t and dived off
the branch into the bushes. We rose to go.

"This only was lacking," I said. "This crowns my summer. I ask no more,
and tomorrow I go."

INDEX.

American Goldfinch:
bewitching manners, 253.
devotion of the male, 255, 256.
difficulty of watching, 253.
nervous sitter, a, 256.
nest, a second, 252.
neat building, 248, 249, 251, 253.
nesting ways, 244, 254.
queer scenes, 245, 246, 247.
song, 257.
talk with me, a, 257.
tragedy again, 250.
wooing, 244, 247.

Black and White creeper, 110.

Black-throated Blue Warbler:
delight in nest, 166.
hard to study, 164.
nest and mate, 165.
song, 163.
studies me, 168.
vain search for, 169.
young, 170.

Bluejay, the young, 77.
appearance of, 89.
description of, 91.
food as bait, 93.
interest of neighbors, 95.
not afraid, 92.
old birds to the rescue, 94.
stray youngster, a, 93.

Bobolink, 139.
attack, 152.
cries, strange, 139, 140.
disturbed, 151.
manners, 139.
musical call, 153.
song, 141, 144.
wiles, 150.

Cedar Birds, 143.

Chestnut-sided Warbler, 184, 187.
adopted infant, 230.

Chipping Sparrow, 173.

Crow, the parents, 240, 242.
two sides to the question, 242.
the young, 236.
alighting, 238.
coaxing ways, 238.
cry, a strange, 237.
efforts to learn, 239.
experimenting in food, 240.
object lesson, an, 241.

Cuckoo, the Black Billed, 190.
curious performance, 194.
male, the, 192.
mother tactics, the, 199.
nest, 191.
nest deserted, 198.
relieving the sitter, 192.
sitting bird, the, 191.
struck dumb, 196.
ventriloquism, 192.
young, 194.

Curiosity of Birds, 4.

Golden-winged Woodpecker, or Flicker:
cry of young, 40, 44.
dress, 36.
feeding, 39, 40, 43.
flight of young, 46.
manners, 35, 38.
nest, 34.
nest deserted, 47.
preparing to leave, 42, 43, 45.
setting house in order, 101.
teaching the young, 134.
ventriloquism, 102.
young appear, 39.

Gray Squirrel:
cry of, 178.
poacher, 207.

Great-crested Fly-catcher, 227.

Hermit Thrush, 259.
search for, 262.
shyness of, 261.
song, 266.
voice, 259.
young, 265.

Humming Bird as poacher, 207.

Insects, destruction of, 18, 23.

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