training, 116.
with sparrows, 114, 115.

Carolina wren, the great:
babies appear, 172.
ceremony of approaching, 177.
father disturbed, 175.
first sight of, 159.
fighting a chipmunk, 178.
hard to see, 177.
interruption to study, 168.
manners, 163, 173, 175.
mother anxious, 176.
nest, 149, 182.
song, 162, 164.
trailing, 162.
"Wrens' Court," 160.

Carolina wren, the young:
cries of, 181.
delay in taking flight, 179.
development of, 174.
first sallies, 180, 181.
manners, 178.

Catbird song, 23.

Cat on lawn, 112.

Cedar-tree little folk, 194.

Charming nook, a, 124.

Chat, long-tailed, yellow-breasted, 40, 232.
alertness of, 240.
bewitching, 241.
comes in sight, 237.
eccentric, 232.
egg stolen, 50.
farewell, 51.
first sight of, 45.
hard to study, 47.
haunts of, 241.
home of, 246.
humor, 40.
manners, 44, 46, 238, 239, 240.
nest, 47, 48.
on hand, 245.
saucy, 41.
secret of invisibility, 239.
studies me, 254,
triumphant, 257.
voice, 40, 43, 45, 236, 237, 239.

Chat, the madam:
interviews me, 255.
keeps her mate up to duty, 249.
manners, 248.
squawks, 254.
wonderful acting, 256.

Chewink, or towhee bunting:
babies, 31.
green-tailed towhee, 210.
husky cry, 30.
manners, 28, 29.
nest, 30.
song, 29.

Cheyenne Canyon, 15.
solitary possession of, 75.

Cheyenne Mountain, 43.

Chipmunk, 78.

Cinderella among the flowers, a, 60.

Cliff-dwellers in the canyon, 70.

Colorado, a restful way to see, 13.
the wonderland, 14.

Cotton storm, a, 17.

Cottonwoods, in the, 17.

Cuckoo, 157, 231.

Doll as a bogy, 103.

Dragonflies in Utah, 263.

English or house sparrow:
as a climber, 110.
autocrat, 129.
in Utah, 261.
robbing blackbirds, 100.
robbing red-headed woodpecker, 110.

Feast of flowers, the, 52.

Flicker a character, 106.

Flowers:
abundance of bloom, 54.
anemone, 61.
cactus, 56, 62, 74.
castilleia, 67.
cleome, 67.
columbine, 58, 67.
cyclamen, 67.
extermination by cattle, 208.
extermination by tourists, 68.
geranium, 58.
gilia, 64.
golden prince's feather, 65.
gummy and clinging stems, 66.
harebells, 67.
in a niche, 73.
in Kansas, 52.
mariposa lily, 65.
mentzelia, 60.
mertensia, 67.
Mexican poppy, 62.