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diff --git a/41141-h/41141-h.htm b/41141-h/41141-h.htm index 85ef4c4..141eedf 100644 --- a/41141-h/41141-h.htm +++ b/41141-h/41141-h.htm @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> <title> The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Children's Book of Birds, by Olive Thorne Miller. @@ -90,45 +90,7 @@ </style> </head> <body> - - -<pre> - -Project Gutenberg's The Children's Book of Birds, by Olive Thorne Miller - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: The Children's Book of Birds - -Author: Olive Thorne Miller - -Release Date: October 22, 2012 [EBook #41141] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF BIRDS *** - - - - -Produced by David Edwards and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 41141 ***</div> <div class="figcenter" style="width: 378px;"> <img src="images/cover.jpg" width="378" height="600" alt="Cover: The Children's Book of Birds: red bird on leafed branch" /> @@ -472,7 +434,7 @@ OLIVE THORNE MILLER.<br /> Agassiz Fuertes, and these are signed with his name. The other colored plates and the twenty-eight plain half-tones are from photographs of mounted specimens, many of which are in the -collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, in Cambridge, +collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and are reproduced by permission.</p> <p>The First Book also contains twenty cuts in the text.</p></div> @@ -3081,7 +3043,7 @@ nothing is left above water but their beaks, to breathe. And they can stay so as long as they choose, keeping still in one spot, without moving.</p> -<p>A cormorant in a zoölogical garden, who +<p>A cormorant in a zoölogical garden, who wanted to catch some of the swallows skimming over the pond, sank his body till only his head was out, and held himself there perfectly @@ -4831,7 +4793,7 @@ in the other.</p><hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5_Boo <div class='chaptertitle'>THE THRUSH FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Turdidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_2_2" id="FNanchor_2_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Turdidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_2_2" id="FNanchor_2_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">This</span> family is named after the thrushes, but @@ -5105,7 +5067,7 @@ birds.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE KINGLET AND GNATCATCHER FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Sylviidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_3_3" id="FNanchor_3_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Sylviidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_3_3" id="FNanchor_3_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">This</span> family is small in our country. There @@ -5230,7 +5192,7 @@ well as if he could speak to you.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE NUTHATCH AND CHICKADEE FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Paridæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_4_4" id="FNanchor_4_4"></a><a href="#Footnote_4_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Paridæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_4_4" id="FNanchor_4_4"></a><a href="#Footnote_4_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">This</span> is another family of small birds. The @@ -5494,7 +5456,7 @@ give some of his hair to such a brave little creature.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE CREEPER FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Certhiidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_5_5" id="FNanchor_5_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_5_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Certhiidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_5_5" id="FNanchor_5_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_5_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">This</span> is a family of birds who creep; that is, @@ -5571,7 +5533,7 @@ You can see in the picture how he looks.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE CAVE-DWELLING FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Troglodytidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_6_6" id="FNanchor_6_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a><br /> +<div class='center'>(<i>Troglodytidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_6_6" id="FNanchor_6_6"></a><a href="#Footnote_6_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a><br /> <br /> <span class="smcap">First Branch</span></div> @@ -5940,7 +5902,7 @@ to study.</p><hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42_Book_2 <div class='chaptertitle'>THE DIPPER FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Cinclidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_7_7" id="FNanchor_7_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_7_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Cinclidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_7_7" id="FNanchor_7_7"></a><a href="#Footnote_7_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">There</span> is only one member of this family in @@ -6064,7 +6026,7 @@ turned to stone.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE WAGTAIL FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Motacillidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_8_8" id="FNanchor_8_8"></a><a href="#Footnote_8_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Motacillidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_8_8" id="FNanchor_8_8"></a><a href="#Footnote_8_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">It</span> does not seem very polite to call a family @@ -6159,7 +6121,7 @@ grown up.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE WARBLER FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Mniotiltidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_9_9" id="FNanchor_9_9"></a><a href="#Footnote_9_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Mniotiltidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_9_9" id="FNanchor_9_9"></a><a href="#Footnote_9_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">The</span> gayest, the liveliest, and almost the smallest @@ -6339,7 +6301,7 @@ they never came back to the nest.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE VIREO FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Vireonidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_10_10" id="FNanchor_10_10"></a><a href="#Footnote_10_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Vireonidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_10_10" id="FNanchor_10_10"></a><a href="#Footnote_10_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">The</span> vireos are a small family, fifty species, @@ -6446,7 +6408,7 @@ him.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE SHRIKE FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Laniidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_11_11" id="FNanchor_11_11"></a><a href="#Footnote_11_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Laniidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_11_11" id="FNanchor_11_11"></a><a href="#Footnote_11_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">A shrike</span> is a pretty gray bird with white and @@ -6577,7 +6539,7 @@ harm comes to it.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE WAXWING FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Ampelidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_12_12" id="FNanchor_12_12"></a><a href="#Footnote_12_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Ampelidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_12_12" id="FNanchor_12_12"></a><a href="#Footnote_12_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">The</span> waxwings are a family of beautiful birds, @@ -6719,7 +6681,7 @@ elegant pointed crest, and plumage shining like satin. He sits up very straight on his perch, but he is a rather shy bird, and so not much is known about his ways. He is a real mountain lover, living -on mountains, or in cañons, or the borders of +on mountains, or in cañons, or the borders of small streams of California, Arizona, and Texas.</p> <p>As you see by one of his names, he is a flycatcher. @@ -6763,7 +6725,7 @@ what we know of their habits.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE SWALLOW FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Hirundinidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_13_13" id="FNanchor_13_13"></a><a href="#Footnote_13_13" class="fnanchor">[13]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Hirundinidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_13_13" id="FNanchor_13_13"></a><a href="#Footnote_13_13" class="fnanchor">[13]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">It</span> is very easy to know this family. They are @@ -6938,7 +6900,7 @@ pleasant home, and reared their family there.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE TANAGER FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Tanagridæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_14_14" id="FNanchor_14_14"></a><a href="#Footnote_14_14" class="fnanchor">[14]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Tanagridæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_14_14" id="FNanchor_14_14"></a><a href="#Footnote_14_14" class="fnanchor">[14]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">This</span> is a large family of between three and @@ -7087,7 +7049,7 @@ them.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE SPARROW AND FINCH FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Fringillidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_15_15" id="FNanchor_15_15"></a><a href="#Footnote_15_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Fringillidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_15_15" id="FNanchor_15_15"></a><a href="#Footnote_15_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">This</span> is the largest bird family, more than five @@ -7193,7 +7155,7 @@ nursery.</p> <p>These little birds eat mostly the seeds of weeds,—thistle, ragweed, and beggar's-ticks,—as -well as the larvæ of the wheat-midge and +well as the larvæ of the wheat-midge and other pests, and they feed great quantities to their young.</p> @@ -7275,7 +7237,7 @@ bird before he leaves the nest.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE GROSBEAK BRANCH</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Fringillidæ</i>)—Continued</div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Fringillidæ</i>)—Continued</div> <p><span class="smcap">The</span> third division of this family is of grosbeaks. @@ -7431,7 +7393,7 @@ endure.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE CROSSBILL BRANCH</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Fringillidæ</i>)—Continued</div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Fringillidæ</i>)—Continued</div> <p><span class="smcap">The</span> fourth branch of this family is of crossbills. @@ -7510,7 +7472,7 @@ into a cage, he will die.</p><hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pagenum"><a name <div class='chaptertitle'>THE BLACKBIRD FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Icteridæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_16_16" id="FNanchor_16_16"></a><a href="#Footnote_16_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Icteridæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_16_16" id="FNanchor_16_16"></a><a href="#Footnote_16_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">There</span> are more than one hundred species of @@ -7697,7 +7659,7 @@ squeeze it out as if it were hard work to say it.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE MEADOW STARLINGS</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Icteridæ</i>)—Continued</div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Icteridæ</i>)—Continued</div> <div class="figleft" style="width: 395px;"> <img src="images/i043.jpg" width="395" height="600" alt="meadowlark on branch" /> @@ -7799,7 +7761,7 @@ black crickets that do so much damage.</p><hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pag <div class='chaptertitle'>THE ORIOLE BRANCH</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Icteridæ</i>)—Continued</div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Icteridæ</i>)—Continued</div> <p><span class="smcap">It</span> seems odd to put the gay orioles into the @@ -7991,7 +7953,7 @@ world over, I think.</p><hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Pag <div class='chaptertitle'>THE CROW-BLACKBIRD BRANCH</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Icteridæ</i>)—Continued</div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Icteridæ</i>)—Continued</div> <p><span class="smcap">The</span> fourth branch of this family is of crow-blackbirds @@ -8196,7 +8158,7 @@ place where they are to sleep.</p><hr class="chap" /><p><span class="pagenum"><a <div class='chaptertitle'>THE CROW FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Corvidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_17_17" id="FNanchor_17_17"></a><a href="#Footnote_17_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Corvidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_17_17" id="FNanchor_17_17"></a><a href="#Footnote_17_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">This</span> is a large family. Some of our most @@ -8623,7 +8585,7 @@ for their little ones.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE LARK FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Alaudidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_18_18" id="FNanchor_18_18"></a><a href="#Footnote_18_18" class="fnanchor">[18]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Alaudidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_18_18" id="FNanchor_18_18"></a><a href="#Footnote_18_18" class="fnanchor">[18]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">There</span> are a good many kinds of larks in the @@ -8665,7 +8627,7 @@ road.</p> <p>When insects are abroad, he eats the more dainty small ones, young grasshoppers and locusts before they get big and tough, small -beetles and larvæ; and baby larks are fed on +beetles and larvæ; and baby larks are fed on them. But he doesn't starve when they are gone; he is fond of seeds of weeds and grasses.</p> @@ -8738,7 +8700,7 @@ in his usual attitude, walking.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE FLYCATCHING FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Tyrannidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_19_19" id="FNanchor_19_19"></a><a href="#Footnote_19_19" class="fnanchor">[19]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Tyrannidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_19_19" id="FNanchor_19_19"></a><a href="#Footnote_19_19" class="fnanchor">[19]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">Larks</span> may be scarce, but we have plenty of @@ -8989,7 +8951,7 @@ nice to look at or to handle.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE HUMMING FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Trochilidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_20_20" id="FNanchor_20_20"></a><a href="#Footnote_20_20" class="fnanchor">[20]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Trochilidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_20_20" id="FNanchor_20_20"></a><a href="#Footnote_20_20" class="fnanchor">[20]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">This</span> is an American family, and no country in @@ -9207,7 +9169,7 @@ any fear of people.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE SWIFT FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Micropodidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_21_21" id="FNanchor_21_21"></a><a href="#Footnote_21_21" class="fnanchor">[21]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Micropodidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_21_21" id="FNanchor_21_21"></a><a href="#Footnote_21_21" class="fnanchor">[21]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">Swifts</span> are curious birds, with strange habits. @@ -9349,7 +9311,7 @@ the whole flock is in and no one hurt.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE GOATSUCKER FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Caprimulgidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_22_22" id="FNanchor_22_22"></a><a href="#Footnote_22_22" class="fnanchor">[22]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Caprimulgidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_22_22" id="FNanchor_22_22"></a><a href="#Footnote_22_22" class="fnanchor">[22]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">These</span> are queer-looking birds, having their @@ -9492,7 +9454,7 @@ injury.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE WOODPECKER FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Picidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_23_23" id="FNanchor_23_23"></a><a href="#Footnote_23_23" class="fnanchor">[23]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Picidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_23_23" id="FNanchor_23_23"></a><a href="#Footnote_23_23" class="fnanchor">[23]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">You</span> may generally know a woodpecker the @@ -9798,7 +9760,7 @@ there is a picture of a flicker at his nest-hole.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE KINGFISHER FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Alcedinidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_24_24" id="FNanchor_24_24"></a><a href="#Footnote_24_24" class="fnanchor">[24]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Alcedinidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_24_24" id="FNanchor_24_24"></a><a href="#Footnote_24_24" class="fnanchor">[24]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">Most</span> of the Kingfisher family belong to the @@ -9916,7 +9878,7 @@ the first seven days she builds her nest, and in the second seven she hatches out the young. These fourteen days were called <ins title="Transcriber's Note: original reads 'halycon'">halcyon</ins> days. You may find more about this curious story in -the encyclopædias.</p> +the encyclopædias.</p> <div class="footnotes"><h3>FOOTNOTE:</h3> <div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_24_24" id="Footnote_24_24"></a><a href="#FNanchor_24_24"><span class="label">[24]</span></a> See <a href="#Appendix_23">Appendix, 23</a>.</p></div></div> @@ -9929,7 +9891,7 @@ the encyclopædias.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE CUCKOO FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Cuculidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_25_25" id="FNanchor_25_25"></a><a href="#Footnote_25_25" class="fnanchor">[25]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Cuculidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_25_25" id="FNanchor_25_25"></a><a href="#Footnote_25_25" class="fnanchor">[25]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">Most</span> of the cuckoo family live in a hotter @@ -10043,7 +10005,7 @@ had thought were woodpecker tappings.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE OWL FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Bubonidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_26_26" id="FNanchor_26_26"></a><a href="#Footnote_26_26" class="fnanchor">[26]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Bubonidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_26_26" id="FNanchor_26_26"></a><a href="#Footnote_26_26" class="fnanchor">[26]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">Owls</span> differ from all other birds in having eyes @@ -10257,7 +10219,7 @@ the same.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE BARN OWL FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Strigidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_27_27" id="FNanchor_27_27"></a><a href="#Footnote_27_27" class="fnanchor">[27]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Strigidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_27_27" id="FNanchor_27_27"></a><a href="#Footnote_27_27" class="fnanchor">[27]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">This</span> is a small family of which we have but @@ -10311,7 +10273,7 @@ owlets great quantities of food.</p> <p>One of these owls has lived for years in a tower of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. -In the Zoölogical Collection of that city, +In the Zoölogical Collection of that city, there was, not long ago, another of the family<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_187_Book_2" id="Page_187_Book_2">[187]</a></span> alive. Wishing to have more of them in the Zoo, some one watched the nest of the tower @@ -10356,7 +10318,7 @@ is dressed in soft feathers that make no rustle.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE HAWK AND EAGLE FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Falconidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_28_28" id="FNanchor_28_28"></a><a href="#Footnote_28_28" class="fnanchor">[28]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Falconidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_28_28" id="FNanchor_28_28"></a><a href="#Footnote_28_28" class="fnanchor">[28]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">This</span> is a family of birds of prey. That is, @@ -10548,7 +10510,7 @@ their nestlings.</p> <div class='chaptertitle'>THE SCAVENGER FAMILY</div> -<div class='center'>(<i>Cathartidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_29_29" id="FNanchor_29_29"></a><a href="#Footnote_29_29" class="fnanchor">[29]</a></div> +<div class='center'>(<i>Cathartidæ</i>)<a name="FNanchor_29_29" id="FNanchor_29_29"></a><a href="#Footnote_29_29" class="fnanchor">[29]</a></div> <p><span class="smcap">This</span> is one of the most useful of bird families. @@ -10630,7 +10592,7 @@ are such as may be observed on the "bird in the bush" while the added hints on habits, etc., will be found helpful in identification.</i></p></div> -<p><a id="Appendix_1"></a>1. Turdidæ: <span class="smcap">Thrushes</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_1"></a>1. Turdidæ: <span class="smcap">Thrushes</span>.</p> <p>Medium size; bill shorter than head, straight or nearly so; bristles (hair-like feathers) at corner of mouth; wings @@ -10647,7 +10609,7 @@ usually on the lower part of trees in the woods (except robin and bluebird) or on the ground, where they get most of their food.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_2"></a>2. Sylviidæ: <span class="smcap">Kinglets</span> and <span class="smcap">Gnatcatchers</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_2"></a>2. Sylviidæ: <span class="smcap">Kinglets</span> and <span class="smcap">Gnatcatchers</span>.</p> <p>This family is divided into two subfamilies.</p> @@ -10671,7 +10633,7 @@ legs rather long; toes small. (Ridgway.)</p> <p>Active, beautiful nest builders, found in the tops of trees. Insectivorous.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_3"></a>3. Paridæ: <span class="smcap">Nuthatches</span>, <span class="smcap">Titmice</span>, etc.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_3"></a>3. Paridæ: <span class="smcap">Nuthatches</span>, <span class="smcap">Titmice</span>, etc.</p> <p>This family is divided into three subfamilies.</p> @@ -10694,7 +10656,7 @@ No noticeable change of plumage with season.</p> <p><span class="smcap">Wren-Tits</span> and <span class="smcap">Bush-Tits</span>: Very small; bill short and conical; tail rounded. Sexes alike.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_4"></a>4. Certhiidæ: <span class="smcap">Creepers</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_4"></a>4. Certhiidæ: <span class="smcap">Creepers</span>.</p> <p>Smaller than English sparrow; bill slender and curved downward; wings rather pointed, long as tail; tail graduated, @@ -10704,7 +10666,7 @@ and strongly curved. (Ridgway.)</p> <p>Food: insects. Sexes alike, and young the same. Found circling tree trunks.</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_199_Book_2" id="Page_199_Book_2">[199]</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_5"></a>5. Troglodytidæ: <span class="smcap">Wrens</span> and <span class="smcap">Mocking Thrushes</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_5"></a>5. Troglodytidæ: <span class="smcap">Wrens</span> and <span class="smcap">Mocking Thrushes</span>.</p> <p>This family is divided into two subfamilies.</p> @@ -10724,7 +10686,7 @@ like thrushes; fine singers. (Ridgway.)</p> of them found in bushy borders of woods, some about gardens and houses, and others in various places.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_6"></a>6. Cinclidæ: <span class="smcap">Dippers</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_6"></a>6. Cinclidæ: <span class="smcap">Dippers</span>.</p> <p>Larger than English sparrow; bill slender, shorter than head; wings short, stiff and rounded; tail shorter @@ -10732,11 +10694,11 @@ than wings, soft and square; claws strongly curved; plumage soft and compact; body stout, thickset. Sexes alike. (Coues.)</p> -<p>Food: water insects and larvæ. Found in and about +<p>Food: water insects and larvæ. Found in and about the brooks of the Rocky Mountains and other mountains of the West.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_7"></a>7. Motacillidæ: <span class="smcap">Wagtails</span> and <span class="smcap">Pipits</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_7"></a>7. Motacillidæ: <span class="smcap">Wagtails</span> and <span class="smcap">Pipits</span>.</p> <p>Larger than English sparrow; bill slender, cone shaped, nearly as high as wide, at base; short bristles at @@ -10747,7 +10709,7 @@ very long, sharp and slightly curved. (Ridgway.)</p> <p>Sexes alike. Food: insects. Found on the ground, where they walk, and wag their tails.</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_200_Book_2" id="Page_200_Book_2">[200]</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_8"></a>8. Mniotiltidæ: <span class="smcap">Warblers</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_8"></a>8. Mniotiltidæ: <span class="smcap">Warblers</span>.</p> <p>It is almost impossible to characterize this family, there are so many varieties. With few exceptions they are @@ -10756,7 +10718,7 @@ changes of plumage with age and season. Some are found in the tops of trees, some on bushes, and some on the ground. Food: insects. (Coues.)<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_9"></a>9. Vireonidæ: <span class="smcap">Vireos</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_9"></a>9. Vireonidæ: <span class="smcap">Vireos</span>.</p> <p>Generally smaller than an English sparrow, and more slender; bill notched in both mandibles; tail rather @@ -10768,7 +10730,7 @@ young the same, without spots or streaks. Some found in trees in the woods, and others about towns where English sparrows are not too numerous.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_10"></a>10. Laniidæ: <span class="smcap">Shrikes</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_10"></a>10. Laniidæ: <span class="smcap">Shrikes</span>.</p> <p>Larger than an English sparrow; bill powerful, tip hooked and notched; wings short, rounded; tail long and @@ -10778,7 +10740,7 @@ much graduated. (Ridgway.)</p> Sexes alike, and young the same. Found on outside of low trees, fences, telegraph wires, and peaks of roofs.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_11"></a>11. Ampelidæ: <span class="smcap">Waxwings</span>, etc.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_11"></a>11. Ampelidæ: <span class="smcap">Waxwings</span>, etc.</p> <p>Somewhat larger than an English sparrow; bill short, broad and rather flat; head with pointed crest; wings @@ -10788,7 +10750,7 @@ length. (Ridgway.)</p> <p>Food: insects and fruit. Sexes usually alike. Found in trees in woods and in shade and orchard trees.</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_201_Book_2" id="Page_201_Book_2">[201]</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_12"></a>12. Hirundinidæ: <span class="smcap">Swallows</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_12"></a>12. Hirundinidæ: <span class="smcap">Swallows</span>.</p> <p>About the size of an English, sparrow; bill short, flat, and very broad at the head; mouth opens back nearly to @@ -10800,7 +10762,7 @@ lustrous. (Ridgway.)</p> little different. Found in flocks, in the air, on roofs or fences or telegraph wires, sometimes on trees.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_13"></a>13. Tanagridæ: <span class="smcap">Tanagers</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_13"></a>13. Tanagridæ: <span class="smcap">Tanagers</span>.</p> <p>Larger than an English sparrow; bill conical, notched, bristles; wings longer than tail; tail of moderate length, @@ -10809,7 +10771,7 @@ somewhat notched; legs rather short. (Ridgway.)</p> <p>Food: insects. Sexes unlike. Found on trees in the woods.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_14"></a>14. Fringillidæ: <span class="smcap">Finches</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_14"></a>14. Fringillidæ: <span class="smcap">Finches</span>.</p> <p>Mostly about the size of an English sparrow, some smaller, some larger; bill short, high, and strong, turned @@ -10819,7 +10781,7 @@ down at the back corner; wings and tail variable. <p>Seed and insect eaters. Found everywhere—on trees, bushes, on ground, in woods, fields, and about houses.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_15"></a>15. Icteridæ: <span class="smcap">Blackbirds</span>, <span class="smcap">Orioles</span>, etc.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_15"></a>15. Icteridæ: <span class="smcap">Blackbirds</span>, <span class="smcap">Orioles</span>, etc.</p> <p>Larger than an English sparrow; bill straight or gently curved; mouth turned down at corners; tail @@ -10831,7 +10793,7 @@ Found everywhere, on trees, in marshes, in woods. Many gregarious, found in flocks, some except in nesting season, and others all the year round.</p><p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_202_Book_2" id="Page_202_Book_2">[202]</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_16"></a>16. Corvidæ: <span class="smcap">Crows</span> and <span class="smcap">Jays</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_16"></a>16. Corvidæ: <span class="smcap">Crows</span> and <span class="smcap">Jays</span>.</p> <p>Larger than a robin. There are two subfamilies.</p> @@ -10844,7 +10806,7 @@ rounded. (Ridgway.)</p> <p>Food: almost everything—seeds, fruit, sometimes eggs and young birds. Found in woody places.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_17"></a>17. Alaudidæ: <span class="smcap">Larks</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_17"></a>17. Alaudidæ: <span class="smcap">Larks</span>.</p> <p>Larger than an English sparrow; bill short, conical, frontal feathers extend along the side; wings pointed; @@ -10853,7 +10815,7 @@ claw on hind toe very long and nearly straight. (Ridgway.)</p> <p>Food: insects. Sexes nearly alike. Found on ground in fields and roads.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_18"></a>18. Tyrannidæ: <span class="smcap">Flycatchers</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_18"></a>18. Tyrannidæ: <span class="smcap">Flycatchers</span>.</p> <p>Mostly larger than an English sparrow; bill broad, flattened, curved downward at end, and notched at tip; @@ -10862,7 +10824,7 @@ bristles along the gape; wings and tail variable. (Ridgway.)</p> <p>Entirely insectivorous. Found in woods and fields and about houses.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_19"></a>19. Trochilidæ: <span class="smcap">Hummingbirds</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_19"></a>19. Trochilidæ: <span class="smcap">Hummingbirds</span>.</p> <p>Our smallest birds; bill slender, sharp, and straight, usually longer than head; wings long and pointed; legs @@ -10872,7 +10834,7 @@ short; feet small and weak; claws curved and sharp. <p>Food: tiny insects and the honey of flowers. Sexes unlike. Found about flowers.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_20"></a>20. Micropodidæ: <span class="smcap">Swifts</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_20"></a>20. Micropodidæ: <span class="smcap">Swifts</span>.</p> <p>About the size of an English sparrow; bill very small,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_203_Book_2" id="Page_203_Book_2">[203]</a></span> triangular, much broader than high, without bristles; @@ -10882,7 +10844,7 @@ short, ending in stiff spines; plumage compact. (Ridgway.)</p> <p>Food: entirely insects. Sexes alike. Found in the air or inside chimneys or hollow trees.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_21"></a>21. Caprimulgidæ: <span class="smcap">Goatsuckers</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_21"></a>21. Caprimulgidæ: <span class="smcap">Goatsuckers</span>.</p> <p>Larger than a robin; bill very short; gape enormously long and wide; mouth open to behind the eyes; wings @@ -10892,7 +10854,7 @@ long; plumage soft. (Ridgway.)</p> found in the edge of woods, and another species about towns.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_22"></a>22. Picidæ: <span class="smcap">Woodpeckers</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_22"></a>22. Picidæ: <span class="smcap">Woodpeckers</span>.</p> <p>Larger than an English sparrow; bill usually straight, pointed or chisel-shaped at tip; tongue extensile and @@ -10904,7 +10866,7 @@ species, two forward and two backward for climbing. <p>Insectivorous. Sexes unlike. Found on trees (except one species) in woods or orchards.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_23"></a>23. Alcedinidæ: <span class="smcap">Kingfishers</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_23"></a>23. Alcedinidæ: <span class="smcap">Kingfishers</span>.</p> <p>Usually larger than a robin; bill long and straight; tongue small; head large, crested; wings short; legs @@ -10913,7 +10875,7 @@ small; outer and middle toe united half their length. <p>Food: fishes. Sexes slightly unlike. Found by water.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_24"></a>24. Cuculidæ: <span class="smcap">Cuckoos</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_24"></a>24. Cuculidæ: <span class="smcap">Cuckoos</span>.</p> <p>Larger than a robin; bill narrow and high, rather long<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_204_Book_2" id="Page_204_Book_2">[204]</a></span> and curved downward; wings long; tail long, soft, and @@ -10921,7 +10883,7 @@ rounded; toes in pairs. (Ridgway.)</p> <p>Insectivorous. Sexes alike. Found on trees.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_25"></a>25. Bubonidæ: <span class="smcap">Owls</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_25"></a>25. Bubonidæ: <span class="smcap">Owls</span>.</p> <p>Mostly larger than a robin, a few smaller; bill hooked; eyes directed forward and surrounded by radiating feathers; @@ -10932,7 +10894,7 @@ feet sometimes feathered. (Ridgway.)</p> <p>Sexes alike. Flesh eaters. Usually nocturnal. Most species found in holes in trees or old buildings.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_26"></a>26. Strigidæ: <span class="smcap">Barn Owls</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_26"></a>26. Strigidæ: <span class="smcap">Barn Owls</span>.</p> <p>Much larger than a robin; bill hooked; eyes very small; triangular-shaped eye disk; tail emarginate; claws @@ -10942,7 +10904,7 @@ sharp and strong; very downy plumage. (Ridgway).</p> Exclusively nocturnal. Found in barns and deserted buildings.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_27"></a>27. Falconidæ: <span class="smcap">Hawks and Eagles</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_27"></a>27. Falconidæ: <span class="smcap">Hawks and Eagles</span>.</p> <p>(There are several subfamilies.)</p> @@ -10953,7 +10915,7 @@ directed sideways; eyelids with lashes; toes never feathered. <p>Carnivorous and insectivorous. Sexes usually alike, but female larger.<br /><br /><br /><br /></p> -<p><a id="Appendix_28"></a>28. Cathartidæ: <span class="smcap">American Vultures</span>.</p> +<p><a id="Appendix_28"></a>28. Cathartidæ: <span class="smcap">American Vultures</span>.</p> <p>Large as a turkey, one species much larger; whole head and sometimes neck bare of feathers; eyes prominent; @@ -10979,11 +10941,11 @@ Affections, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>-<a href=" <br /> Air-sacs, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_92">92</a>, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>.<br /> <br /> -Alaudidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_131_Book_2">131</a>, <a href="#Page_202_Book_2">202</a>.<br /> +Alaudidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_131_Book_2">131</a>, <a href="#Page_202_Book_2">202</a>.<br /> <br /> -Alcedinidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_170_Book_2">170</a>, <a href="#Page_203_Book_2">203</a>.<br /> +Alcedinidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_170_Book_2">170</a>, <a href="#Page_203_Book_2">203</a>.<br /> <br /> -Ampelidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_63_Book_2">63</a>, <a href="#Page_200_Book_2">200</a>.<br /> +Ampelidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_63_Book_2">63</a>, <a href="#Page_200_Book_2">200</a>.<br /> <br /> Arrival in spring, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_3">3</a>, <a href="#Page_4">4</a>.<br /> <br /> @@ -11032,7 +10994,7 @@ Books about birds, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>- <br /> Brooding, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_13">13</a>-<a href="#Page_16">16</a>.<br /> <br /> -Bubonidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_178_Book_2">178</a>, <a href="#Page_204_Book_2">204</a>.<br /> +Bubonidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_178_Book_2">178</a>, <a href="#Page_204_Book_2">204</a>.<br /> <br /> Bunting, Towhee, <i>or</i> Chewink, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>, <a href="#Page_77">77</a>; <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_84_Book_2">84</a>;<br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">portrait, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_76">76</a>.</span><br /> @@ -11046,7 +11008,7 @@ Buzzard, Turkey, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_50">50</a>, <a <br /> Canary, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_20">20</a>, <a href="#Page_57">57</a>, <a href="#Page_81">81</a>.<br /> <br /> -Caprimulgidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_155_Book_2">155</a>, <a href="#Page_203_Book_2">203</a>.<br /> +Caprimulgidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_155_Book_2">155</a>, <a href="#Page_203_Book_2">203</a>.<br /> <br /> Cardinal, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_69">69</a>, <a href="#Page_132">132</a>; <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_88_Book_2">88</a>;<br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">portrait, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_90_Book_2">90</a>.</span><br /> @@ -11055,7 +11017,7 @@ Catbird, food of, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_49">49</a>, <a <span style="margin-left: 1em;">jerking the tail, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>; <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_37_Book_2">37</a>, <a href="#Page_125_Book_2">125</a>;</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">portrait, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_36_Book_2">36</a>.</span><br /> <br /> -Cathartidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_194_Book_2">194</a>, <a href="#Page_204_Book_2">204</a>.<br /> +Cathartidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_194_Book_2">194</a>, <a href="#Page_204_Book_2">204</a>.<br /> <br /> Cave-dwelling Family, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_30_Book_2">30</a>, <a href="#Page_199_Book_2">199</a>.<br /> <br /> @@ -11064,7 +11026,7 @@ Cave-dwelling Family, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_30_Book_2" <span style="margin-left: 1em;">usefulness to man, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>; <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_63_Book_2">63</a>;</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">portrait, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>.</span><br /> <br /> -Certhiidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_27_Book_2">27</a>, <a href="#Page_198_Book_2">198</a>.<br /> +Certhiidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_27_Book_2">27</a>, <a href="#Page_198_Book_2">198</a>.<br /> <br /> Chat, Long-tailed, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_53_Book_2">53</a>.<br /> <br /> @@ -11086,14 +11048,14 @@ Chickadees, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_22_Book_2">22</a>.<b <br /> Chuck-will's-widow, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_157_Book_2">157</a>.<br /> <br /> -Cinclidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_42_Book_2">42</a>, <a href="#Page_199_Book_2">199</a>.<br /> +Cinclidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_42_Book_2">42</a>, <a href="#Page_199_Book_2">199</a>.<br /> <br /> Color in feathers, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_120">120</a>.<br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;"><i>See also</i> <a href="#Plumage">Plumage</a>.</span><br /> <br /> Cormorant, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>.<br /> <br /> -Corvidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_117_Book_2">117</a>, <a href="#Page_202_Book_2">202</a>.<br /> +Corvidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_117_Book_2">117</a>, <a href="#Page_202_Book_2">202</a>.<br /> <br /> Cowbird, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_51_Book_2">51</a>, <a href="#Page_98_Book_2">98</a>.<br /> <br /> @@ -11128,7 +11090,7 @@ Cuckoo, Yellow-billed, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_174_Book_ <br /> Cuckoo Family, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_174_Book_2">174</a>, <a href="#Page_203_Book_2">203</a>.<br /> <br /> -Cuculidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_174_Book_2">174</a>, <a href="#Page_203_Book_2">203</a>.<br /> +Cuculidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_174_Book_2">174</a>, <a href="#Page_203_Book_2">203</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> Dipper, American, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_42_Book_2">42</a>;<br /> @@ -11152,7 +11114,7 @@ Eggs, beauty of, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_11">11</a>;<br Eyes, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_100">100</a>-<a href="#Page_102">102</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> -Falconidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_188_Book_2">188</a>, <a href="#Page_204_Book_2">204</a>.<br /> +Falconidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_188_Book_2">188</a>, <a href="#Page_204_Book_2">204</a>.<br /> <br /> Feathers, first appearance on the young bird, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_22">22</a>;<br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">of the wing, <a href="#Page_109">109</a>-<a href="#Page_111">111</a>;</span><br /> @@ -11189,7 +11151,7 @@ Food, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_48">48</a>;-<a href="#Page <br /> Frigate-bird, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_110">110</a>.<br /> <br /> -Fringillidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_80_Book_2">80</a>, <a href="#Page_201_Book_2">201</a>.<br /> +Fringillidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_80_Book_2">80</a>, <a href="#Page_201_Book_2">201</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> Geese, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>.<br /> @@ -11261,7 +11223,7 @@ Herons, food of, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_53">53</a>, <a <span style="margin-left: 1em;">story of the hearing of a heron, <a href="#Page_103">103</a>, <a href="#Page_104">104</a>;</span><br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">usefulness to man, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>.</span><br /> <br /> -Hirundinidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_69_Book_2">69</a>, <a href="#Page_201_Book_2">201</a>.<br /> +Hirundinidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_69_Book_2">69</a>, <a href="#Page_201_Book_2">201</a>.<br /> <br /> Humming Family, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_143_Book_2">143</a>, <a href="#Page_202_Book_2">202</a>.<br /> <br /> @@ -11274,7 +11236,7 @@ Hummingbird, Ruby-throated, absence of male from nest, <span class="smallnum">1< Hummingbirds, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_15">15</a>, <a href="#Page_98">98</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> -Icteridæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_94_Book_2">94</a>, <a href="#Page_201_Book_2">201</a>.<br /> +Icteridæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_94_Book_2">94</a>, <a href="#Page_201_Book_2">201</a>.<br /> <br /> Identification, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_137">137</a>-<a href="#Page_141">141</a>.<br /> <br /> @@ -11321,7 +11283,7 @@ Kinglet and Gnatcatcher Family, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_ <br /> Language, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_43">43</a>-<a href="#Page_47">47</a>.<br /> <br /> -Laniidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_59_Book_2">59</a>, <a href="#Page_200_Book_2">200</a>.<br /> +Laniidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_59_Book_2">59</a>, <a href="#Page_200_Book_2">200</a>.<br /> <br /> Lark, Desert Horned, portrait, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_132_Book_2">132</a>.<br /> <br /> @@ -11354,17 +11316,17 @@ Meadowlark, Western, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_102_Book_2" <br /> Meadow Starlings, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_100_Book_2">100</a>.<br /> <br /> -Micropodidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_150_Book_2">150</a>, <a href="#Page_202_Book_2">202</a>.<br /> +Micropodidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_150_Book_2">150</a>, <a href="#Page_202_Book_2">202</a>.<br /> <br /> Migration, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_61">61</a>-<a href="#Page_68">68</a>.<br /> <br /> -Mniotiltidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_49_Book_2">49</a>, <a href="#Page_200_Book_2">200</a>.<br /> +Mniotiltidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_49_Book_2">49</a>, <a href="#Page_200_Book_2">200</a>.<br /> <br /> Mocking Thrushes, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_34_Book_2">34</a>, <a href="#Page_199_Book_2">199</a>.<br /> <br /> Mockingbird, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_45">45</a>; <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_9_Book_2">9</a>, <a href="#Page_34_Book_2">34</a>, <a href="#Page_195_Book_2">195</a>.<br /> <br /> -Motacillidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_46_Book_2">46</a>, <a href="#Page_199_Book_2">199</a>.<br /> +Motacillidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_46_Book_2">46</a>, <a href="#Page_199_Book_2">199</a>.<br /> <br /> Moulting, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_25">25</a>, <a href="#Page_26">26</a>, <a href="#Page_118">118</a>.<br /> <br /> @@ -11444,7 +11406,7 @@ Owls, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>;<br /> <span style="margin-left: 1em;">usefulness to man, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>.</span><br /> <br /> <br /> -Paridæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_18_Book_2">18</a>, <a href="#Page_198_Book_2">198</a>.<br /> +Paridæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_18_Book_2">18</a>, <a href="#Page_198_Book_2">198</a>.<br /> <br /> Penguin, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_72">72</a>.<br /> <br /> @@ -11458,7 +11420,7 @@ Phainopepla, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_67_Book_2">67</a>.< <br /> Phœbe, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_35">35</a>; <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_136_Book_2">136</a>.<br /> <br /> -Picidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_160_Book_2">160</a>, <a href="#Page_203_Book_2">203</a>.<br /> +Picidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_160_Book_2">160</a>, <a href="#Page_203_Book_2">203</a>.<br /> <br /> Pigeons, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_79">79</a>, <a href="#Page_80">80</a>.<br /> <br /> @@ -11548,7 +11510,7 @@ Starlings, Meadow, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_100_Book_2">1 <br /> Stomach, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_93">93</a>.<br /> <br /> -Strigidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_185_Book_2">185</a>, <a href="#Page_204_Book_2">204</a>.<br /> +Strigidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_185_Book_2">185</a>, <a href="#Page_204_Book_2">204</a>.<br /> <br /> Swallow, Bank, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_96">96</a>.<br /> <br /> @@ -11573,7 +11535,7 @@ Swift, Vaux's, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_150_Book_2">150</ <br /> Swift Family, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_150_Book_2">150</a>, <a href="#Page_202_Book_2">202</a>.<br /> <br /> -Sylviidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_14_Book_2">14</a>, <a href="#Page_197_Book_2">197</a>.<br /> +Sylviidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_14_Book_2">14</a>, <a href="#Page_197_Book_2">197</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> Tail, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_112">112</a>, <a href="#Page_113">113</a>.<br /> @@ -11587,7 +11549,7 @@ Tanager, Summer, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_78_Book_2">78</ <br /> Tanager Family, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_75_Book_2">75</a>, <a href="#Page_201_Book_2">201</a>.<br /> <br /> -Tanagridæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_75_Book_2">75</a>, <a href="#Page_201_Book_2">201</a>.<br /> +Tanagridæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_75_Book_2">75</a>, <a href="#Page_201_Book_2">201</a>.<br /> <br /> Thrasher, Arizona, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_41_Book_2">41</a>.<br /> <br /> @@ -11622,13 +11584,13 @@ Towhee, <i>or</i> Chewink, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_76">7 <br /> Towhee, Spurred, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_84_Book_2">84</a>.<br /> <br /> -Trochilidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_143_Book_2">143</a>, <a href="#Page_202_Book_2">202</a>.<br /> +Trochilidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_143_Book_2">143</a>, <a href="#Page_202_Book_2">202</a>.<br /> <br /> -Troglodytidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_30_Book_2">30</a>, <a href="#Page_199_Book_2">199</a>.<br /> +Troglodytidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_30_Book_2">30</a>, <a href="#Page_199_Book_2">199</a>.<br /> <br /> -Turdidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_5_Book_2">5</a>, <a href="#Page_197_Book_2">197</a>.<br /> +Turdidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_5_Book_2">5</a>, <a href="#Page_197_Book_2">197</a>.<br /> <br /> -Tyrannidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_135_Book_2">135</a>, <a href="#Page_202_Book_2">202</a>.<br /> +Tyrannidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_135_Book_2">135</a>, <a href="#Page_202_Book_2">202</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> Usefulness of birds to man, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_125">125</a>-<a href="#Page_130">130</a>.<br /> @@ -11647,7 +11609,7 @@ Vireo, Yellow-throated, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_56_Book_ <br /> Vireo Family, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_55_Book_2">55</a>, <a href="#Page_200_Book_2">200</a>.<br /> <br /> -Vireonidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_55_Book_2">55</a>, <a href="#Page_200_Book_2">200</a>.<br /> +Vireonidæ, <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_55_Book_2">55</a>, <a href="#Page_200_Book_2">200</a>.<br /> <br /> Vulture, Turkey, <i>or</i> Turkey Buzzard, <span class="smallnum">1</span>, <a href="#Page_50">50</a>, <a href="#Page_51">51</a>; <span class="smallnum">2</span>, <a href="#Page_194_Book_2">194</a>.<br /> <br /> @@ -11750,382 +11712,6 @@ U . 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