Cardinal grosbeak, 107. abandoning the nest, 120. as a father, 113. confidence in people, 121. delight of parents, 123. eating corn, 109, 115. importance of the builder, 119. kindness to young, 117. manners, 107. nest, 122. on grass, 105, 107. politeness to mate, 116. reception of woodpecker, 108. rose trellis nest, 121. speeding the parting guest, 125. victim of English sparrow, 114. Cardinal, the young, 113. characteristics, 114. first baby out, 122. food of, 123. song of, 116. 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 Cañon, 15. solitary possession of, 75. Cheyenne Mountain, 43. Chipmunk, 78. Cinderella among the flowers, a, 60. Cliff-dwellers in the cañon, 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.