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INDEX. 



Sparrow, Spanish, 302. 

 Summer, 276. 

 Tree, 80, 270, 271, 272, 280. 

 Yesper (= Grass Finch), 80, 270. 

 Sparrow-clubs, 166, 239, 334. 

 Sparrow Hawk, 32, 150, 309. 

 Sparrow hauts, 166, 238. 

 Sparrow-hunters in Prussia, 302. 

 Sparrow-killers, official, 150, 151-152. 

 Sparrow-trapping, 178-191. 

 Sparrows as food, 38-39, 160, 166, 182. 

 Sphenophorus parvulus, 112, 113, 114, 117-118. 

 robustus, 118. 

 sculptilis, 118. 

 13-punctatus, 118. 

 zece, 112. 

 Sphinx Carolina, 102. 

 Spkyrapicus varius, 95. 

 Spice-wood seeds eaten, 250. 

 Spiders, 102, 103, 112, 120, 129, 130, 138, 139, 285, 291, 



293, 294, 295, 299, 300, 339, 345. 

 Spinach, injured, 49, 64. 



Wild, 343. 

 Spinus psaltria, 80. 



tristis, 80, 81, 88, 91, 263, 265, 267, 270, 271, 274, 

 275, 276, 277, 278, 280, 281. 

 Spizellamontlcola, 80, 192, 270, 271, 272, 280. 

 pusiUa, 80, 270. 



socialis, 80, 81, 87, 93, 95, 262, 263, 265, 266, 

 267, 269, 270, 271, 272, 277, 278, 279, 280, 282, 

 283, 306, 309, 327. 

 Spontaneous combustion in nests, 14?. 

 Sporting purposes, Sparrows for, 178-191. 

 Spouts choked with nesting rubbish, 147-148, 352. 

 Spread, into country, 23-26, 259. 

 Manner of, 18-26. 

 Rate of, 26-27. 

 Spring canker-worm, 121-122. 

 Sprouting grain pulled, 259, 260, 341, 344. 

 Sprouts of vegetables eaten, 61, 62, 63, 64, 244, 245, 



246, 247, 249, 250, 251. 

 Squads of Sparrows attack other birds, 86, 87, 94, 



266-267, 269, 270, 271, 276, 277, 279, 280, 281, 282. 

 Squash blossoms destroyed, 64. 

 Squash-bug, 102. 

 Squirrel mobbed, 273. 

 Stable flies eaten, 102. 

 Stacked grain injured, 69, 70, 71, 72, 253, 254, 255, 



256, 257, 258, 259, 260. 

 Staphylinid beetle, 296. 

 Starling, European, 333. 

 State laws on bird protection, 167-173. 

 States, distribution of Sparrow in, 199-232. 

 States, list of those— 



Occupied by Sparrow, 26. 

 Reporting most injury to fruits and vegeta- 

 bles, 48. 

 Reporting most injury to grain, 68. 

 Reporting most injury to grapes, 53. 

 Statues defaced by filth, 147. 

 Stelgidopteryx serripennis, 80. 

 Stcllaria media, 305, 343. 

 Stomach contents of Cuckoo, 123. 

 Stomach contents of Sparrows, 100-101, 111, 123- 

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

 S28-329, 331, 335, 336, 337, 342, 344-345, 347. 



Stomach contents of Sparrows— Continued. 

 Method of determining, 111, 133, 321-322. 

 Tables of, 133-146. 

 Stomachs, number examined, 100-101. 



With few insects, 127, 131, 291, 296, 298, 



299. 

 With many insects, 328-329, 331, 336, 337, 



338, 344-345. 

 With no insects, 126, 127, 129, 130, 287, 

 288, 289, 290, 291, 293, 295, 296, 297. 

 Storms, effects of, 32-34, 232-233, 234, 236-237. 

 Strawberries, 48, 54, 55, 56, 57, 60, 63, 244, 245, 246, 



247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 327. 

 Street refuse, importance of, to the Sparrow, 34. 

 String-beans, 146. 



Strychnine, 174, 175, 176, 177, 234, 236, 238, 324, 

 349, 351, 352. 

 Experiments with, 176. 

 Sturnella magna, 80, 274, 277. 

 Sugar-corn, 62, 249. 

 Suggestions as to poisons, 175. 

 Sulphur fumes at roosts, 349. 

 Summaries of evidence, 17-149. 



Why misleading, 13. 

 Summary of food in England, 345. 

 Summary of insects in stomachs, 120. 

 Summary of reports on insects, 98-110, 128-131. 

 Summer Martin, 267. 

 Summer Sparrow, 276. 

 Summer Warbler, 282, 283. 

 Summer Yellow-bird (= Yellow Warbler), 270, 



272,279. 

 Sunflower, seed eaten, 48, 64, 65-66, 245, 247, 248, 

 251, 304. 

 Wild, seed eaten, 66. 

 Superabundance of nesting places, 96. 

 Swallow, Bank, 80. 



Barn, 80, 86, 89, 262, 266, 271, 272, 275, 



277, 278, 282, 283. 

 Blue-backed=Tree Swallow, q. v. 

 Chimney (see Swift), 80, 278. 

 Cliff, 80, 88, 89, 262, 268, 272, 273, 274, 



275, 276. 282, 283, 307, 327. 

 Eave (= Cliff Swallow), 88, 262, 271, 276, 



282. 

 European, 335. 



Fork-tailed (= Barn Swallow), 88. 

 House, 266. 



Jug or Mud (= Cliff ), 80, 88, 273, 274. 

 Rough- winged, 80. 

 Sand (=Bank),80. 

 Tree, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 88, 90, 96, 97, 262, 



265, 269, 270, 272, 282, 283, 327. 

 Yiolet-green, 80. 



White-bellied or White-breasted. (See 

 Tree.) 

 Swallows, kind not specified, 80, 81, 86, 88, 89, 90, 

 262, 264, 265, 266, 268, 269, 271, 272, 273, 

 276, 278, 279, 282, 307. 

 Killed by Sparrows, 90, 307. 

 Sparrows killed by, 282. 

 Swede turnip buds destroyed, 344. 

 Sweet apples, 250. 



Sweet corn, 62, 66, 244, 246, 249, 254, 255. 

 Sweet peas, 49, 64. 

 Swift, Chimney, 80, 278, 282. 



