INDEX

Blackbird, cow. See Cowbird.

Bluebird, arrival in spring, 1; nest-building, 1, 2; young and cicada, 2, 3; a bewildered pair, 3-7; love and rivalry, 7-12; war with house wrens, 47-52.

Bluebird, The, poem, 13.

Bobolink, courtship, 77, 78; concealment of nest, 78-81.

Bobolink, The, poem, 82.

Bob-white. See Quail.

Butcher-bird. See Shrike, northern.

Catbird, song of, 72, 73; and black snake, 73-76; a coquette, 83.

Cedar-bird, nest-building, 122, 123; notes of, 124.

Chewink, markings of, 39; Thomas Jefferson writes to Alexander Wilson about, 39-41; inhospitality of, 83.

Chickadee, nesting of, 157-160.

Chippy. See Sparrow, chipping.

Coming of Phœbe, The, poem, 31.

Cowbird, notes of, 33; parasitic habits of, 33-35.

Crow, character of, 138, 139; manners of, 139, 140; wariness of, 140-142; yearly meeting, 142, 143.

Crow, The, poem, 144.

Downy Woodpecker, The, poem, 169.

Flicker, call of, 21; courtship, 22, 25, 26; not satisfied with being a woodpecker, 22, 23; excavating a nest, 23; young, 23-25; drumming, 26, 27.

Goldfinch, nesting, 125, 126; notes of, 126-128; flight of, 127, 128; musical festivals, 128, 129.

Grouse, ruffed, 133-136.

Hawk, marsh, habits of, 106; nest of, 106-108; young, 111, 112; a pet young one, 112-117.

Hawk, red-shouldered. See Hen-hawk.

Hawk, red-tailed. See Hen-hawk.

Hen-hawk, flight of, 130-132.

High-hole. See Flicker.

Jefferson, Thomas, 39, 40.

Oriole, Baltimore, nests of, 91-94.

Oven-bird, walk of, 69; the two songs of, 69, 70; nest of, 70, 71.

Owl, screech, a brood, 151, 152; two owl neighbors, 152-156; a captive, 153; note of, 154; disappearing in his hole, 154-156.

Partridge, 133-136.

Partridge, The, poem, 137.

Phœbe, arrival in spring, 28; nests of, 29, 30.

Phœbe, The Coming of, poem, 31.

Quail, on nest, 109-111.

Robin, arrival in spring, 15; a graceful warrior, 16; the "robin racket," 16, 17; nest and young, 18, 19; boring for grubs, 19, 20.

Shrike, northern, 147-150; raided by a screech owl, 155.

Snake, black, and song sparrows, 55, 56; and catbirds, 73-76.

Sparrow, chipping, trying to catch a miller, 36; feeding young robins, 37, 38.

Sparrow, song, unsuccessful nestings, 53, 54; and a black snake, 55, 56; a risky experiment, 56-58; a bob-tailed song sparrow's nest, 58-60.

Swallow, chimney. See Swift, chimney.

Swift, chimney, nest of, 61, 62; flight of, 61, 62; young, 63, 64; outriding the storms, 64; habits of, 64-66; great gatherings and aerial evolutions of, 66-68.

Thrasher, brown, stealthiness of, 42; nests of, 42-46; skulking, 83.

Thrush, wood, grace and elegance of, 83, 84; newspaper in nests, 84-86; the song and the nests, 86, 87; unsuccessful nestings, 87-89; song contests, 89, 90.

Towhee. See Chewink.

Warbler, black-throated blue, a successful search for the nest of, 100-105.

Whip-poor-will, eggs of, 95; assimilative coloration of, 95, 97, 99; young, 96; gait of, 97; song of, 97, 98; an old bird with her young, 98, 99.

Wilson, Alexander, 39-41.

Woodpecker, downy, a winter neighbor, 161-164; drumming, 164-167; the mystery of his hopping up and down the trunks and branches, 167, 168.

Woodpecker, The Downy, poem, 169.

Woodpecker, golden-winged. See Flicker.

Wren, house, song of, 47; war with bluebirds, 47-52.

Wren, winter, in his summer home, 119, 120; in winter, 120, 121.

Yarup. See Flicker.

Yellowbird. See Goldfinch.