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INDEX. 



Chordeiles virginianus, 283. 



Chovy, 342. 



Chrysomelids, 111, 117, 296. 



Cicada septemdecim, 102, 129, 130, 286, 288, 289, 291, 



297, 299. 

 Cicada, seventeen-year, 102, 129, 130, 286, 288, 289, 

 291, 297, 299. 

 Kind not specified, 99, 102, 129, 285, 290, 298. 

 Cicindela, 102, 130, 295. 

 Circular of American Ornithologists' Union, 315- 



316. 

 Circulars of Department of Agriculture, 197-198. 

 Cistern water fouled, 148. 

 Clear- winged flies, 102, 294. 

 Cliff Swallow, 80, 88, 89, 262, 268, 272, 273, 274-275, 



276, 282, 283, 307, 327. 

 Climate and increase, 32-34, 308. 

 Climate of Canada, 308. 

 Clinton grape, 324. 

 Clivicola riparia, 80. 

 Clover, red, 146. 



Whit?, 146. 

 Clover seed, 66, 68, 144, 145, 257, 311, 325, 328. 

 Coccidce, 298. 

 Coccinellidce, 102, 291. 

 Coccyzus americanus, 80, 108-109, 123, 324-325. 



erythrophthalmus, 108-109. 

 Cockchafer, 342. 



Cocoons of codling-moth, 319-320. 

 Codling-moth, 102, 129, 131, 289, 290, 299, 300, 319-320. 

 Codling-moth and Bluebird, 320. 

 Codling-worm, 102, 129, 131, 289. - 

 Colaptes auratus, 80, 2G9, 281, 282. 

 Colanpis brunnea, 117. 



costipennis, 117. 



ftavida, 111, 113, 117. 

 Cold, effects of, 32-33, 308. 

 Coleoptera (beetles), 102, 103, 116-118, 120, 121, 127, 



129, 286, 289, 290 293, 296, 297, 299, 311, 328, 331. 

 Collector's guns, 164. 

 Colorado bird-law, 167. 

 Combustion, spontaneous, 148. 

 Common Sparrow, 80, 88, 269. 

 Concord grape, 51, 53, 55. 

 Connecticut bird-law, 168. 



Contents of Sparrows stomachs, 100-101, 111, 123- 

 125, 133-146, 296, 304, 311-314, 318, 320, 321-323, 325, 

 328-329, 331, 335, 336, 337, 342, 344-345, 347. 

 Continuous egg-]aying, 28. 

 Contopus virens, 80, 277. 

 Contributors, list of, 358-388. 

 Convolvulus seeds, 312. 

 Cooper's Hawk, 32. 

 Corn, Maize, 48, 61, 62, 64, 66, 68, 72, 74, 75, 77, 134, 



135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 



145, 146, 244, 246, 248, 249, 253, 254, 255, 256, 



259, 312, 322, 325, 344, 345. 

 dumber of reports on, 68. 

 In the milk, green, 48, 61, 62, 64, 66, 75, 244, 



249, 325. 

 Sprouts eaten, 48, 62. 

 Corn (grain) in England, 330, 336, 337, 339, 340, 341, 



344, 345, 347. 

 Corn-silk eaten, 62, 64. 



Corn insects (i. e., grain insects), not eaten, 348. 

 Corn-bindweed, 343, 345. 



Cornices protected by netting, 36. 



Cornell's Fancy (apples), 57. 



Corrosive sublimate, 175, 177. 



Corvus americanus, 80, 95, 283. 



Cost of bounties, 154-164. 



Cost of poison, 175. 



Cost of rabbit extermination in Australia, 353. 



Cottonwood buds, 44. 



Cotton- worm, not touched, 128, 129, 131, 287, 291,299. 



Coues-Brewer controversy, 303. 



Cowbird, Cow-blackbird, 246. 



Crambus culmellus, 345. 



vulgivagellus, 118. 



Crested Flycatcher, Great, 80, 266, 277. 



Crickets, 102, 128, 287, 300. 



Crocus eaten, 344. 



Croton-bugs, 306. 



Crow attacked, 80, 95, 283. 



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



Cuckoo, Black-billed. 10S-109. 



Yellow-billed, 80, 108-109, 324-325. 

 Food of, 123, 292. 



Cucumber blossoms eaten, 64. 



Curculios, 102, 111, 131, 288, 328. 



Currant buds and blossoms, 45, 46, 47, 242, 243. 



C arrant-moth, 102. 



Currants, 48, 56, 59, 245, 246, 248, 249, 251, 312. 



Currant- worm, 102, 130, 131, 292, 295, 298, 301. 



Cutworm, Bronzy, 102, 286. 



Cutworms, 102, 112, 113, 114, 129, 131,140,142,264, 

 280, 286, 287, 290, 297. 

 Stolen from Bobin, 264, 286. 



Cyanide of potassium, 175. 



Cyanocitta cristata, 31-32, 80, 233, 234, 264, 265, 267, 

 268,269,271,272,277,282. 



Cynipidce, 116. 



Daddy long-legs (Tipula), 338, 345. 



Dakota, no sparrow law in, 168. 



Dandelion seed eaten, 343. 



Dangerous poisons, 175. 



Data, methods of collecting, 11-12. 



Dead insects eaten, 132, 298. 



Delaware bird-law, 168. 



Delaware grapes, 53, 54, 55. 



Dendroica cestiva, 80, 81, 270, 272, 279, 280, 282, 283, 

 387. 

 coronata, 80, 283. 



Depredations in England, 308, 309, 330-348. 



Destruction of Sparrows by poison, 174-178. 



Destruction of Sparrows' nests, eggs, and young, 

 37,151,180,234,237. 



Diffusion, method of, 23-26. 



Diplotaxis, 112, 116. 



Diptera, 118, 120, 128, 313, 329. 



Dipterous pupae, 313, 329. 



Disappearance of Xight-hawk and "Whippoorwill, 

 283. 



Disappearance of Passenger Pigeon, 283. 



Disappearance of Span-worms, 109-110. 



Disease among caterpillars, 109-110. 



Disease among Sparrows, 31. 



Dissection of stomachs, 100-101, 105-106, 111-115, 

 123-125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 131, 133-146, 242, 243, 

 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 293, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 

 311-314, 318, 320, 321-323, 325, 328-329, 331, 335 r 

 336, 337, 338, 344-345, 347. 



