INDEX 



Loon (Gavia immer), 140. 

 Red-throated (G. stellata), 

 140. 

 Lyell, Charles, 222. 



Madison, President, 25. 



Main, Harry, 172. 



Maple, Red (Acer rubrum), 85, 



227. 

 Maps, 30. 



Marsh hay, 192-195. 

 Maryland yellow-throat (Geo- 



thlypis trichas), 87. 

 Maynard, C. J., 84, 106, 107. 

 Meadowlark (Sturnella magna), 



115, 250. 

 Meadow-sweet (Spiraea latifo- 



lia), 83. 

 Merganser, Red-breasted (Mer- 



gus serrator), 66, 67, 140- 



146, 238. 

 Mermaids, 182, 183. 

 Meunier, 141. 

 Migration period of water birds, 



123. 

 Migration, Swallow, 111-121. 

 Milk Island, 42. 

 Milkwort, Sea (Glaux mari- 



tima), 195. 

 Mink (Putorius vison lutroce- 



phalus), 54-56. 

 Mother Gary's chickens, see Pet- 

 rel. 

 Mouse, Meadow (Microtus 



pennsylvanicus), 54, 58, 59. 

 White - footed (Peromj^scus 



leucopus noveborencis), 50, 



58, 59. 

 Mud-hen (Fulica americana), 



146. 

 Mushroom, Brown (Cytocybe 



trullisata), 75. 

 Muskrat (Fiber zibethicus), 56. 

 Mussel, Edible (Mytilus edulis), 



267. 

 Marsh (Modiola plicatula), 



268. 



Sea (Modiola modiolus), 267. 



Nesting instincts. Autumnal re- 

 vival of, 115. 

 Noah's flood, 206. 

 Norfolk Broads, 220-222. 

 North River, 215. 

 Notochord, 275. 



Oak Island, 226. 

 Oak, Red (Quercus rubra), 225. 

 Swamp white, (Q. bicolor), 212, 



225. 

 Oaks, WilUam, 157. 

 Old squaw (Harelda hy emails), 



147, 148. 

 Orach (Atriplex patula var. ha- 



stata), 73. 

 Orchids (Pogonia ophioglos- 



soides and Calopogon pul- 



chellus), 78. 

 Oriole, Baltimore (Icterus gal- 



bula), 191. 

 Ostracoderms, 252. 

 Oven-bird (Seiurus aurocapil- 



lus), 92. 

 Owl, Short-eared (Asio flam- 



meus), 98, 99, 250. 

 Snowy (Nyctea nyctea), 42, 



99, 100. 

 Oyster (Ostrea virginica), 224. 



Patmore, Coventry, 189. 

 Peep, see Sandpiper, Least and 

 Semipalmated and Spotted. 

 Penguin, 281. 



Periwinkle, American (Litto- 

 rina rudis and L. palliata), 

 ■ 256,266. 



European (L. litorea), 266. 

 Petrel, Leach's (Oceanodroma 

 leucorhoa), 139, 140. 

 Wilson's (Oceanites oceani- 

 cus), 139, 140. 

 Phalaropes (Phalaropus, Lo- 



bipes, etc.), 285. 

 ^Pheasant, Ring (Phasianus tor- 

 . i quatus), 41, 61, 62. 



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