INDEX. 



Canada Goose, Us manner of feeding. 



237. 

 Canada Grouse, 202. 

 Canada Jay, 57. 

 Canvas-back Duck, 244. 

 Cardinal Grosbeak, 89. 



Audubon quoted on, 90. 

 Carolina Dove, 196. 

 Carolina Parrot, 147. 



destructiveness of, 148. 



roost in companies, 148. 



Wilson's account of one, 149- 

 151. 

 Carolina woods, music of, 66, 69, 70. 

 Cedar-Bird, 61-63. 



beauty of its plumage, 62. 

 Chick-a-de-de, 111. 

 Chimney Swallow, 118-121. 

 Chuck-willa-wldow, 115-117. 

 Cliff Swallow, 123. 

 Color of feathers, useful purposes 



served by, 22, 23. 

 Comet-tail Humming Bird, 159. 

 Common Magpie, 54. 

 Common Tern, 252. 

 Condor, anecdote illustrating the 



strength of, 172, 173. 

 Courage of birds, 72, 104, 178, 183, 



219. 

 Cow-bird, 35, 61, 96. 



how liiitched, 36. 

 Cranes, 211. 

 Cray-fisli, how caught by the White 



Ibis, 224. 

 Crested Titmouse, 111. 

 Crossbill, 87, 88. 

 Crow, 48. 



anecdote of a, 51. 



can be domesticated, 50. 



his extreme wariness, 48. 



nest of, 49, 60. 



services of, to the farmer, 49. 

 Cuckoo, 141-143. 



American, rear their young, 142. 



services of, to the farmer, 143. 

 Curlew, 221. 

 Cursures, orders of, 15. 



Delalande Humming Bird, 158-161. 

 Depredations on crops, how com- 

 pensated for, 38, 49, 104, 139, 143. 

 Duck Hawk, 183. 

 Ducks, 240-249. 



Eagle, nest of, 25. 



Eagles sometimes attack human spe- 

 cies, 178, 179. 



Eagles, stratagems of, to secure thell 

 prey, 175. 



Edible Swallow, 124. 



Eggs, number of, in a nest, etc., 26 



Egrets, 228-230. 



Eider Duck, 246. 



Audubon on, 246, 247. 

 down of, how procured, 245, 24fl 

 seldom found south of Nev 

 York, 246. 



Falcon, 184. 

 Feather, 22. 



colors of, serve a useful purpose 

 22, 23. 

 Finches, 78-98. 



Fishing by a bird, 186, 187, 224. 

 Flamingo, 232. 

 Flicker, 189, 140. 



activity of, 140, 141. 

 Flight of the Raven, 47. 

 Flight of various birds, described, 16 

 Fly-Catchers, 94, 99-105. 



Gamble's Partridge, 201. 



account of, by McCall, 201, 20S 



Genera, 28. 



Goat-sucker, the term an absurdity, 

 117. 



Golden Eagle, 178. 



feathers of, prized by the In- 

 dians, 178. 



Golden-crowned Thrush, VI. 



Golden-winged Woodpecker, 140. 



Gosse, account of a remarkable par- 

 rot by, 143-147. 



Grallffi, 18. 



Great Black-backed Gull, 254. 

 his voracity, 256. 



Great Carolina Wren, 109. 



Great Crested Fly-Catcher, 105. 



Great White Egret, 228, 



Great White Owl, 186. 



Greenland, birds of, 79. 



Green-winged Teal, 243. 



Ground-squirrel and Sand Piper, 

 contest between, 219, 220. 



Grosbeak, 90. 



Grouse, 202. 



Gulls, 254-256. 



Hanging-bird, 40. 

 Hawk Owl, 184. 



a connecting link between thf 

 Hawk and the Owl, 186. 

 Herons, 227 -231. 

 Hooded Merganser, 248, 249. 



