ee 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.
Ph[oe]be, arrival in spring, 28;
nests of, 29, 30.
_Ph[oe]be, 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.
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