524 
INDEX 
Marila marila, 202. 
valisineria, 201. 
Marlin, Brown. See Godwit, Marbled. 
Ring-tailed. See Godwit, Hudsonian. 
Marsh-Hen. See Rail, Clapper. 
Martin, Bee. See Kingbird. 
Cuban, 416. 
European, 419. 
Purple, 416. 
Mating, 70. 
Maybird. See Bobolink. 
May, birds of, 34, 38. 
Meadowlark, 362. 
Southern, 363. 
Western, 363. 
Megalestris skua, 150. 
Megaquiscalus major major, 368. 
Melanerpes erythrocephalus, 328. 
Melanism, 96. 
Meleagridse, 278. 
Meleagris gallopavo osceola, 279. 
gallopavo silvestris, 279. 
Melopelia asiatica asiatica, 284. 
Melospiza georgiana, 404. 
lincolni lincolni, 403. 
melodia melodia, 402. 
Memory of birds, 113. 
Merganser, American, 188. 
Hooded, 189. 
Red-breasted, 188. 
Mergellus albellus, 190. 
Merginse, 187; figured, 121. 
Mergus americanus, 188. 
serrator, 188. 
Merlin, 306. 
Micropalama himantopus, 248. 
Micropodidse, 334; figured, 127. 
Migration, at night, 50. 
extent of, 40. 
height of, 51. 
how performed, 48. 
of western birds, 40. 
routes of, 41. 
speed of, 51, 52. 
times of, 32. 
why performed, 55. 
Mimidse, 472; figured, 131. 
Mimus polyglottos polyglottos, 472. 
Mniotilta varia, 438. 
Mniotiltidse, 430; figured, 130. 
Mockingbird, 65, 472. 
Finch. See Shrike, Loggerhead. 
Mollimoke, 174. 
Molothrus ater ater, 359. 
Molt, 85. 
Motacilla alba, 
Motacillidse, 470; figured, 131 
Mother Carey’s Chicken, 173, 178. 
Moose-bird. See Jay, Canada. 
Mud-Hen. See Coot. 
White-billed. See Coot. 
Murre, 147. 
Brunnich’s, 148. 
Murrelet, Ancient, 146. 
Muscivora forficata, 341. 
tyrannus, 340. 
Myadestes towndsendi, 497. 
Mycteria americana, 219. 
Myiarchus crinitus, 341. 
Myiochanes richardsoni richardsoni, 344. 
virens, 343. 
Names of birds, 6. 
Nannus hiemalis hiemalis, 478. 
Nesting dates, 69. 
season, date of, 66-68. 
site, 71. 
Nests, 70. 
character of, 75. 
collecting and preserving of, 21. 
construction of, 74. 
exercises in, 81. 
material for, 73. 
sanitation of, 81. 
Netta rufina, 198. 
Nettion carolinense, 195. 
crecca, 195. 
Nighthawk, 33, 100. 
Florida, 334. 
Sennett’s, 334. 
Noddy, 54, 171. 
Noddy. See Fulmar. 
Nomenclature system of, 6. 
Nomonyx dominicus, 210. 
Nonpareil. See Bunting, Painted. 
Note-books, 9. 
Notes, recognition of, 61. 
November, birds of, 36, 39, 40. 
Numenius americanus, 261. 
arcuatus, 263. 
borealis, 262. 
hudsonicus, 262. 
phseopus, 263. 
Nuthatch, Brown-headed, 484. 
Florida White-breasted, 484. 
Red-breasted, 484. 
White-breasted, 483. 
Nuttallornis borealis, 343. 
Nyctanassa violacea, 228. 
Nyctea nyctea, 315. 
Nycticorax nycticorax nsevius, 228. 
Oceanites oceanicus, 177. 
Oceanodroma castro, 177. 
leucorhoa, 177. 
Ochthodromus wilsonius wilsonius, 367. 
October, birds of, 36, 39, 40. 
Odontoglossse, 216; figured, 122. 
Odontophoridse, 269. 
Oidemia americana, 208. 
deglandi, 209. 
fusca, 209. 
perspicillata, 209. 
Old-squaw, 205. 
Old-wife. See Old-squaw. 
Olor buccinator, 216. 
columbianus, 215. 
cygnus, 216. 
Oologist, The , 25. 
Opera-glass, 5, 9. 
Oporornis agilis, 465. 
formosus, 464. 
Philadelphia, 465. 
Oreospiza chlorura, 407. 
Orientation, power of, 53. 
Oriole, Baltimore, 65, 74, 365. 
Orchard, 364. 
Oscines, 62. 
Osprey, 307. 
foot of, 108. 
Otocoris alpestris alpestris, 348. 
alpestris hoyti, 349. 
alpestris praticola, 349. 
