The Children's Book of Birds

John Stuart Mill · en
Auks, ~1~, 110.

  Barn Owl Family, ~2~, 185, 204.

  Beak, ~1~, 95-97.

  Blackbird, Brewer's, ~2~, 113.

  Blackbird, Crow, ~1~, 72; ~2~, 110.

  Blackbird, Red-winged, ~2~, 94;
    portrait, ~2~, 94.

  Blackbird Family, ~2~, 94, 201.

  Blackbirds, ~1~, 3, 126, 129.

  Bluebird, arrival, ~1~, 3;
    getting food for young, 17;
    teaching young to fly, 37, 38;
    feeding, 50; ~2~, 5;
    portrait, ~1~, 38.

  Bobolink, nest of, ~1~, 9;
    one of the first birds to stop singing in summer, 47;
    the fall migration, 61, 62.

  Bob-white (quail), ~1~, 44, 59.

  Body, shape of, ~1~, 91.

  Bolles, Frank, his pet owl, ~1~, 101, 116;
    his story of a heron, 103, 104.

  Bones, ~1~, 92, 94.

  Books about birds, ~1~, 142-144.

  Brooding, ~1~, 13-16.

  Bubonidæ, ~2~, 178, 204.

  Bunting, Towhee, _or_ Chewink, ~1~, 76, 77; ~2~, 84;
    portrait, ~1~, 76.

  Bush-Tits, ~2~, 198.

  Butcher-birds, ~2~, 59.

  Buzzard, Turkey, ~1~, 50, 51; ~2~, 194.

  Canary, ~1~, 20, 57, 81.

  Caprimulgidæ, ~2~, 155, 203.

  Cardinal, ~1~, 69, 132; ~2~, 88;
    portrait, ~2~, 90.

  Catbird, food of, ~1~, 49, 126;
    jerking the tail, 113; ~2~, 37, 125;
    portrait, ~2~, 36.

  Cathartidæ, ~2~, 194, 204.

  Cave-dwelling Family, ~2~, 30, 199.

  Cedar-bird, feeding young, ~1~, 19;
    story of affection for young, 78;
    usefulness to man, 126, 129; ~2~, 63;
    portrait, ~1~, 126.

  Certhiidæ, ~2~, 27, 198.

  Chat, Long-tailed, ~2~, 53.

  Chat, Yellow-breasted, ~2~, 52;
    portrait, ~2~, 52.

  Chewink, ~1~, 76, 77; ~2~, 84;
    portrait, ~1~, 76.

  Chickadee, defending eggs, ~1~, 11, 12;
    getting food for young, 18;
    as an eater of insects' eggs, 68, 126;
    affection for young, 78; ~2~, 22;
    portrait, ~2~, 22.

  Chickadee, Mountain, ~2~, 22.

  Chickadees, ~2~, 22.

  Chuck-will's-widow, ~2~, 157.

  Cinclidæ, ~2~, 42, 199.

  Color in feathers, ~1~, 120.
    _See also_ Plumage.

  Cormorant, ~1~, 94.

  Corvidæ, ~2~, 117, 202.

  Cowbird, ~2~, 51, 98.

  Creeper, Brown, ~2~, 27;
    portrait, ~2~, 28.

  Creeper Family, ~2~, 27, 198.

  Creepers, ~2~, 19.

  Crop, ~1~, 93.

  Crossbill, American _or_ Red, ~2~, 91.

  Crossbill, White-winged, ~2~, 92.

  Crossbills, ~1~, 97; ~2~, 91.

  Crow, American, punishing a young one, ~1~, 37;
    sleeping in flocks, 59, 60;
    story of an affectionate, 80;
    usefulness to men, 126; ~2~, 40, 117.

  Crow Family, ~2~, 117, 202.

  Cuckoo, Black-billed, ~2~, 174.

  Cuckoo, California, ~2~, 174.

  Cuckoo, Yellow-billed, ~2~, 174;
    portrait, ~2~, 174.

  Cuckoo Family, ~2~, 174, 203.

  Cuculidæ, ~2~, 174, 203.

  Dipper, American, ~2~, 42;
    portrait, ~2~, 42.

  Dipper Family, ~2~, 42, 199.

  Down, the first plumage, ~1~, 15, 21, 22, 115.

  Ducks, ~1~, 97, 115.

  Eagle, Bald, ~2~, 189, 192.

  Ears, ~1~, 102-104.

  Eggs, beauty of, ~1~, 11;
    the mother's care, 11, 12;
    incubation and hatching of, 13-15.

  Eyes, ~1~, 100-102.

  Falconidæ, ~2~, 188, 204.