INDEX 
518 
Birds, food of, 98. 
how named, 5. 
how to find ; 3. 
how to identify, 4, 
intelligence of, 11. 
migration of, 32. 
relation of, to man, 1, 2. 
senses of, 109. 
sexual organs of, 20. 
skinning, 16. 
study of, in nature, 60. 
voice of, 60. 
why we should study, 1, 2. 
Birdskins, 15, 16. 
Bittern, American, 221. 
Cory’s Least, 222. 
Least, 222. 
Blackbird, Bahama Red-wing, 362. 
Cow. See Cowbird. 
Crow. See Grackles, Purple and 
Bronzed. 
Florida Red-wing, 362. 
Red-winged, 72, 361. 
Rusty, 365. 
Skunk. See Bobolink. 
Thick-billed Redwing, 362. 
Yellow-headed, 360. 
Black-cap, Wilson’s. See Warbler, Wil- 
son’s. 
Black-head. See Duck, Scaup. 
Black Jack. See Scaup, Lesser. 
Blind, umbrella, 11. 
Bluebill. See Duck, Scaup. 
Greater. See Scaup, Duck, Greater. 
Small. See Scaup, Lesser. 
Bluebird, 115, 499. 
Blue Peter. See Coot. 
Blue Stocking. See Avocet. 
Bobolink, 358; map of migration of, 44. 
Bob-white, 100, 270. 
Florida, 271. 
Bog-sucker. See Woodcock. 
Bomby cilia cedrorum, 421. 
garrula, 420. 
Bombycillidse, 420; figured, 130. 
Bonasa umbellus togata, 274. 
umbellus umbellus, 273. 
Booby, 179. 
Blue-faced, 180. 
Red-footed, 180. 
Boreal Region, 28. 
Botaurus lentiginosus, 221. 
Brant, 214. 
Black, 214. 
White. See Goose, Snow. 
Branta bernicla glaucogastra, 214. 
canadensis canadensis, 213. 
canadensis hutchinsi, 213. 
canadensis minima, 213. 
leucopsis, 214. 
nigricans, 214. 
Brant-bird. See Turnstone. 
Brent. See Brant. 
Broadbill. See Ducks, Scaup and Shovel 
ler. 
Brooding, 79. 
Broods, number of, 68. 
Brown-Back. See Dowitcher. 
Bubo virginianus heterocnemis, 315. 
virginianus subarcticus, 315. 
virginianus virginianus, 315. 
Bufflehead, 204. 
Bull-bat. See Nighthawks. 
Bulweria bulweri, 176. 
Bunting, Bay-winged. See Sparrow, Ves- 
per. 
Black-throated. See Dickcissel. 
Indigo, 410. 
Lark, 413. 
Painted, 411. 
Snow, 384. 
Varied, 411. 
Burgomaster. See Gull, Glaucous. 
Butcher-bird. See Shrike, Northern. 
Buteo borealis borealis, 295. 
borealis calurus, 296. 
borealis harlani, 296. 
borealis krideri, 296. 
borealis umbrinus, 296. 
brachyurus, 299. 
lineatus alleni, 298. 
lineatus lineatus, 296. 
platypterus platypterus, 298. 
swainsoni, 298. 
Buteonidse, 287 ; figured, 126. 
Butorides virescens virescens, 227. 
Butter-ball. See Bufflehead. 
Buzzard, Turkey, 286. 
Cahow. See Shearwater, Audubon’s. 
Calamospiza melanocorys, 413. 
Calcarius lapponicus lapponicus, 385. 
ornatus, 386. 
pictus, 386. 
Calico-back. See Turnstone. 
Calidris leucophsea, 254. 
Call, location, 60. 
Call-notes, 60. 
Callichelidon cyaneoviridis, 419. 
Calls of prsecocial birds, 60, 61. 
Camera, 13. 
Campephilus principalis, 323. 
Camptorhynchus labradorius, 206. 
Canachites canadensis canace, 272. 
canadensis canadensis, 272. 
Canadian zone, 28. 
Canary, Wild. See Goldfinch. 
Canvasback, 201. 
Caprimulgidse, 331; figured, 127. 
Caracara, Audubon’s, 307. 
Cardinal, 407. 
Florida, 408. 
Kentucky. See Cardinal. 
Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis, 407. 
cardinalis floridanus, 408. 
Carduelis carduelis, 383. 
Carolinian fauna, 30. 
Carpodacus purpureus purpureus, 377. 
Casarca ferruginea, 196. 
Cataloguing birdskins, 20. 
Catbird, 473. 
Catharista urubu urubu, 287. 
Cathartes aura septentrionalis, 286. 
Cathartidse, 286; figured, 126. 
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus inornatus. 
258. 
semipalmatus semipalmatus, 258. 
Cedar-bird. See Waxwing, Cedar. 
Centurus carolinus, 329. 
Cepphus grylle, 146. 
mandti, 147. 
Certhia familiaris americana, 481. 
