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, 27, 136.
notes, 136.
works as if wound up, 136.

Flowers and Plants,
blue sage, 61, 147.
chilicothe, 168.
dodder, 89-90.
'fly flower,' 160.
forget-me-not, 128.
mallow, 128.
mustard, 14, 67, 119, 123, 127, 147.
on border of pond, 15.
poison oak, 167.
'poppy,' 160.
primrose, 69, 147.
wild celery, 120.
wild gooseberry, 147.

Flycatcher, 140.
in chaparral, 6.

Fog, 19, 68, 101, 112.

Goldfinch, 21, 44, 164, 215, 219.
feeding, 7.
nest, 23.
nest destroyed, 27.
nesting site, 184, 186.
note, 215.

Gnatcatcher, Western, 38-64, 81, 123, 161, 205.
building, 48-60, 61, 62.
calls, 43, 44, 45.
comical parents, 63, 64.
defending nest, 45, 57, 58.
egg broken by wren-tit, 46.
eggshell carried away, 46.
feeding young in new way, 63-64.
jaunty nervous manners, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 56, 63.
nest, 39, 41, 60, 168.
nesting site, 39, 48, 60, 61, 167.
nest moved, 60.
spelling each other, 43, 44, 62.
talkative, 41.

Gophers, 70, 136.

Grosbeak, Black-headed,
migrants, 8, 58.
song, 170.

Grosbeak, Blue, 120.

Hangbird. See Bush-tit.

Hawk, Buteo, building, 135.
more likely to eat gophers than birds, 136.

Hawk, Fish, 13.

Hawk, Sparrow, 131-135, 136.
chased by bee-bird, 91.
nesting site, 131.
snakes for breakfast, 132.
too small a front door, 131-134.

Hawks, 16, 86.

Heron, Green, 17.

Lark, Horned,
on roadsides, 10.
song, 10.

Horse, as help in observing, 3-4, 125, 201-204.

How-do-you-do Owl. See Owl, Burrowing.

Hummingbird, 147, 186.

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