INDEX
Bee-bird, [114]-[116], [117].
catching bees, [114], [115].
caught in cobweb rope, [116].
defending nest with life, [91]-[92].
domesticity, [116].
flycatching, [16], [91], [160].
making living off blackbirds, [13].
nest, [91].
nesting site, [91], [115].
noisy, [15].
notes, [91], [116].
quarrelsome, [91], [115], [116].
Bird Psychology,
association of ideas, [46], [72], [75], [76], [77], [78], [115], [135], [138], [154], [198].
caution, [9], [22], [28], [36], [65], [66], [67], [82], [85], [87], [88], [94], [156], [196], [198], [201], [202], [204].
courage, [11]-[12], [23], [40], [42], [54], [83], [95], [97], [126], [129], [141], [144], [175], [177], [180], [181], [210], [215].
curiosity, [25], [97], [100], [151].
dissimulation, [45], [49], [62], [190], [215].
emotion,—
fear, [22], [25], [26], [27], [34], [35], [40], [41], [42], [46], [61], [67], [71], [73], [81], [87], [88], [105], [133], [135], [154], [164], [177], [180], [191], [215], [218];
grief, [46], [47], [92];
joy, [30], [204];
unusual action under excitement, [30], [58], [63], [64], [81], [87], [88], [191], [208].
expression of emotion and ideas,—
by use of crests, attitudes, and movements, [8], [9], [11], [16], [26], [30], [31], [32], [33], [34], [39], [41], [42], [44], [46], [49], [53], [56], [59], [63], [64], [67], [76], [78], [79], [81], [84], [87], [88], [90], [97], [101], [105], [116], [117], [124], [129], [132], [138], [139], [149], [156], [166], [180], [190], [191], [202], [205], [208], [215].
By voice,—
calls of warning, [5], [42], [53], [85], [197], [198], [201], [202], [203], [209];
conversation, [15], [25], [28], [33], [35], [36], [41], [42], [43], [44], [46], [48], [49], [52], [59], [62], [69], [71], [74], [75], [78], [84], [85], [87], [89], [90], [109], [110], [118], [132], [134], [145], [147], [149], [153], [156], [178], [180], [182], [190], [192];
cries of anger, anxiety, distress, fear, pain, [12], [45], [46], [47], [58], [86], [91], [94], [133], [138], [191];
exclamations, [44], [58], [61], [87], [115], [116], [124];
scoldings, [34], [36], [37], [58], [60], [86], [95], [96], [162], [172], [182];
songs of happiness, [8], [10], [15], [21], [22], [52], [59], [82], [83], [84], [90], [93], [95], [96], [97], [122], [126], [142], [169], [175], [178], [198], [205];
songs of love, [22], [26], [30], [31], [56], [90], [101], [142], [168], [170], [181], [204], [205], [208].
humor, [124].
individuality, [6], [8], [11], [13], [14], [16], [22], [25], [26], [30], [31], [32], [33], [34], [35], [38], [41], [42], [43], [44], [45], [46], [49], [50], [52], [54], [56], [62], [63], [64], [65], [75]-[80], [81], [84], [85], [86], [87], [88], [90], [91], [95], [96], [97], [98], [99], [100], [101], [111], [115], [124], [125],126, [132], [136], [139], [142], [143], [149], [153], [154], [163], [164], [170], [179], [181], [184], [190], [194], [195], [204], [205], [208], [209], [216]-[217].
inherited instincts, [75], [76], [78], [79], [156].
intelligence shown in,—
building, [17], [28], [49], [50], [53], [107], [108], [109], [114], [136], [150], [154], [158], [217]-[218];
disciplining young, [85];
getting food by others' work, [13];
profiting by mistakes, [107], [109], [133], [134], [153]-[154] (?);
protecting young, [8], [9], [12], [36], [37], [85], [135], [156], [191], [215];
removing nest from danger, [60], [114], [154];
selecting materials for nest, [14], [53], [56], [82], [89], [96], [107], [127], [144], [150], [179], [181];
selecting nesting site, [23], [28], [83], [93], [95], [99], [124], [127], [130], [131], [150];
silence of young in danger, [71], [85].
keen senses, [59], [74], [97].
local attachment, [6];
special perches, [57], [62], [126], [129], [167], [202], [204], [206].
play impulse, [12], [115], [124], [155] (?), [208]-[209].
pride of possession, [25], [86], [115], [204]-[205].
self-denial, [33], [50], [52].
Birds,
adaptation, [150], [152], [163], [164];
protective coloration, [10], [11], [81], [92], [101], [185], [199].
domestic life,—
accept help in building, [97], [152]-[153], [175]-[178], [179]-[180];
affection, [22], [27], [30], [31], [32], [33], [78], [84], [85], [90], [142], [166], [180], [182], [196], [201], [204], [208];
as parents, [7], [8], [9], [11], [12], [23], [24], [31]-[38], [46], [55], [63], [64], [69], [84], [85], [87], [88], [110], [111], [129], [135], [137], [154]-[155], [156], [172], [182], [185]-[186], [189]-[193], [215], [217];
companionship of mates, [22], [26], [27], [30], [31], [42], [46], [53], [56], [59], [62], [81], [83], [87], [89], [90], [106], [109], [126], [141], [142], [145], [166], [177], [178], [180], [182], [196], [204];
coquettish airs, [33];
courtship, [31], [90], [101], [148], [149];
defense of nest, [7], [8], [9], [11], [12], [25], [45], [46], [47], [57], [58], [86], [91], [92], [115], [124]-[125], [138], [141], [178], [182], [204]-[205], [209];
excitement when young hatch, [63];
family government, [12], [35], [85], [111], [156];
friendly birds shy at nest, [65], [66], [67], [86], [87], [88], [93], [94], [99], [105], [153], [198], [202], [203];
—habits of male at nest:
absent, [24], [149]-[155], [167];
brings mate food for young, [32], [63];
brings material to mate, [50], [52];
broods, [43], [44], [62];
builds while female looks on or goes off with other females, [199], [200], [203], [204], [207]-[208];
feeds mate, [27], [52], [126], [132], [134], [180], [182];
feeds young, [33], [82], [88];
guards mate, [27], [42], [53], [201];
helps mate build, [48], [50], [52], [61], [106], [108], [109], [126], [135], [142], [145];
sings while mate builds and broods, [22], [26], [30], [31], [33], [56], [83], [84], [90], [175], [177], [178];
interval between building and brooding, [59], [145], [181];
looking for nesting sites, [25], [26], [129], [184]-[185];
lordly airs of male, [25], [115], [116], [117], [172], [208];
paternal instinct, [31]-[33], [53], [63], [191], [204], [205];
persistence in work, [60], [107], [178];
reluctance to brood, [43], [44];
tenderness to young, [23], [33], [84], [85].
food,—
ants, [76];
bees, [114], [115];
carrion, [97];
cocoons, [100];
gophers, [136];
grubs, [12], [13], [111];
insects, [4], [6], [7], [16], [31], [36], [82], [91], [101], [150], [160];
lizards and toads, [99];
pepper berries, [197], [198], [201];
rats and mice, [137];
scale, [103];
seeds, [93], [162];
snakes, [132];
spiders, [31];
worms, [12], [13], [57], [164], [182], [185], [186], [190].
flight, [5], [7], [16], [17], [24], [30], [81], [91], [98], [99], [103], [115], [118], [147], [149], [153], [156], [161], [166], [168], [184], [195], [196], [197], [209].
friendliness when not disturbed, [10], [13], [23], [30], [40], [42], [45], [53], [59], [61], [64], [67], [83], [86], [89], [92], [95], [97], [100], [105], [126], [128], [129], [144], [148], [150]-[151], [153], [158], [171], [178], [180], [182]-[183], [185], [186], [197], [200], [201], [204].
legends about, [11], [105].
local names,—
blue jay, [6];
burrowing owl, [11];
bush-tit, [56];
California towhee, [92].
neighborly relations, [13], [25], [45]-[48], [49], [57]-[61], [62], [80], [86], [96], [100], [108], [115], [116], [124], [125], [126], [130], [138], [147], [171]-[174], [189]-[193], [204]-[205], [208]-[209].
nervousness, [9], [11], [22], [26], [34], [35], [42], [47], [53], [56], [61], [63], [64], [67], [70], [76], [81], [82], [87], [88], [97], [105], [117], [138], [139], [156], [166], [177], [180], [191], [208], [218].
Blackbird, Brewer's, [86]-[88], [117], [128].
afraid of a bath, [16].
attacking hawks and owls, [135], [139].
a jolly colony, [123], [124].
building, [124].
common in valley, [92].
curiosity about road-runner, [100].
following plow for grubs, [12], [13].
nervousness at nest, [87]-[88].
nesting sites, [86], [124].
pranks, [124].
repulsing shrike, [124], [125].
ruling dooryard, [86].
Blackbird, Red-winged, [14].
eating grubs in vineyard, [12]-[13].
following plow, [13].
nesting in marsh, [118].
Blackbird, Rusty, [86].
Blackbird, Yellow-headed,
in vineyard, [13]-[14].
on mustard, [14].
Blackbirds, [15], [114], [118], [120].
flocks riding cattle, hogs, and horses, [14].
Bluebird, Mexican, [187].
nesting site, [185].
second nest, [186].
Blue Jay. See [Jay].
Blue Squawker. See [Jay].
Brown Chippie. See [Towhee, California].
Bunting, Indigo, [81].
Bunting, Lazuli, [81]-[83], [123], [189]-[193].
call, [190].
keeping out of quarrel, [45]-[46].
nest, [82], [216]-[217].
nesting site, [27], [82], [216].
song, [6], [44], [83], [117].
taking insects to nest, [82].
young fed by wren-tit, [189], [190].
Bush-tit, California, [28], [56], [59], [103]-[111], [117], [161], [162], [166].
building, [105]-[107], [108], [110], [184].
call notes, [109], [110].
common bird, [103].
destroys olive scale, [103].
legend of firefly lamps, [105].
local name, [56].
nest, [103], [104], [105].
nesting site, [103].
nest roof falls in, [106].
second nest better built, [107], [109].
snake in nest, [108].
Butcherbird. See [Shrike].
Butterflies, migrating, [160].
California, southern, [147].
colors, [212].
marsh in, [118].
natural irrigation, [21].
sky, [67].
Canello, [2].
afraid of boggy land, Mexicans, and rattlesnakes, [2]-[3], [127]-[128].
indifferent to water snakes, [15].
made nervous by hummingbird, [7].
miring, [17]-[19].
visiting feathered tenants with, [123]-[139].
Chaparral, [5], [6], [55], [61], [94], [100], [103]-[104], [159], [167], [197], [201].
Chaparral cock. See [Road-runner].
Chat, long-tailed, [163].
Chewink. See [Towhee].
Chickadee, [103], [176].
Coast Mountains, [1], [4], [6], [15], [102], [104], [112], [113].
valley in, [1], [2], [4], [5], [20], [112].
at morning, [5], [68], [112], [137].
in evening, [19], [101], [102], [121], [122].
under moonlight, [102].
Coyote wolves,
barking, [91], [102].
chasing a dog, [119].
in eucalyptus, [214].
Crow,
killed bee-bird, [92].
nest, [212].
Dove, Mourning, [21], [118], [141], [161], [169], [219].
a gentle pair, [166].
brooding, [67].
friendliness, [42], [45].
nest, [216].
nesting site, [40], [166], [216].
perches, [57], [160].
superior airs of male, [116], [117].
timidity, [41], [42].
trailing, [215].
Eagle, [13].
Egret, White, [17].
Finch, Western House, [117], [160].
avoids shrike neighborhood, [126].
bathing, [16].
courtship, [90].
common birds, [92].
discussions, [28].
examining wren's nest, [25].
implicated in tragedy, [171]-[174].
nesting sites, [90], [96], [172], [186].
songs, [90].
stealing wren's material, [171].
using swallow's nest, [96].
Flicker, Red-shafted, [136]-[137], [160].
building, [136].
nesting site, [27], [136].
notes, [136].
works as if wound up, [136].
Flowers and Plants,
blue sage, [61], [147].
chilicothe, [168].
dodder, [89]-[90].
'fly flower,' [160].
forget-me-not, [128].
mallow, [128].
mustard, [14], [67], [119], [123], [127], [147].
on border of pond, [15].
poison oak, [167].
'poppy,' [160].
primrose, [69], [147].
wild celery, [120].
wild gooseberry, [147].
Flycatcher, [140].
in chaparral, [6].
Fog, [19], [68], [101], [112].
Goldfinch, [21], [44], [164], [215], [219].
feeding, [7].
nest, [23].
nest destroyed, [27].
nesting site, [184], [186].
note, [215].
Gnatcatcher, Western, [38]-[64], [81], [123], [161], [205].
building, [48]-[60], [61], [62].
calls, [43], [44], [45].
comical parents, [63], [64].
defending nest, [45], [57], [58].
egg broken by wren-tit, [46].
eggshell carried away, [46].
feeding young in new way, [63]-[64].
jaunty nervous manners, [38], [39], [40], [41], [44], [56], [63].
nest, [39], [41], [60], [168].
nesting site, [39], [48], [60], [61], [167].
nest moved, [60].
spelling each other, [43], [44], [62].
talkative, [41].
Gophers, [70], [136].
Grosbeak, Black-headed,
migrants, [8], [58].
song, [170].
Grosbeak, Blue, [120].
Hangbird. See [Bush-tit].
Hawk, Buteo, building, [135].
more likely to eat gophers than birds, [136].
Hawk, Fish, [13].
Hawk, Sparrow, [131]-[135], [136].
chased by bee-bird, [91].
nesting site, [131].
snakes for breakfast, [132].
too small a front door, [131]-[134].
Hawks, [16], [86].
Heron, Green, [17].
Lark, Horned,
on roadsides, [10].
song, [10].
Horse, as help in observing, [3]-[4], [125], [201]-[204].
How-do-you-do Owl. See [Owl, Burrowing].
Hummingbird, [147], [186].
Hummingbird, Black-chinned, [23]-[25], [147]-[158], [161], [202], [217]-[219].
around flowers by house, [88].
attacking horse and rider, [7].
building, [149]-[155].
call, [153].
courtship dance, [149].
enter house, [89].
feeding from primroses, [69].
feeding young, [23], [24], [155], [217].
help in cross-fertilization, [150].
nest, [23].
nest destroyed, [26].
nesting sites, [23], [89], [130], [147]-[148], [155], [158], [161], [217]-[218].
perch, [57], [167].
probing tobacco-tree flowers, [88].
tremulous moulding, [152].
Hummingbird, Rufous, [147].
around wild gooseberries, [147], [168].
song, [168].
Irrigation, natural, [21], [38], [159]-[160].
Jay, California, [59], [61], [84]-[85], [105], [123], [160], [161].
disciplining young, [85].
frightening small birds, [28], [58], [60], [84], [141].
local name, [6].
protecting young, [85].
scream, [169], [184].
tender to young, [84], [85].
Kingbird,
Arkansas. See [Bee-bird].
Cassin's. See [Bee-bird].
Eastern, [91].
Linnet. See [Finch].
Lions, colts killed by, [30].
List of Birds referred to, [ix].
List of Illustrations, [vii].
Lizards, as eggers, [28], [150], [200], [203].
Magpie, [51], [98].
Mexican bridle, [3].
Miring, [17]-[19].
Mockingbird, thrasher's resemblance to, [6].
Mountain Billy, [20].
a good lope, [42]-[43], [112].
a narrow escape, [120].
a petted companion, [165], [187].
carrying blue gum boughs, [211].
carrying a chair, [60]-[61].
enjoying blue gum grove, [214], [218].
frightened by deer, [28]-[30].
ignoring snakes, [187]-[188].
improving his time, [68], [69], [114].
inventing a fly brush, [54], [55].
rolling, [165]-[166].
Mutual help in nature, [150].
Nesting season, date in southern California, [21], [30], [67], [69], [86].
Nests, broken up, [10], [26], [27], [47], [127], [143], [145], [158], [172], [204], [206], [217].
building, hard work, [56], [60], [107].
building methods, [49]-[50], [52]-[54], [82], [107], [108], [109], [127], [135], [136], [142], [150]-[154], [158], [175], [199], [200], [203], [204], [205]-[206], [207].
defective building (?), [106].
excessive amount of material, [96], [107], [108].
knothole entrance too small, [131].
materials of first nest used in second, [60], [107], [109]-[110], [154].
moved to safer place, [60], [154].
odd situations, [9], [95], [130], [171].
protective coloration, [82], [90], [144], [150].
rapid building, [108], [206].
second, [48] (?), [60], [107], [154], [186].
snakes in, [108].
third (?), [60].
time taken to build, [60].
unusual materials, [14], [89], [90].
Observing, [1], [2], [40], [60]-[61], [66], [67], [68], [81], [82], [109], [114], [123], [130], [135], [139], [141], [166], [195], [196], [197], [198], [201]-[205], [215].
assisting in nest building, [97], [109]-[110], [175]-[183].
delight of finding a new bird, [13].
proportion of birds identified without a gun, [2], [140].
temptations in, [92], [93], [194].
Oden Canyon, [159]-[160].
Oregon Robin, [20].
Oriole, [27], [104], [130], [131].
Oriole, Arizona Hooded,
building, [89].
Oriole, Bullock's, [162].
attacking an owl, [139].
nest, [117].
song flight, [184].
Owl, [105], [215]-[216].
asleep in window, [137].
diet of rats and mice, [137].
hiding in wells and mining shafts, [137], [138].
Owl, Barn,
an old crone, [139].
nesting site, [139].
Owl, Burrowing, [119], [212].
battles with a collie, [11], [12].
feeding young, [11], [12].
nest not shared with rattlesnakes, [11].
screws head off, [11].
Owl, Western Horned,
devices to protect young, [8], [9].
mobbed by neighbors, [138].
Pewee, Wood, [161]-[162].
building, [57], [59], [61].
nesting site, [57], [60].
nest moved, [60].
perch, [62], [161].
Phainopepla, [194]-[210].
a distinguished bird, [194].
building (done by male), [199], [203], [204], [205], [206].
call, [205].
eating pepper berries in door-yard, [197].
nest, [205].
nesting site, [199].
song, [205].
Phœbe, Black, [115], [128]-[130], [189].
brooding under a pump, [129].
in the hen-house, [130].
nest, [130].
nesting site, [117], [128]-[129], [130].
Pipit, American, [16].
Pond, made by spring rains,
rendezvous of birds, [5], [14]-[17].
Poor-will, Dusky,
call, [101]-[102].
flycatching, [101].
Quail, Valley,
call, [5].
flight of covey, [30].
in chaparral, [55].
in vineyard, [73].
tracks, [43].
Rabbit,
cottontail, [94], [118], [164].
jack, [5], [29], [94]-[95], [97].
Road-runner, [98]-[101].
around ranch-house, [100].
drowned in windmill tanks, [100].
eating with hens, [100].
fleetness, [98].
hunting cocoons, [100].
love call, [101].
nest, [99], [216].
Robin, [8], [92].
Shrike, White-rumped, [124]-[127], [128].
absence of birds in neighborhood, [126].
building, [125], [126]-[127].
gentle at nest, [125], [126].
invading blackbird premises, [124]-[125].
nest, [125].
nesting site, [125], [127].
Snakes,
gopher, [43], [71], [120], [187]-[188].
racer, [108].
rattle, [43], [120], [121], [203].
ringed, [55].
water, [15].
Sparrow, [15].
Sparrow, Golden-crowned, [16].
Sparrow, Song, [21], [22], [117].
nest, [83]-[84].
young, [83].
Sparrow, White-crowned, [16], [162].
Squirrels, ground, [11].
Swallow, [96].
Swallow, Eave,
drinking on wing, [17].
getting mud for nests, [16]-[17].
nests on sycamore, [114].
Tanager, Louisiana, [27].
a brilliant stranger, [131].
Thrasher, California, [163]-[164].
digging with sickle-shaped bill, [163]-[164].
in chaparral, [6].
song, [6], [169].
straight bills of young, [164].
Titmouse, Plain, [141], [184], [175]-[183].
building, [175]-[182].
gladly accepts feathers, [177].
needs no horsehair or straw, [179]-[181].
nesting sites, [175].
song, [175].
Tit, Wren-, [57], [60], [62], [189]-[193].
breaking up gnatcatcher's nest, [45], [46], [48].
skulking manners, [49], [59].
song, [6], [169].
usurping a mother's rights, [189]-[193].
Towhee, California, [28], [46], [47], [57], [58], [59], [92]-[95], [163], [189], [200].
call note, [92].
common and tame, [92].
nesting, [93], [94].
shy at nest, [93]-[94].
song, [93].
Towhee, Green-tailed, [162]-[163].
Towhee, Spurred, [18], [160], [162].
singing, [169].
Trade wind, [68]-[69].
Trees,
acacia, [189].
elder, [15].
eucalyptus, [211]-[220];
character of, [213]-[214], [219]-[220];
grove, [211]-[220];
raised for fuel, [211].
live-oaks, [5], [6], [21], [86], [159]-[170];
garden of, [159]-[160], [170];
sapped by mistletoe, [167].
pepper, [197].
sycamore, [15], [21], [24]-[25], [67], [68];
the big, [112]-[122], [159].
tobacco, [88].
willow, [123].
Turkey Buzzard. See [Vulture].
Turtle Dove. See [Dove].
Twin Oaks Canyon, [5]-[6], [159].
Ughland Canyon, [21], [38], [123], [159].
Vineyard, birds eating grubs in, [12]-[13].
Vireo, Hutton's, [140]-[146].
a devoted pair, [142].
building, [142], [145].
call note, [145].
fond of nest, [143], [145].
nest, [144].
nesting site, [141], [144].
Vireo, Least,
song, [6], [44], [169].
Vireo, Warbling, [27], [59].
building, [56].
scolding jay, [60].
Vulture, Turkey, [16], [97]-[98], [162].
circle over fighting snakes, [97].
eating woodpecker, [70].
eating skunk, [201].
queer attitude, [98].
scavenger, [97].
soaring, [97], [98].
Warbler, [160].
migrants, [6], [7], [123].
Waxwing, [69].
Whip-poor-will. See [Poor-will].
Woodpecker, California, [65]-[80], [81], [123].
building, [28].
flycatching, [160].
hunting ground distant from nest, [69].
long intervals in feeding, [69].
lying in wait for prey, [141].
nesting site, [28], [71].
notes, [69].
old birds poisoned (?), [70].
rescuing the young, [71]-[73].
young orphans, inherited instincts, [75], [76], [78], [79];
notes, [78].
Woodpecker, Red-headed, [66], [69].
Wood rat,
in chaparral, [55].
Wren, [9]-[10].
Wren, Vigors's, [170]-[174].
linnets quarreling over materials, [171].
nesting site, [171].
young buried alive by linnets (?), [172]-[174].
Wren, Western House, [20]-[37], [65], [67], [69], [81], [84], [112], [117], [123], [160], [219].
building, [22], [25], [30], [96], [128].
common birds, [95].
feeding young on insects, [31].
nesting takes six weeks, [35].
nests in sycamore holes, [22], [128].
odd nesting sites, [95].
song, [22], [30], [96], [97].
tremulous motion of wings, [30], [33].
Yellow-bird. See [Goldfinch].
Young birds,
Bluebird, [185].
Brewer's Blackbird, [87].
Burrowing Owl, [11]-[12].
Bush-tit, [28], [110], [111].
California Jay, [85].
California Woodpecker, [69]-[80].
feather tracts, [79].
fed at long intervals, [155].
fed on insects, [31], [36], [76], [82].
first flights, [36], [73]-[74], [88], [156].
Gnatcatchers, [63]-[64].
Horned Owl, [9].
Hummingbird, [23], [24], [88], [155]-[157], [217], [219].
interest in each other, [78], [79].
Lazuli Bunting, [189]-[193], [217];
adopted by wren-tit, [189]-[193].
Mourning Dove, [47].
Owl, [137].
Sparrow Hawk, [135];
subdued on leaving nest, [36];
time kept in nest, [69].
Titmouse, [182]-[183].
Vigors's Wren, [171], [172], [174].
Western House Wren, [33]-[37].