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Orioles, getting food for young, ~1~, 18; teaching young to fly, 33, 34; food of, 50; affection for young, 78; usefulness to man, 129; ~2~, 104.

Osprey, American, ~2~, 190; portrait, ~2~, 192.

Ostrich, ~1~, 24.

Ostrich, South American, ~1~, 24.

Ouzel, Water, ~2~, 42; portrait, ~2~, 42.

Oven-bird, ~2~, 52.

Owl, American Barn, ~2~, 185.

Owl, Barred, ~1~, 101.

Owl, Burrowing, ~2~, 182.

Owl, Florida Burrowing, ~2~, 182.

Owl, Screech, ~2~, 180; portrait, ~2~, 180.

Owl Family, ~2~, 178, 204.

Owls, ~1~, 35; food of, 52, 53, 127; ears of, 103; feet of, 106; usefulness to man, 126, 127.

Paridæ, ~2~, 18, 198.

Penguin, ~1~, 72.

Petrel, ~1~, 110.

Pewee, Western Wood, ~2~, 142.

Pewee, Wood, ~1~, 47; ~2~, 136, 140.

Phainopepla, ~2~, 67.

Phœbe, ~1~, 35; ~2~, 136.

Picidæ, ~2~, 160, 203.

Pigeons, ~1~, 79, 80.

Pipit, Sprague's, ~2~, 46; portrait, ~2~, 46.

Pipits, ~2~, 46, 199.

Plumage, the nestling, ~1~, 22, 23; coloration of, 23, 24, 27, 28; moulting, 25, 26, 118; change of color without moulting, 26, 27, 118-120; protective coloration of, 120, 121; recognition marks in, 121, 122.

Poor-will, ~2~, 157.

Protection and attraction of birds, ~1~, 131-135.

Quail (bob-white), ~1~, 44, 59.

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