American Goldfinch:
bewitching manners, 253.
devotion of the male, 255, 256.
difficulty of watching, 253.
nervous sitter, a, 256.
nest, a second, 252.
neat building, 248, 249, 251, 253.
nesting ways, 244, 254.
queer scenes, 245, 246, 247.
song, 257.
talk with me, a, 257.
tragedy again, 250.
wooing, 244, 247.
Black and White creeper, 110.
Black-throated Blue Warbler:
delight in nest, 166.
hard to study, 164.
nest and mate, 165.
song, 163.
studies me, 168.
vain search for, 169.
young, 170.
Bluejay, the young, 77.
appearance of, 89.
description of, 91.
food as bait, 93.
interest of neighbors, 95.
not afraid, 92.
old birds to the rescue, 94.
stray youngster, a, 93.
Bobolink, 139.
attack, 152.
cries, strange, 139, 140.
disturbed, 151.
manners, 139.
musical call, 153.
song, 141, 144.
wiles, 150.
Cedar Birds, 143.
Chestnut-sided Warbler, 184, 187.
adopted infant, 230.
Chipping Sparrow, 173.
Crow, the parents, 240, 242.
two sides to the question, 242.
the young, 236.
alighting, 238.
coaxing ways, 238.
cry, a strange, 237.
efforts to learn, 239.
experimenting in food, 240.
object lesson, an, 241.
Cuckoo, the Black Billed, 190.
curious performance, 194.
male, the, 192.
mother tactics, the, 199.
nest, 191.
nest deserted, 198.
relieving the sitter, 192.
sitting bird, the, 191.
struck dumb, 196.
ventriloquism, 192.
young, 194.
Curiosity of Birds, 4.
Golden-winged Woodpecker, or Flicker:
cry of young, 40, 44.
dress, 36.
feeding, 39, 40, 43.
flight of young, 46.
manners, 35, 38.
nest, 34.
nest deserted, 47.
preparing to leave, 42, 43, 45.
setting house in order, 101.
teaching the young, 134.
ventriloquism, 102.
young appear, 39.
Gray Squirrel:
cry of, 178.
poacher, 207.
Great-crested Fly-catcher, 227.
Hermit Thrush, 259.
search for, 262.
shyness of, 261.
song, 266.
voice, 259.
young, 265.
Humming Bird as poacher, 207.
Insects, destruction of, 18, 23.
Junco, nest, 132.
young, 133.
Kingbird:
bathing, 26.
character, 3, 12, 17.
curious antics, 232.
distinguishing marks, 14.
English sparrow annoyance, 12.
feeding, 21, 22, 25.
greeting to mate, 8.
nest of, 2.
nesting habits, 9, 20.
night perch, 14.
oriole encounter, 5.
preparing to sit, 7.
robin encounter, 6, 10.
sitting, 13.
song, 14.
treatment of young robin, 31.
young out, 17, 19.
Kingbird, the young:
appearance above the nest, 22.
attachment to each other, 24.
dress of, 25.
first flight, 28.
first night out of nest, 29.
last view, 32.
leaving the nest, 26.
migrating cry, 27, 29,
preparing for flight, 34.
reception of strangers, 30.
vireo impertinence, 31.
voice, 23.
Mephitis Family, 156.
Oven Bird, Golden Crowned Thrush:
accident to nest, 177.
good sense of, 178.
nest, 177.
song, 177.
Partridge, a sitting, 80.
Phoebe, 223.
manners, 224.
strange performance, 225.
Red-headed Woodpecker, 211, 223.
after berries, 215, 219.
comical attitudes, 216.
feeding on the ground, 212.
fly-catching, 217.
frolics of young, 219.
greeting to mate, 216.
insulted by robin, 214.
on the raspberries, 214.
poaching, 213.
robin surveillance, 216.
settling with the robin, 215.
young, 217.
Redstart
and chestnut-sided warbler, 184.
caution of, 54.
curiosity, 111.
description, 50.
hostility, 49.
in rain, 53.
nest, 49, 59.
nesting habits, 51, 58.
out of nest, 56.
out of shell, 53.
treatment of young, 55.
young identified, 189.
Red Squirrel, 234.
Robin, a saucy, 70.
morning song, 173.
on guard, 216.
special policeman, 226.
subdued, 37.
surveillance, 87.
takes a hint, 51.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 86.
Scarlet Tanager:
bathing, 161.
nest, 159.
shyness, 160.
young, 162.
Song Sparrow, 173.
Sparrow Hawk, 250.
Towhee Bunting, young, 105.
Veery, Wilson's Thrush:
bleating cry, 111.
calls and cries, 125.
cry of young, 107.
description of young, 113.
distress of parents, 120, 124, 126.
empty nest, 120.
friendliness, 126.
humorist, 127.
mother, the, 109.
nest destroyed, 117.
nest seeking, 115.
nests found, 116, 118, 119, 124.
solitude, love of, 125.
song, 99, 106, 260.
Warbler life, problems in, 184, 264.
Wood-pewee, 68.
nest, 131.
song, 70.
Wood-thrush, 260.
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, or Sapsucker, 173, 201.
drumming habit, 207.
food habits, 203.
frolics, 205.
manners, 203, 204.
nest, 209.
traps, 204.
voice, 202.
young, 135, 209, 210.
Young Birds:
black-throated blue warbler, 170.
bluebird, 72.
brown thrush, 61.
chestnut-sided warbler, 229.
crow, 236.
crow blackbird, 228.
cuckoo, 194.
downy woodpecker, 229.
hermit thrush, 265.
in rain, 175.
kingbird, 22, 232.
learning to flock, 68.
other young birds, 74, 233, 263.
out, 23.
red-headed woodpecker, 217, 233.
scarlet tanager, 162.
swallow, 65.
towhee bunting, 105.
veery, 113.
Wilson's thrush, 113.
woodpecker, 175.
wood-pewee, 71.
yellow-bellied woodpecker, 135, 209.