Part 17

Pipit, Sprague's, ~2~, 46; portrait, ~2~, 46.

Pipits, ~2~, 46, 199.

Plumage, the nestling, ~1~, 22, 23; coloration of, 23, 24, 27, 28; moulting, 25, 26, 118; change of color without moulting, 26, 27, 118-120; protective coloration of, 120, 121; recognition marks in, 121, 122.

Poor-will, ~2~, 157.

Protection and attraction of birds, ~1~, 131-135.

Quail (bob-white), ~1~, 44, 59.

Redbird, ~2~, 88.

Redstart, American, ~1~, 14; portrait, ~1~, 14.

Regurgitation, ~1~, 18, 19.

Rhea, ~1~, 24.

Robin, American, arrival, ~1~, 3, 10, 15, 17, 18, 21; plumage of young, 23, 34; teaching young to bathe, 38, 39; notes of, 44, 45; food of, 49, 126, 127; roosting in flocks, 60; devotion to young, 78; story of the intelligence of a, 84, 102; usefulness to men, 126, 127, 129; ~2~, 5, 6, 38, 65, 167; portrait, ~2~, 60.

Robin, Western, ~2~, 6.

Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied, ~1~, 85.

Sapsuckers, tail of, ~1~, 113; ~2~, 161.

Scavenger Family, ~2~, 194, 204.

Shrike, Loggerhead, ~2~, 59; portrait, ~2~, 60.

Shrike Family, ~2~, 59, 200.

Shrikes, ~1~, 126.

Skylark, Missouri, ~2~, 46.

Skylark, Prairie, ~2~, 46.

Sleeping, ~1~, 57-60.

Song, ~1~, 14, 44-47.

Sparrow, Chipping, ~1~, 54.

Sparrow, English, learning canary's song, ~1~, 46; young fed by a wren, 81, 82; harmfulness of, 126, 130, 132; ~2~, 32.

Sparrow, Song, arrival, ~1~, 3; nest, 9; individuality in songs, 45, 47; ~2~, 81.

Sparrow, Tree, ~1~, 58, 128.

Sparrow, White-throated, ~1~, 54.

Sparrow and Finch Family, ~2~, 80, 201.

Sparrows, ~1~, 84, 97; ~2~, 80.

Starlings, Meadow, ~2~, 100.

Stomach, ~1~, 93.

Strigidæ, ~2~, 185, 204.

Swallow, Bank, ~1~, 96.

Swallow, Barn, ~1~, 71, 96; ~2~, 69; portrait, _frontispiece_.

Swallow, Cliff _or_ Eave, ~1~, 71; ~2~, 72, 73.

Swallow Family, ~2~, 69, 201.

Swallows, food of, ~1~, 17, 35, 50; flocking, 62, 71; story of young, 75; story showing intelligence, 85; wings of, 110.

Swift, Chimney, sleeping, ~1~, 59, 60; devotion to young, 78; tail of, 113; ~2~, 150.

Swift, Vaux's, ~2~, 150, 152.

Swift Family, ~2~, 150, 202.

Sylviidæ, ~2~, 14, 197.

Tail, ~1~, 112, 113.

Tanager, Louisiana, ~2~, 78.

Tanager, Scarlet, ~1~, 79; ~2~, 75; portraits, ~1~, 142; ~2~, 76.

Tanager, Summer, ~2~, 78.

Tanager Family, ~2~, 75, 201.

Tanagridæ, ~2~, 75, 201.

Thrasher, Arizona, ~2~, 41.

Thrasher, Brown, ~1~, 113; ~2~, 40; portrait, 112.

Thrush, Brown. _See_ Thrasher, Brown.

Thrush, Golden-crowned, ~2~, 52.

Thrush, Hermit, ~2~, 11; portrait, ~2~, 10.

Thrush, Western Hermit, ~2~, 11.

Thrush, Wood, ~1~, 133.

Thrush Family, ~2~, 5, 197.

Thrushes, Mocking, ~2~, 34, 199.

Titlarks, ~2~, 46.

Titmice, ~2~, 22, 198.

Titmouse, Tufted, ~2~, 24.

Tongue, ~1~, 97, 98.

Towhee, _or_ Chewink, ~1~, 76, 77; ~2~, 84; portrait, ~1~, 76.

Towhee, Spurred, ~2~, 84.

Trochilidæ, ~2~, 143, 202.

Troglodytidæ, ~2~, 30, 199.

Turdidæ, ~2~, 5, 197.

Tyrannidæ, ~2~, 135, 202.

Usefulness of birds to man, ~1~, 125-130.

Veery, ~1~, 47.

Vireo, Red-eyed, ~1~, 47.

Vireo, Warbling, ~2~, 57.

Vireo, Western Warbling, ~2~, 57.

Vireo, Yellow-throated, ~2~, 56, 57; portrait, ~2~, 56.

Vireo Family, ~2~, 55, 200.

Vireonidæ, ~2~, 55, 200.

Vulture, Turkey, _or_ Turkey Buzzard, ~1~, 50, 51; ~2~, 194.

Vultures, American, ~2~, 194, 204.

Wagtail Family, ~2~, 46, 199.

Warbler, Black and White, ~1~, 121; portrait, ~1~, 120.

Warbler, Yellow, ~1~, 50; ~2~, 50.

Warbler Family, ~2~, 49, 200.

Warblers, ~1~, 62, 97.

Water, birds in, ~1~, 94; for drinking and bathing, 133, 134.

Water-Thrush, ~2~, 52.

Water-Thrush, Louisiana, ~2~, 52.

Waxwing, Cedar. _See_ Cedar-bird.

Waxwing Family, ~2~, 63, 200.

Whip-poor-will, ~1~, 107, 121; ~2~, 155.

Whip-poor-will, Nuttall's, ~2~, 157.

Wings, ~1~, 109-112.

Winter, birds in, ~1~, 66-69.

Woodcock, beak of, ~1~, 96; whistling sound of wings, 111.

Woodpecker, Californian, ~2~, 167.

Woodpecker, Downy, ~1~, 50; ~2~, 169; portrait, ~2~, 166.

Woodpecker, Golden-winged. _See_ Flicker.

Woodpecker, Red-headed, ~1~, 85; ~2~, 165.

Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied, ~1~, 85.

Woodpecker Family, ~2~, 160, 203.

Woodpeckers, ~1~, 18, 21; teaching young to feed itself, 35, 36; food of, 50; storing food, 54, 55; sleeping, 59, 85, 86; beaks of, 95; tongues of, 98, 103; feet of, 106; tails of, 113; ~2~, 19.

Wren, House, ~1~, 81, 82; ~2~, 31; portrait, ~1~, 80.

Wren, Western House, ~2~, 31.

Wrens, ~2~, 30, 199.

Wren-Tits, ~2~, 198.

Young birds, hatching of, ~1~, 13-15; feeding of, 16-20; first plumage of, 21-23; learning to fly, 29-34, 37-39; the mother's anxiety about, 30-32; learning to feed themselves, 34-36, 39; learning to sing, 36; after leaving the nest, 70-73.

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Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

Book 2:

Page 173, "halycon" changed to "halcyon" (called halcyon days)

Page 212, book number was added to Woodcock.