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INDEX. 



Barley, in England, 330, 344, 345. 



Barn Martin, 282. 



Barn Swallow, SO, 86, 89, 262, 266, 271, 272, 275, 277, 



278, 282, 283. 

 Bartlett pears, 55, 58. 

 Buds eaten, 242. 

 Beans, 48, 250, 344. 



Shoots eaten, 250. 

 Bee-bird, Bee-inartin, 80, 265, 271. 

 Bee-rniller'in Sparrow's nest, 320. 

 Beef in stomach of young, 145. 

 Bees, 102, 114, 115, 135, 138, 140, 141, 289. 

 Bees and grapes, 49-50, 55, 246. 

 Bees injure fruit, 50. 

 Beet, leaves eaten, 48, 63, €4. 

 Seed eaten, 48, 64, 65, 244. 

 Sprouts eaten, 245, 248, 250. 

 Beetle, elm-leaf, 130, 293, 298. 

 Goldsmith, 102, 285. 

 Tiger, 102, 130, 295. 

 Beetles, 102, 103, 124, 129, 135, 137, 139, 286, 290, 293, 



296, 297, 299, 305, 325, 331, 337, 344, 345, 347. 

 Beneficial and injurious birds, 81, 327, 334. 

 Beneficial and injurious insects, 101, 121, 287, 291. 

 Beneficial insects in stomachs, 134, 135. 136, 137, 



138, 139, 140, 141, 142. 

 Bergerie, Bougier de la, 302. 

 Bermuda, birds expelled from, 283. 



Sparrow in, 283. 

 Berries, 57, 60, 244, 245, 247, 248, 249, 251, 345. 

 Bewick's TVren, SO, 264, 276. 

 Bibliography, outline of, 301-304. 

 Bindweed, black or coru, 343, 345. 

 Seed eaten, 67, 343, 345. 

 Bird laws in the United States, 167-173. 

 Bird protection in England, 334. 

 Birds, in cities, 99, 100. 



Killed by Sparrows, 84, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 93, 



94. 95, 270, 270, 279, 283, 307, 339. 

 List of those molested, 80. 

 Preying on Sparrows, 150. 

 Birds of prey, beneficial, 327. 

 Bitter-sweet berries and thrusnes, 273. 

 Bitterweed seed, 144, 146. 

 Black ant, 296. 



Blackbeiries, 48, 55, 56, 57, 246, 248, 249, 327. 

 Black-billed Cuckoo, 108-109. 

 Blackbird, Boat-tailed, 92. 



Crow, 32, 80, 92, 267. 268, 269, 271, 276. 

 English (Henda), 335. 

 Bed-winged, 80, 206. 

 Blackbirds, 70, 74, 76, 77, 80, 246, 254, 262, 265, 278, 



279, 282, 290-291, 335. 

 Blackbirds and army-worms, 290-291. 

 Blackbirds and corn, 254. 

 Blackbirds and cxxtworms, 290-291. 

 Blackbirds and fruit, 246. 

 Blackbirds and rice, 76, 77. 

 Blackbirds protected in England, 335. . 

 Black-capped Titmouse, 80. 

 Black-caps (raspberries), 57. 

 Black cherries, 249. 

 Black haw, 146. 



Black Martin, 80, 84, 261, 269, 278. 

 Blades of grass in stomachs, 144, 312, 325. 

 Blight and Sparrows, 334-335. 



Blizzard of March, 1888, 33. 



Blossoms and buds destroyed, 40, 42-48, 240-243, 

 244, 245, 246, 247, 249, 250, 251, 310, 311, 312, 325, 327, 

 328. 

 Blow-flies, 102, 118-119. 



Blue-backed Swallow (=Tree Swallow), 80. 

 Bluebird, 80, 81, 82-87, 88, 91, 93, 94, 96, 97, 126, 261, 

 262, 264, 265, 266, 267, 26S, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 

 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 297, 

 320, 327. 

 Eggs destroyed, 83. 

 Food of, 126, 290-291, 320. 

 Xestlings killed, 84, 93. 

 Bobbed of food, 94, 297. 

 Summary of evidence, 82-83. 

 Bluebird, "Western, 80. 

 Blae-bottle flies, 112, 118, 138, 345. 

 Blue-jay, Jay, 31, 32, 80, 233, 234, 264, 265, 267, 263, 



269, 271, 272, 277, 282. 

 Boat-tailed Blackbird, 92. 

 ! Bobolink, 76, 80, 95, 280. 



Bomare, Yalmont de, 302. 

 j Borers, 102. 



: Bot-flies, hots, 102, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 287, 289, 

 294, 299. 

 Bounties, amount paid in Michigan, 162-163. 

 By towns, 235, 238, 239. 

 Cost of, 154-164. 

 In Australia, 349, 350. 

 In England, 98, 303, 348. 

 In Germany. 321. 



In Michigan, 36, 150, 162-163, 235, 236. 

 In Montana, 161-162. 

 In Ohio, 150. 



Not expedient, 36, 153-164. 

 Bounties and taxation, 160. 

 Bounty-law, an ideal. 155. 

 Bounty-laws, objections to, 158-161. 

 Box-elder buds, 44. 

 Box-inhabiters, 82-88. 

 Boxes for nests, removed, 36. 

 Brachymyrex heeri. 113, 116. 

 Bread, rice, etc., in crops, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141. 



143, 144, 145. 

 Breeding age, 28,30,311. 

 Breeding season, 27. 

 Breeding in winter, 238. 

 Brewer-Coues controversy, 303. 

 British estimate of Sparrows. 39. 

 British evidence, 330-348. 

 Bronzy cutworm, 102, 2S6. 

 Broods, late and early, 27, 30, 238. 



Number and size of, 27, 29-30, 232, 233, 

 234, 238, 317, 342. 

 Brown Thrasher or Thrush, 80, 266, 278, 280. 

 Brown Towhee, 80. 

 B melius pisi, 128. 

 Buckwheat, 68, 77, 255, 256, 257, 258. 

 Buds, 40, 42-43, 45, 240-243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 249, 250, 

 251, 296, 310 311, 312, 325, 327, 328. 

 Partial list of those eaten, 45. 

 Buds and blossoms, 40, 42-48, 240-243, 244, 245, 246 

 247, 249, 250, 251, 296, 310, 311, 312, 325, 327. 

 Buds and insects, 42-43, 242. 

 Buffalo-moth. 102. 

 Bugs, 102, 135, 139, 142, 287, 288, 296, 297. 



