180, 191, 208, 218.

Blackbird, Brewer's, 86-88, 117, 128.
afraid of a bath, 16.
attacking hawks and owls, 135, 139.
a jolly colony, 123, 124.
building, 124.
common in valley, 92.
curiosity about road-runner, 100.
following plow for grubs, 12, 13.
nervousness at nest, 87-88.
nesting sites, 86, 124.
pranks, 124.
repulsing shrike, 124, 125.
ruling dooryard, 86.

Blackbird, Red-winged, 14.
eating grubs in vineyard, 12-13.
following plow, 13.
nesting in marsh, 118.

Blackbird, Rusty, 86.

Blackbird, Yellow-headed,
in vineyard, 13-14.
on mustard, 14.

Blackbirds, 15, 114, 118, 120.
flocks riding cattle, hogs, and horses, 14.

Bluebird, Mexican, 187.
nesting site, 185.
second nest, 186.

Blue Jay. See Jay.

Blue Squawker. See Jay.

Brown Chippie. See Towhee, California.

Bunting, Indigo, 81.

Bunting, Lazuli, 81-83, 123, 189-193.
call, 190.
keeping out of quarrel, 45-46.
nest, 82, 216-217.
nesting site, 27, 82, 216.
song, 6, 44, 83, 117.
taking insects to nest, 82.
young fed by wren-tit, 189, 190.

Bush-tit, California, 28, 56, 59, 103-111, 117, 161, 162, 166.
building, 105-107, 108, 110, 184.
call notes, 109, 110.
common bird, 103.
destroys olive scale, 103.
legend of firefly lamps, 105.
local name, 56.
nest, 103, 104, 105.
nesting site, 103.
nest roof falls in, 106.
second nest better built, 107, 109.
snake in nest, 108.

Butcherbird. See Shrike.

Butterflies, migrating, 160.

California, southern, 147.
colors, 212.
marsh in, 118.
natural irrigation, 21.
sky, 67.

Canello, 2.
afraid of boggy land, Mexicans, and rattlesnakes, 2-3, 127-128.
indifferent to water snakes, 15.
made nervous by hummingbird, 7.
miring, 17-19.
visiting feathered tenants with, 123-139.

Chaparral, 5, 6, 55, 61, 94, 100, 103-104, 159, 167, 197, 201.

Chaparral cock. See Road-runner.

Chat, long-tailed, 163.

Chewink. See Towhee.

Chickadee, 103, 176.

Coast Mountains, 1, 4, 6, 15, 102, 104, 112, 113.
valley in, 1, 2, 4, 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.