by their enduring the voyage and living two years in the unfavorable
climate of England, as well as by spending at least nine years in an
aviary in China, and there is no reason why we in America should not
have opportunity to admire them and study their habits from life. Would
that some of our young explorers could be induced to turn from the
ice-fields of the Poles, and the death-swamps of the Tropics, to seek
these inimitable birds in the mountains and woods of the Papuan
Islands--not to shoot for our museum shelves, but to study their manners
and customs, and above all to introduce them into American aviaries,
that a new and absorbing chapter might be added to our Natural
Histories, and the Bird of Paradise cease to be the Bird of Mystery.
INDEX.
African Parrot and Mocking-Bird, 90.
Baltimore Oriole.
pursue a blackbird, 4.
baby ways, 9.
attacked by robin, 10.
an unnatural baby, 11.
one at a time, 11.
the father as drudge, 12.
visited by the Cardinal, 215.
Bird of Paradise, 253.
where found, 253.
mythical stories of, 253.
dancing parties, 255.
colors, 255.
arrangement of plumage, 255.
Red Bird of, 255.
Golden, 256.
Standard-wing, 256.
change of form, 256.
feathers an index of the mind, 256.
interesting new discoveries, 257.
Signor d'Albertis, 257.
Six-shafted, 257.
dusting itself, 258.
curious scene, 258.
a rare bird, 259.
description of, 259.
another new one, 259.
specimen in N. Y. Museum, 260.
description of _P. Raggiana_, 260.
danger of beauty, 260.
a bare-headed bird, 261.
_Manucodia_, 261.
_M. Comrii_, 262.
_M. Chalybea_, 262.
Long-tailed, 263.
changeable, 263.
_Epimachus Ellioti_, 263.
the Gardener bird, 264.
description of nest, 264.
a clever builder, 265.
manners of _P. Apoda_, 266.
toilet, 266.
dancing parties, 267.
twelve-wired, 268.
Le Vaillant's work, 268.
Birds.
home affairs of, 3.
dangers in nest, 5.
hard work of, 15.
training the young, 15.
study of, 16.
cruel pursuit of, 239.
at twilight, 247.
Bluebird, 97.
attitude and manners, 97.
attitude and manners, female, 98.
defending her spouse, 98.
standing guard, 98.
defending the young, 99.
after the mocking-bird, 99.
unsafe nest, 99.
tragedy in the family, 100.
consoling his mate, 100.
an affectionate pair, 101.
motherly affection, 102.
arrangements for sleep, 102.
queer little talk with me, 103.
talk together, 104-106.
staring at nothing, 104.
his mate disapproves, 106.
difference in intelligence, 107.
demanding meal-worms, 107.
expressing themselves, 107.
learning by experience, 108.
fond of worms, 108.
trick on a scarlet tanager, 108.
bathing, 109.
bewitching dance, 109.
sunning himself, 109.
feathering out, 110.
growing belligerent, 110.
courtship, 110.
he presents a worm, 110.
refusing to share, 111.
feeding through wires, 112.
change in the song, 112.
set free, 112.
attacked by sparrows, 112.
baby ways, 13.
bringing food to young, 47.
Blue Jay, 175.
driving corks, 175.
hammering, 175.
destructiveness, 176.
holes in the matting, 176.
ornamenting books, 177.
pounding upward, 177.
hiding things, 177.
his regular business, 178.
clearing up the room, 178.
setting off matches, 179.
odd hiding-places, 179.
in my hair, 180.
intelligent interest, 180.
likes and dislikes, 180-191.
showing fight, 181.
war upon the baby, 181.
expression of affection, 181.
curiosity, 182.
jumping, 183.
queer way of alighting, 183.
bird of opinions, 183.
scolding the rain, 184.
strange noises, 184.
song, 184.
stamping his feet, 184.
in anger, 184.
peaceful among the birds, 185.
timid, 185.
afraid of falling, 185.
a jay-baby cry, 185.
fond of music, 186.
attended to business, 187.
talking to me, 187.
his demon of work, 187.
in his vindication, 187.
knew what he wanted, 191.
human society, 191.
tokens of affection, 192.
love, 193.
ice-cream and cake, 193.
hiding his candy, 193.
next in favor, 193.
difference in treatment, 193.
curious dance, 194.
missed his frolics, 194.
calling his playmate, 194.
treatment of a young lady, 195.
treatment of a youth, 195.
treatment of the head of the household, 195.
treatment of a maid, 195.
afraid of a trap, 195.
a wise bird, 196.
cutting a wire, 196.
loosening a rubber band, 196.
a troublesome pet, 196.
on my desk, 196.
a cure for hammering, 196.
learning to get under the cover, 197.
prying into packages, 197.
the waste basket, 198.
after the photographs, 198.
on the door, 198.
flying out, 198.
the open window, 199.
learning to outwit him, 199.
the other birds no society, 199.
surprising his neighbors, 199.
the room in a panic, 200.
excitement over a grasshopper, 200.
the oriole takes a hand, 200.
afraid of a tree, 200.
hiding the needles, 202.
bathing, 202.
beauty of plumage, 202.
Brazilian Cardinal, 232.
Cardinal Grosbeak, or Virginia C., 207.
colors, 207.
her first admirer, 208.
his first call, 208.
a mind of her own, 209.
his mistake, 209.
reproaching her, 209.
violent wooing, 210.
the obnoxious door, 210.
the window, 210.
exploring the room, 211.
calling on the robin, 211-214.
war declared upon her, 211.
the window problem, 212.
lord-and-master, 212.
curious performance, 212.
hostilities, 213.
jealousy, 214.
the looking-glass, 214.
calling on the tanager, 214.
the bath, 214.
calling on the orioles, 215.
beginning to sing, 215.
a queer game, 215.
war again, 216.
death of the persecutor, 216.
Virginia relieved, 216.
expression of crest, 216.
a week's peace, 217.
arrival of a stranger, 217.
Virginia not pleased, 217.
the second suitor goes, 218.
left alone, 218.
set free, 219.
the successful wooer, 219.
difficulty, studies under, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30.
Golden-winged Woodpecker, or Flicker, 115.
in search of a nest, 115.
heavy flight, 116.
out of a bird store, 117.
excessively wild, 117.
getting acquainted, 117.
peeping out, 118.
expressing emotion, 118.
in despair, 118.
holes in the wall, 118.
learning to eat, 118.
peculiar attitudes, 119.
sleeping, 119.
restlessness, 119.
taking naps, 120.
a heavy sleeper, 120.
dreaming, 120.
hanging himself, 121.
expression of sentiments, 121.
the door opened, 121.
running about the floor, 121.
intelligence, 121.
exploring the room, 121.
investigating the nails, 122.
visiting his neighbors, 122.
up the ladder, 122.
teasing the goldfinch, 123.
down the ladder, 123.
stepping down backward, 123.
going home, 124.
asking to be let out, 124.
suddenly familiar, 124.
child-like disposition, 124.
a silent bird, 124.
a strange song, 125.
an extraordinary display, 125.
the baby of the family, 126.
position of rest, 127.
flicker talk, 127.
Goldfinch, 72, 152, 157.
Mocking-Bird.
baby ways, 13.
study of, 23.
way of singing, 25-44.
fables about, 30-31.
nest, 35.
domestic relations, 36.
home in a pine grove, 37.
wooing, 38.
dance, 39.
love or war? 41.
house hunting, 41.
building in a storm, 42.
on the winding stairs, 43.
belligerent, 44.
a call on his spouse, 45.
frolic on the grass, 45.
nest in the cedar, 45.
the youngsters out, 46.
feeding the babies, 46.
the baby cry, 47.
parental anxiety, 48, 50, 55.
madam remonstrates, 48.
telling the news, 49.
out of the nest, 50.
looks and manners of the infant, 50, 51, 53.
a lively youngster, 52.
an ignominious flop, 53.
baby number two, 53.
refuses to move on, 53.
thieves--black and white, 54.
behavior of a young singer, 54.
had his own way, 55.
number three neglected, 55.
the cry-baby, 56.
peculiar hops, 56.
a curious performance, 57.
the nest, 57.
movements, 58, 59.
lifting the wings, 60.
disposition, 60.
quarrel, 61.
attack on a crow, 61.
song, 62, 63.
as imitator, 63.
Mocking-Bird in the house.
mocking, 67.
intelligence, 67.
taking notes, 68.
choice of colors, 68.
enjoyment of liberty, 69.
reason, 69.
warmed by a lamp, 69.
quiet observation, 70.
submitting to imposition, 70.
out of the cage, 70.
studying surroundings, 71.
the pin-cushion, 71.
looking-glass, 71.
settling his position, 72.
the English goldfinch, 72.
driven away from the bath, 73.
the feathers flew, 74.
scene between goldfinch and, 74.
insulted by a thrush, 75.
dispute over the bath, 75.
worrying the Mexican, 77.
with the wood thrush, 78.
quarrel over the apple, 78.
a war dance, 79.
settling the thrush, 80.
end of the apple contest, 81.
decides to remove, 81.
teasing the thrush, 83.
graceful attack, 83.
a change of tactics, 84.
a determined enemy, 85.
gracefulness, 85.
bewitching ways, 86.
expression of feathers, 86.
the looking-glass, 87.
manner of dressing, 89.
lifting the wings, 89.
steel pen, 89.
attack on the parrot, 90.
never startled, 91.
caught under a shawl, 91.
mad frolics, 92.
fury of play, 92.
reducing the finch to silence, 93.
mischief, not malice, 93.
Mexican thrush, 77, 83.
Nonpareil, 28.
Nuthatch baby ways, 12.
visited by orioles, 138.
Orchard Orioles, 131.
characteristics, 131, 132.
persistent singers, 131.
making themselves conspicuous, 132.
annoying ways, 132.
shouting the news, 133.
trouble in the family, 133.
plumage, 133, 134.
two suitors to one maid, 134.
he will have his way, 134.
she flew for her life, 134.
voice of female, 135.
beauty of female, 135.
restless manners, 135.
a war dance, 136.
an anti-climax, 137.
a meek damsel, 137.
inquisitive, 138.
visiting the mocking-bird's nest, 138.
visiting nuthatches, 138.
interested in me, 139.
the crisis, 139.
nesting time begun, 139.
matters settled, 140.
the honeymoon, 140.
submitting to the inevitable, 140.
nest building, 140.
precipitate wooing, 141.
grumbling husbands, 141.
a feathered thief, 142.
the end was not yet, 142.
with a grasshopper, 201.
Pewee, baby ways, 15.
learning to hover, 16.
Plover, 24.
Purple Crow Blackbird.
in trouble, 4.
launching the infants, 5.
blackbird babies, 7.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 239.
dress; characters, 239.
manner of eating, 240.
about the room, 240.
a creature of habit, 240.
intelligence, 241.
had his own opinion, 241.
change of place, 242.
contented and happy, 242.
a silent bird, 243.
queer noises, 243.
disturbed by an owl, 243.
song, 244-249.
the looking-glass, 244.
posturing, 245.
curious movements, 246.
bathing, 246.
color, 247.
night, 248.
never playful, 249.
Robin baby ways, 14, 47.
Robin called in by Cardinal, 211-214.
Scarlet Tanager and English Goldfinch, 224.
dress and manners, 224.
parties to the friendship, 224.
dislike to confinement, 224.
coming out, 225.
the window glass, 226.
the finch flies at him, 226.
giving up the world, 227.
dislike to be looked at, 227.
first sign of friendship, 228.
the smallest bird, 228.
progress of the friendship, 228.
the tanager's boundary, 229.
becoming protector, 229.
beginning to talk, 229.
perching outside, 230.
around the room, 231.
in a strange cage, 231.
on the floor, 231.
driving the Brazilian, 232.
the robin interferes, 232.
the finch goes for him, 233.
a new roof, 233.
the mischievous robin, 234.
approach of spring, 234.
offensive operations, 235.
anxious to go, 235.
belligerent, 235.
set free, 236.
the deserted lover, 236.
called on by cardinal, 214.
Snowy Heron, 23.
Tern, 24.
Thrasher, or Brown Thrush, 147.
restlessness, 147.
use of feet, 148.
erratic movements, 149.
way of approach, 149.
sensational manners, 150.
bathing, 150.
waltzing around the bath, 150.
excitement of the bath, 151.
mischievousness, 152.
teasing the finch, 152.
tearing paper, 152.
with a newspaper, 153.
the magazines, 153.
hammering, 153.
jumping, 153.
intelligence, 154.
talking back, 154.
expression of wings, 154.
littleness of body, 155.
the song, 155.
in the twilight, 156, 247.
strange movements, 156.
watching others, 157.
in the spring, 157.
Thrushes.
gray-cheeked, 161.
song of, 162.
Wilson's, 162.
wonderful song, 162.
whisper songs, 162.
difference in character, 163.
bewitching dance, 163.
use of feet, 164.
excitement, 165.
a different dance, 165.
bathing, 165, 166.
the bird in the glass, 166.
alighting places, 167.
enjoying a swing, 167.
a snug retreat, 167.
tearing papers, 168.
lonely disposition, 169.
belligerent, 169.
set free, 169.
surprise of freedom, 170.
a call from a neighbor, 170.
farewell to the Gray-cheeked, 171.
Thrush baby ways, 8, 78, 80, 85.
Yellow-throated baby ways, 8.
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