html#Page_95" class="pginternal">95, 96, 97, 122, 126, 142, 169, 175, 178, 198, 205;
songs of love, 22, 26, 30, 31, 56, 90, 101, 142, 168, 170, 181, 204, 205, 208.
humor, 124.
individuality, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16, 22, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 52, 54, 56, 62, 63, 64, 65, 75-80, 81, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 111, 115, 124, 56, 59, 5, 20, 112.
at morning, 5, 68, 112, 137.
in evening, 19, 101, 102, 121, 122.
under moonlight, 102.
Coyote wolves,
barking, 91, 102.
chasing a dog, 119.
in eucalyptus, 214.
Crow,
killed bee-bird, 92.
nest, 212.
Dove, Mourning, 21, 118, 141, 161, 169, 219.
a gentle pair, 166.
brooding, 67.
friendliness, 42, 45.
nest, 216.
nesting site, 40, 166, 216.
perches, 57, 160.
superior airs of male, 116, 117.
timidity, 41, 42.
trailing, 215.
Eagle, 13.
Egret, White, 17.
Finch, Western House, 117, 160.
avoids shrike neighborhood, 126.
bathing, 16.
courtship, 90.
common birds, 92.
discussions, 28.
examining wren's nest, 25.
implicated in tragedy, 171-174.
nesting sites, 90, 96, 172, 186.
songs, 90.
stealing wren's material, 171.
using swallow's nest, 96.
Flicker, Red-shafted, 136-137, 160.
building, 136.
nesting site, local name, 6.
protecting young, 85.
scream, 169, 184.
tender to young, 84, 85.
Kingbird,
Arkansas. See Bee-bird.
Cassin's. See Bee-bird.
Eastern, 91.
Linnet. See Finch.
Lions, colts killed by, 30.
List of Birds referred to, ix.
List of Illustrations, vii.
Lizards, as eggers, 28, 150, 200, 203.
Magpie, 51, 98.
Mexican bridle, 3.
Miring, 17-19.
Mockingbird, thrasher's resemblance to, 6.
Mountain Billy, 20.
a good lope, 42-43, 112.
a narrow escape, 120.
a petted companion, 165, 187.
carrying blue gum boughs, 211.
carrying a chair, 60-61.
enjoying blue gum grove, 214, 218.
frightened by deer, 28-30.
ignoring snakes, 187-188.
improving his time, 68, 69, 114.
inventing a fly brush, 54, 55.
rolling, 165-166.
Mutual help in nature, 150.
Nesting season, date in southern California, 21, 30, 67, 69, 86.
Nests, broken up, 10, 26, 27, 47, 127, 143, 145, 158, 172, 204, 206, 217.
building, hard work, 56, 60, 45, 46, 48.
skulking manners, 49, 59.
song, 6, 169.
usurping a mother's rights, 189-193.
Towhee, California, 28, 46, 47, 57, 58, 59, 92-95, 163, 189, 200.
call note, 92.
common and tame, 92.
nesting, 93, 94.
shy at nest, 93-94.
song, 93.
Towhee, Green-tailed, 162-163.
Towhee, Spurred, 18, 160, 162.
singing, 169.
Trade wind, 68-69.
Trees,
acacia, 189.
elder, 15.
eucalyptus, 211-220;
character of, 213-214, 219-220;
grove, 211-220;
raised for fuel, 211.
live-oaks, 5, 6, 21, 86, 159-170;
garden of, 159-160, 170;
sapped by mistletoe, 167.
pepper, 197.
sycamore, 15, 21, 24-25, 67, 68;
the big, 112-122, 159.
tobacco, 88.
willow,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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