter home of, 6. 



Vireo, warbling, dates of migration 

 and nesting, 62. 



Vireo, yellow-throated, insects 

 eaten by, 82, 83. 



Visitants, transient, 2. 



Walter, Mrs. Alice H., 151. 



Warbler, chestnut-sided, song of, 

 16. 



Warbler, Nashville, number of in- 

 sects eaten by, 73. 



Warbler, yellow, and cowbird, 31; 

 dates of migration and nesting, 

 62; insects eaten by, 73, 82; 

 number killed by cats, 140. 



Ward, Charles W., 219. 



Water-plants for ducks, 276. 



Waxwing, cedar. See Cedar-bird. 



Weasels, 129. 



Weathercock food-house, 256. 



Weed seeds, dispersal of, 85 ; kinds 

 eaten by birds, 87; number eaten 

 by birds, 88; number of, 85; vi- 

 tality of, 85. 



Weeds, harm done by, 84. 



Weeks, John W., 194. 



Whip-poor-will, insects eaten by, 

 82. 



Willet, 120. 



Window box, 256. 



Window shelf, 254. 



Winter birds, feeding, 249-59; 

 study of, 58; lesson on, 311-12. 



Winter homes of birds, 5. 



Woodcock, 47, 120. 



Woodpecker, downy, date of nest- 

 ing, 61; food of, 115; nesting- 

 box for, 243; number and kinds 

 of insects eaten by, 74. 



Woodpecker, hairy, food of, 115; 

 number and kinds of insects 

 eaten by, 74. 



