Nest—On branches of trees, in open and exposed situations, six to twenty feet from the ground; built of stems of weeds and grasses.
Eggs—Three to six, white, thinly spotted with purple to dark redish-brown.
VOLUME III. JANUARY TO JUNE, 1898.
INDEX.
| Apple Blossom Time | pages | [153] |
| Audubon Society, One | " | [234] |
| Aviaries | " | [121]-[2] |
| Birds, Foreign Song Birds in Oregon | " | [123] |
| Birds, in the Schools | " | [20] |
| Birds, Hints on the Study of Winter | " | [109] |
| Birds, Interesting Facts About | " | [100] |
| Birds' Answer, The | " | [83] |
| Bird Study, The Fascinations of | " | [164] |
| Birds, Let Us All Protect the Eggs of the | " | [154] |
| Birds, Pairing in Spring | " | [189] |
| Bird, Only a | " | [73] |
| Bird Superstitions and Winged Portents | " | [172] |
| Bird Day | " | [82] |
| Birds, a Friend of | " | [43] |
| Bird, The Mound | " | [114] |
| Bird Lovers, Some | " | [81] |
| Bittern, Least, Botaurus exilis | " | [46]-[47] |
| Bob White, Colinus virginianus | " | [16]-[18]-[19]-[34] |
| Buddha, The Youth of | " | [237] |
| Christmas, Where Missouri Birds Spend | " | [84] |
| Cockatoo, Rose, Cacatua leadbeateri | " | [29]-[30]-[31] |
| Coot, American, Fulica americana | " | [96]-[98]-[99] |
| Contentment | " | [163] |
| Crane, Queer doings of a | " | [44] |
| Creeper, Brown, Certhia familiaris americana | " | [212]-[214]-[215] |
| Dickcissel, Spiza americana | " | [146]-[147]-[149] |
| Duck, Bald Pate, Anas americana | " | [48]-[50]-[51] |
| Duck, Black, Anas obscura | " | [86]-[87] |
| Duck, Pintail, Dafila acuta | " | [176]-[8]-[9] |
| Duck, Old Squaw, Clangula hyemalis | " | [223]-[5] |
| Duck Farms, Eider | " | [113] |
| Egg, What is An | " | [60] |
| Eggs | " | [155]-[195]-[235] |
| Feathers or Flowers? | " | [180] |
| Finch, Purple, Carpodacus purpureus | " | [54]-[55] |
| Flycatcher, Arkansas, Tyrannus verticalis | " | [230]-[231] |
| Gnat-catcher, Blue-gray, Polioptila caerulea | " | [94]-[95] |
| Goose, Canada, Branta canadensis | " | [208]-[210]-[211] |
| Goose That Takes a Hen Sailing | " | [194] |
| Grouse, Dusky, Dendragapus obscurus | " | [150]-[151] |
| Hawk, Sparrow, Falco sparverius | " | [105]-[6]-[7] |
| Heron, Great Blue, Ardea herodias | " | [190]-[1]-[3] |
| Ibis, White-Faced Glossy, Plegadis guarauna | " | [226]-[7] |
| I Can but Sing | " | [186] |
| June | " | [201]-[202] |
| Kindness, a Foster Brother's | " | [194] |
| Kingbird, Arkansas, Tyrannus verticalis | " | [230] |
| March | " | [82] |
| Memory, Bird Songs of | " | [124] |
| Murre, Brunnich's, Uria lomvia | " | [206]-[7] |
| Music, Color in | " | [161]-[2] |
| Nature, Some Lovers of | " | [229] |
| Neighbor, Our | " | [203] |
| Nests, Birds' | " | [204] |
| Nest, Life in the | " | [69] |
| Nightingale, Motacilla luscinia | " | [136]-[8]-[9] |
| Nightingale, To a | " | [141] |
| Ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus | " | [126]-[7] |
| Owl, The Early | " | [12] |
| Owl, Saw-Whet, Nyctala acadica | " | [61]-[2]-[3] |
| Owl, Short-eared, Asio accipitrinus | " | [25]-[6]-[7] |
| Paradise, Birds of | " | [140] |
| Partridge, Mountain, Oreortyx pictus | " | [34]-[35] |
| Parrot, Double Yellow Headed, Conurus mexicanus | " | [181]-[2]-[3] |
| Partnership, a Forced | " | [60] |
| Partridge, Scaled, Callipepla squamata | " | [114]-[115] |
| Petrel, The Stormy, Oceanites oceanicus | " | [88]-[90]-[91]-[92] |
| Pheasant, Silver, Phasianus nycthemerus | " | [110]-[111] |
| Pigeons, The | " | [4] |
| Pigeon, Crowned, Columbidæ goura | " | [6]-[7] |
| Pigeon, Passenger, Ectopistes migratorius | " | [21]-[22]-[23] |
| Pleas for the Speechless | " | [33] |
| Plover, Snowy, Aegialitis nivosa | " | [70]-[71] |
| Prairie Hen, Lesser, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | " | [74]-[75] |
| Queer Relations | " | [233] |
| Rhea, South American, Rhea americana | " | [166]-[7]-[8] |
| Sandpiper, Bartramian, Bartramia longicauda | " | [134]-[5] |
| Sparrow, English | " | [175] |
| Sparrow, Fox, Passerella iliaca | " | [14]-[15] |
| Spoonbill, Roseate, Ajaja ajaja | " | [142]-[3]-[5] |
| Spring Thoughts | " | [185] |
| Stilt, Black-necked, Himantopus mexicanus | " | [174]-[5] |
| Summary | " | [40]-[80]-[120]-[160]-[200]-[238] |
| Superstitions, Irish Bird | " | [132] |
| Swan, Black, Cygnus | " | [65]-[66]-[67] |
| Tenants, The New | " | [37]-[77]-[117]-[157]-[197]-[220] |
| Thoughts | " | [146] |
| Vireo, Red-Eyed, Vireo olivaceus | " | [8]-[10]-[11] |
| Warbler, Bay-breasted, Dendroica castanea | " | [170]-[171] |
| Warbler, Magnolia, Dendroica maculosa | " | [186]-[187] |
| Woodpecker, Arctic Three-toed, Picoides arcticus | " | [128]-[130]-[131] |
| Woodpecker, Downy, Dryobates pubescens | " | [216]-[218]-[219] |
| Woodpecker, Ivory-billed, Campephilus principalis | " | [101]-[102]-[103] |
| Woodpecker, Red-bellied, Melanerpes carolinus | " | [56]-[58]-[59] |
| White, Gilbert, and "Selbourne" | " | [41] |
| Wooing Birds' Odd Ways | " | [52] |