INDEX 
519 
Certhiidse, 481; figured, 131. 
Ceryle alcyon, 321. 
Chsemepelia passerina bermudiana, 285. 
passerina terrestris, 284. 
Chsetura pelagica, 335. 
Chalk-line. See Heron, Little Green. 
Charadriidse, 124. 
Charadrius apricarius, 265. 
dominicus dominieus, 264. 
Charitonetta albeola, 204. 
Chat, Yellow-breasted, 467. 
Chaulelasmus streperus, 193. 
Chebec. See Flycatcher, Least. 
Chelidonaria urbica, 419. 
Chen caerulescens, 212. 
hyperboreus hyperboreus, 211. 
hyperboreus nivalis, 211. 
Cherry-bird. See Waxwing, Cedar. 
Chewink. See Towhee. 
Chickadee, 100, 486. 
Acadian, 488. 
Carolina, 487. 
Florida, 488. 
Hudsonian, 488. 
Chicken, Mother Carey’s. See Petrel, 
Wilson’s. 
* Prairie, 276. 
Chippy. See Sparrow, Chipping. 
Winter. See Sparrow, Tree. 
Chondestes grammacus grammacus, 394„ 
Chordeiles virginianus chapmani, 334. 
virginianus sennetti, 334. 
virginianus virginianus, 333. 
Chuck-will’s-widow, 331. 
Ciconiidse, 219. 
Circus hudsonius, 292. 
Cistothorus stellaris, 479. 
Civilization, effects of, on birds, 113. 
Clangula clangula americana, 203. 
islandica, 204. 
Clape. See Flicker. 
Climate, 27. 
Cobb. See Gull, Great Black-backed. 
Coccyges, 318; figured, 126. 
Coccyzus americanus americanus, 319. 
erythrophthalmus, 320. 
minor maynardi, 319. 
minor minor, 319. 
Cockawee. See Old-Squaw. 
Coereba bahamensis, 430. 
Colaptes auratus auratus, 329. 
auratus luteus, 329. 
Colinus virginianus floridanus, 271. 
virginianus virginianus, 270. 
Collection, care of, 21. 
Collector, outfit of, 14. 
Colonial birds, nesting habits of, 71. 
Color and age, 87. 
and climate, 89. 
and concealment, 91. 
and habit, 95. 
and season, 87. 
and sex, 87. 
Columbse, 281; figured, 125. 
Columba leucocephala, 281. 
squamosa, 282. 
Colymbidse, 138; figured, 118. 
Colymbus auritus, 140. 
holboelli, 140. 
nigricollis californicus, 141. 
Compsothlypis americana americana, 447. 
Compsothlypis americana usnese, 447. 
Condor, The, 23. 
Conuropsis carolinensis, 317. 
Cooper Ornithological Club, 24. 
Coot, American, 237; figured, 109. 
Bumblebee. See Duck Ruddy. 
Butter-billed. See Scoter, American. 
Ivory-billed. See Coot, American. 
Patch-head. See Scoter, Surf. 
White -winged. See Scoter, White- 
winged. 
Corvidse, 350; figured, 128. 
Corvus brachyrynchos brachyrhynchos, 
353. 
brachyrhynchos pascuus, 354. 
corax principalis, 352. 
corax sinuatus, 352. 
frugilegus, 355. 
ossifragus, 354. 
Coturnincops noveboracensis, 235. 
Coturnix coturnix, 271. 
Counter-shading, 93. 
Courlan. See Limpkin. 
Courlans, 230. 
Courtship, 70. 
Cowbird, 70, 77, 359. 
Crake, Corn, 236. 
Spotted, 235. 
Crane, Blue. See Heron, Great Blue. 
Brown. See Crane, Sandhill. 
Little Brown, 229. 
Sandhill, 229. 
White. See Crane, Whooping. 
Whooping, 229. 
Creciscus jamaicensis, 235. 
Creeper, Black and White. See Warbler, 
Black and White. 
Brown, 481; figured, 107. 
Crex crex, 236. 
Crossbill, American, 379. 
White-winged, 379. 
Crotophaga ani, 318. 
sulcirostris, 319. 
Crow, 110, 111, 353. 
Carrion. See Vulture, Black. 
European Hooded, 355. 
Fish, 354. 
Florida, 354. 
Crow-Duck. See Coot. 
Crying-bird. See Limpkin. 
Cryptoglaux acadica acadica, 313. 
funerea richardsoni, 312. 
Cuckoo, 100. 
Black-billed, 320. 
Mangrove, 319. 
Maynard’s, 319. 
Yellow-billed, 319. 
Cuculidse, 318; figured, 127. 
Curlew, Eskimo, 262. 
European, 263. 
Hudsonian, 262. 
Jack. See Curlew, Hudsonian. 
Long-billed, 261. 
Pink. See Spoonbill, Roseate. 
Spanish. See Ibis, White. 
Cut-water. See Skimmer, Black. 
Cyanocitta cristata cristata, 350. 
cristata florincola, 351. 
Cygninse, 121, 215. 
Dabchick. See Grebe, Pied-billed. 
