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usurping a wren's nest, 196, 197 ; 

 a female loses her mate and finds 

 a new one, 197, 198; hostilities 

 renewed by tlie wrens, 198; de- 

 spair, 199 ; seeking shelter in cold 

 weather, 220, 221 ; notes of, 2, 3, 

 6, 7, 41, 129, 189-193 ; nest of, 

 192-199. 



Bobolink {Dolichonyx oryzivorus), 

 12, 30, 35; migrating through 

 Washington, 143, 144, 215; 213; 

 Audubon on the migrations of, 

 215 ; 218 ; notes of, 26, 30, 41, 143, 

 215, 218, 219. 



Boreas River, 71. 



Brewer, Dr. Thomas M., 213. 



Bullfrog {Rana catesbiana), 172, 

 182. 



Bunting, black-throated, or dickcis- 

 sel {Spiza aviericana), 144 ; notes 

 of, 144. 



Bunting, snow {Plectrophenax ni- 

 valis), 223. 



Buttercup, 146. 



Butterfly, 137. 



Buzzard, turkey, or turkey vulture 

 {Cathartes aura), 129, 131 ; habits 

 of, 132, 133 ; a roost, 133, 134. 



Cabbage, skunk, 146. 



Callikoon, 161, 169. 



Cardinal. See Grosbeak, cardinal. 



Catbird {Galeoscoptes carolinensis), 

 24 ; habits of, 26, 27 ; adventure 

 with a black snake, 27-30 ; 142, 

 152, 213 ; notes oi, 26, 27, 41 ; nest 

 of, 27-30. 



CatskiU Mountains, camping in, 

 157-187. 



Cattle in the woods, 171, 172, 178, 

 183. 



Cave, a visit to a, 72. 



Cedar, 20. 



Cedar-bird, or cedar waxwing 

 {Ampelis cedrorum), 40; catch- 

 ing flies, 83, 84 ; as cherry-eaters, 

 139, 140 ; nest of, 93-95, 140. 



Chat, yellow-breasted {Icteria vi- 

 rens), habits and appearance of, 

 152, 153 ; notes of, 152, 153. 



Cherry, wild, 90. 



Chestnut, 20, 155. 



Chewink, or towhee {Pipilo ery- 

 throph(halmus), 19, 25, 136. 



Chickadee {Parus atricapillus), 83 ; 

 a brood of young, 105 ; nest of, 

 103-105. 



Claytonia, or spring beauty, 146, 

 148. 



CorjdaliB, 146. 



Cow bunting, or cowbird {Moloihrua 

 ater), 8; breeding habits of, 58- 

 60 ; 114, 115 ; notes of, 8. 



Creeper, brown {Certhia famUiaris 

 americana), 136. 



Cricket, 30. 



Crow, American {Corvus ameri- 

 canus), 42, 130, 218 ; in winter, 

 131, 132, 222 ; amount of food re- 

 quired by, 222. 



Cuckoo, 58, 103 n., 107. 



Cuckoo, black-billed {Coccyzu^ ery- 

 (hrophthabnus, 12-14 ; notes of, 

 12, 13. 



Cuckoo, European, Wordsworth's 

 lines to, 12, 13 ; 58. 



Cuckoo, yellow-billed {Coccysus 

 americanus), 13 ; notes of, 13. 



Dandelion, 1. 



Deer, Virginia {Cariacus Virginia' 

 nus), floating for, 73-82 ; 91, 160. 



Delaware River, head-waters of, 38, 

 157, 159. 



Dickcissel. See Bunting, black- 

 throated. 



Dog, a wild, 137. 



Dogwood, 20, 155. 



Dove, turtle, or mourning dove 

 {Zenaidura macroura), 19; nest 

 of, 122. 



Dry Brook, 159, 169, 170. 



Duck, wood {Aix sponsa), 204. 



Eagle, bald {Haliceetus leucocepJia- 



liis), nest of, 124. 

 Eagle, golden {Aquila chrysaetot)^ 



123, 124 ; nest of, 124. 

 Esopus, 157, 159. 



Finch, grass. See Sparrow, field. 



Finch, pine, or pine siskin {Spinus 

 pinus), 70, 84. 



Finch, purple, or linnet {Carpoda- 

 cits ptirpureiis), 56, 57, 70, 136, 

 138; notes of, 56, 57, 213. 



Finches, characteristics of the fam- 

 ily, and of certain species, 211- 

 213. 



Fishing, a good catch, 71, 72. 



Flagg, Wilson, 212. 



Flicker. See Woodpecker, golden- 

 winged. 



Flowers, wild, in Washington in 

 winter, 128 ; in spring near Wash- 

 ington, 146-148. 



nycatcher, great crested {Myinr- 

 chus criniius), 20, 210; nest of, 

 122. 



Flycatcher, green-crested, or green- 



