ined to make a night of it. Mr.
Early-and-late, the robin's name ought to be. As I left the wood the
whippoorwill followed; coming nearer and nearer, till finally he
overpassed me and sang with all his might (while I tried in vain to
see him) from a tree or the wall, near the big buttonwood. He too is
an early riser, only he rises before nightfall instead of before
daylight."

INDEX

Blackbird, crow, 17;
red-winged, 183;
rusty, 216.

Bluebird, 14, 72, 160, 184, 214, 217.

Blue-gray gnatcatcher, 152.

Bobolink, 16, 78.

Bunting, bay-winged, 27, 174, 234;
snow, 190, 195;
towhee, 25, 39, 62, 178.

Butcher-bird, 5, 11, 66, 208.

Cat-bird, 3, 72, 114.

Cedar-bird, 26, 50, 126, 269.

Chat, yellow-breasted, 69, 152, 153.

Chewink, 25, 39, 62, 178.

Chickadee, 27, 58, 158, 202, 215, 237, 291.

Chimney swift, 23, 96, 272.

Cowbird, 183.

Creeper, brown, 20, 161, 205, 227, 262;
black-and-white, 21, 266, 279.

Crow, common, 26, 78, 209;
fish, 154, 209.

Cuckoo, black-billed, 18.

Finch, grass, 27, 174, 234;
purple, 27, 119, 173, 199, 217, 287;
pine, 206.

Flicker, 25, 121, 232.

Flycatcher, great-crested, 152;
least, 26, 36, 231;
phoebe, 26, 215, 230, 269;
wood pewee, 36, 231, 257;
yellow-bellied, 91.

Goldfinch, 16, 19, 60, 173, 188, 190, 193, 236.

Grosbeak, cardinal, 27, 37, 152, 173;
pine, 197;
rose-breasted, 173, 292.

Humming-bird, ruby-throated, 21.

Indigo-bird, 177.

Jay, blue, 26, 65, 208, 264;
Canada, 257.

Kingbird, 26, 78, 231.

Kingfisher, 26, 154.

Kinglet, golden-crested, 21, 203;
ruby-crowned, 21, 235.

Lark, western meadow, 40, 41;
shore, 206.

Linnet, 27, 119, 173, 199, 217, 287;
red-poll, 27, 190, 192.

Maryland yellow-throat, 9, 21, 85, 166, 266, 296.

Mocking-bird, 27.

Night-hawk, 27, 183.

Nuthatch, red-bellied, 25;
white-bellied, 24.

Oriole, Baltimore, 16, 181;
orchard, 154.

Oven-bird, 21, 42, 86, 124, 136, 256, 283, 296.

Pewee, wood 36, 231, 257.

Phoebe, 26, 215, 230, 269.

Red-poll linnet, 27, 190, 192.

Redstart, 21, 86, 135.

Robin, 15, 16, 35, 38, 111, 131, 160, 202, 229, 294, 298.

Sandpiper, spotted, 123.

Scarlet tanager, 125, 153, 171, 257, 296, 298.

Shrike, 5, 11, 66, 208.

Small-billed wat