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INDEX. 



Cistothorus palustris, 107. 

 Clangula clangula americana, 80. 

 Coccyzus, araericanus, 87. 



erythrophthalmus, 87. 

 Colaptes auratus, 88, 90-91. 

 Colinus virginianus, 13, 69-70, 78, 83-85. 

 Colymbus auritus, 79. 

 Compsothlypis americana usne?e, 103. 

 Contopus virens, 91. 

 Cqot, 81. 



Corn, 36, 38, 65-70. 

 Corvus americanns, 14, 47-48, 50, 53, 57-58, 65-66, 94. 



ossifragus, 14, 94. 

 Cowbird, 95. 

 Crane-flies, 21-22. 

 Crayfish, 9. 

 Creeper, brown, 107. 

 Crops infested by insects, 24-28. 

 Crossbill, red, 97. 



white- winged, 97. 

 Crow, 14, 47-48, 50, 53, 57-58, 65-66, 94. 



fish, 14, 94. 

 Crow blackbird, 14, 47-48, 53, 66-68, 77, 9-^. 

 Cuckoo, black-billed, 87. 



yellow-billed, 87. 

 Cutworms, 32. 

 Cyanocitta cristata, 93-94. 

 Cyanospiza cyanea, 98. 

 Dafila acuta, 80. 

 Dendroica, 104. 

 Dendroica, sestiva, 103. 



eserulescens, 103. 



coronata, 103. 



discolor, 103. 



dominica, 103. 



maculosa, 103. 



palmarum hypochrysea, 103. 



pensylvanica, 103. 



striata, 103. 



vigorsi, 103. 



virens, 103. 

 Dolichonyx oryzivorus, 95. 

 Doryphora 10-lineatus, 25. 

 Dove, mourning, 13-14, 77-78, 85. 

 Dryobates pubescens, 47, 88. 

 Duck, black, 80. 



lesser scaup, 80. 



scaup, 80. 



wood, 80. 

 Eagle, bald, 50, 85. 



golden, 85. 

 Ectopistes migratorius, 85. 

 Elderberries, 60-61. 

 Empidonax virescens, 91, 92. 

 Falco sparverius, 85, 86. 

 Finch, purple, 76-77, 97. 

 Fireflies, 37. 

 Fish, 53. 



Flicker, 88, 90-91. 

 Flies, 36, 39. 

 Flycatcher, acadian, 91, 92. 



great crested, 91, 93. 



scissor-tailed, 91. 

 Food, insect, 21. 



vertebrate, 50-53. 

 Food of nestlings 43. 

 Fruit, 55-65. 



Fruit, cultivated, 55. 



miscellaneous, 56-57, 61-62. 



wild, 58. 

 Fulica americana, 81-82. 

 Galeoscoptes carolinensis, 17-18, 47, 104-105. 

 Gallinago delicata, 83. 

 Game, 50-52. 

 Gavia imber, 80. 



lurame, 80. 

 Geothlypis formosa, 103. 



trichas, 103. 

 Glasses used for field work, 43-44. 

 Gnatcatcher, blue-gray, 108. 

 Golden-eye, 80. 

 Goldfinch, 75-76, 97. 

 Goose, Canada, 80. 

 Grain, 65-70. 

 Grapes, 57. 



Grasshoppers, 32, 48-49. 

 Grebe, horned, 79. 



pied-billed, 79. 

 Ground-beetles, 37-38. 

 Grouse, rufled, 85. 

 Gull, herring, 80. 



ring-billed, 80. 

 Haliseetus leucocephalus, 50, 86. 

 Harelda hyemalis, 80. 

 Hawk, broad-winged, 85, 86. 



Cooper, 50-51, 85. 



marsh, 54, 85, 86. 



red-shouldered, 85, 86. 



red-tailed, 85. 



sharpshinned, 51-52, 85. 



sparrow, 85, 86. 

 Helmitherus vermivorus, 103. 

 Helodromas solitarius, 83. 

 Heron, black-crowned night, 81. 



great blue, 81. 



green, 81. 



little blue, 81. 



snowy, 81. 

 Herons, 9. 



Hirundo erythrogastra, 46, 98. 

 Hummingbird, ruby-throated, 91. 

 Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis, 80. 

 Hylocichla alici*, 1J8. 



fuscescens, 108. 



guttata pallasi, lOS. 



mustelina, 108. 



ustulata swainsoni, 108 

 Ichneumon flies, 40. 

 Icteria virens, 103. 

 Icterus galbula, 96. 



spurius, 17, 44-45, 96. 

 Indigo bird, 98. 

 Insect food, 21-42. 

 Insects, destructive, 30-36. 



proportion contained in bird stomachs, 41. 



shrubs infested by, 28-30. 



trees infested by, 28-30. 



useful, 36-41. 

 Jay, blue, 93-94. 

 Junco, 97. 



Junco hyemalis, 97. 

 Kllldeer, 83. 

 Kingbird, 17, 91-92. 

 Kingfisher, 87-88. 



