INDEX 
Bear, a caged, 76. 
Bear, black, 260. 
Beaver, 166, 167; nature of his in- 
telligence, 209-211. 
Beebe, C. William, on instinct and 
reason in birds, 215-217. 
Bees, 24. 
Belief, scientific grounds for, 173- 
179. 
Birds, mistakes of, 4-6; their nest- 
building, 4, 5, 70, 71; fighting 
their reflections, 5, 6; taking ad- 
vantage of man’s protection for 
their nests, 6,7; probably make 
no improvement in nest-build- 
ing or singing, 70, 71; learn cun- 
ning by experience, 71; instincts 
connected with parasitism, 79, 
80; communication in flocks of, 
96-98; courtship of, 103, 104 ; ac- 
tivities of the two sexes among, 
111-114; song contests among, 
114, 115; and glass, 127; incubat- 
ing-habits of, 135; shading mate 
and young from sun, 137, 138; 
their knowledge of the value of 
protective coloration, 138-140; 
migration of, 186; their affection 
for their young, 215; and shell- 
fish, 216; have no power of initi- 
ative, 232, 233; their handling of 
strings, 246-248; instinct in, 256- 
261; variability in, 258-261. 
Bird’s-nests, an epitome of wild 
nature, 109; haphazard design 
in, 109, 110. 
Bird-songs, the power to hear, 29; 
not music, 29; elusiveness of, 
30; a part of nature, 30; our 
pleasure in them from associa- 
tion, 31-34; songs of caged birds, 
32, 35; the wing-song, 39-44; in- 
dividual variation in musical 
ability, 44-46; acquired by imi- 
tation, 67, 68. 
Bittern, least (Ardetta ewilis), 
eating her eggs, 111. 
Blackbird, crow, or grackle (Quis- 
calus quiscula subsp.), catching 
a fish, 176; enmity with robins, 
263, 264. 
Blackbird, English, song of, 45, 
227. 
Blackbird, red-winged. See Red- 
shouldered starling. 
Black-knot, 27. 
Bluebird (Sialia sialis), hearing 
the, 29. 
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivo- 
rus), its song in the home mead- 
ows, 36; variation in song, 69; 
with defective song, 116. 
Body, the, intelligence of, 128. 
Bolles, Frank, 18. 
Bostock, Frank C., his The Train- 
ing of Wild Animals, 239-242. 
Brewster, William, 22. 
Buds, formation of, 50, 51. 
Bumblebee, hibernation of, 49. 
Burmeister, quoted on bees, 200. 
Calf, a wild, 214; a yearling and 
its muzzle, 237. 
Canary-bird, 159; an incredible 
story of a, 177, 178. 
Carlisle, Bishop of, 148. 
Cats, 66, 67, 73; fear of dogs, 75; 
talking with the ears, 94, 95; 
playing with mice, 100; watch- 
ing a mouse-hole, 186, 187; hu- 
man qualities of, 225, 226. 
Cat tribe, their method of hunt- 
ing, 183, 184. 
Cedar-bird (Ampelis cedrorum), 
notes of, 46; nest-building of, 
112; and strings, 247, 248; no 
song impulse in, 257. 
Chapman, Frank M., his story of 
a least bittern, 111. 
Chewink, or towhee (Pipilo 
erythrophthalmus), the ‘ Her- 
mit’s ” story, 93. 
Chickadee (Parus atricapillus), 
flight of a young, 70; tameness 
of, 205. 
Chipmunk, 159. 
Coon. See Raccoon. 
Cow, the, ignorance of, 123, 124 ; 
187, 221. 
Cowbird (Molothrus ater), 79, 80, 
156, 157; an incredible statement 
regarding, 178, 179, 220. 
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