INDEX. 



265 



Terns, 252. 

 Thrasaer, 72. 

 Thrushes, 70-73. 

 Titmouse, 110, 111. 

 Trumpeter Swan, 238. 

 Turkey Buzzard, 171. 



uaofulness of, 172. 

 Tyrant Fly-Catcher, 100-103. 



courage of, 104. 



his services to the farmer, 104. 



Violet Green Swallow, 122. 

 Vireo, 60,61. 



nest of, 26. 

 Virginia Rail, 210. 

 Vulture, acute sense of, in discover- 

 ing carrion, 173. 



Warblers, species of, 96. 

 Waxwing, 61-63. 

 Western Bluebird, 78. 

 Whip-poor-will, 114. 



its song, 115. 

 White-bellied Swallow, 132. 

 White-breasted Nuthatch, &i. 

 White Ibis, 222, 223. 



Audubon on, 223, 224. 



its mode of catching the cray- 

 fish, 224. 

 Whooping Cranes, 211. 



food of, 212. 



fouad only in the South and 

 West, 212. 



their extreme wariness, 212. 

 Wild Pigeon, 189. 



Wild Turkey, 197. 



manner of travel, 198. 

 plumage, 199. 



rarely found east of the Miasis- 

 sippi, 197. 

 Wilson quoted : 



onBaldEagle, 176, 177. 

 Carolina Parrot, 149-151. 

 House Wren, 106-109. 

 Ivory-billed Woodpecker. 



137. 

 Magpie, 53. 

 Scarlet Tanager, 92. 

 Spotted Sand Piper, 219,220. 

 Wilson's Petrel, 257, 258. 

 Wings, appendages to, 21. 



structure of, determines tho 

 manner of flight, 20. 

 Winter Wren, 110. 

 Woodcock, 221. 



a nocturnal bird, 221. 

 its nest, 222. 

 Wood Duck, 243. 

 Woodpecker, 131. 



manner in which it obtains itM 



food, 132. 

 mechanism of the head, 133. 

 Wood Pewee, 105. 

 Wood Robin, 71. 

 Wrens, 105-110. 



Yellow-bilLed Cuckoo, 142. 

 Yellow-Uilled Magpie, 64. 

 Yellow-poll Warbler, M. 

 its Deal, 96. 



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