INDEX 



229 



crecfted pewee (Empidonax vi- 



reseen.i), 210 ; nest of, 12J. 

 Flycatclier, white-eyed. Hee Vireo, 



wliite-eyed. 

 Flycatchers, characteristics of, 49, 



50 ; as nest-builders, 122 ; 150 ; 



characteristics of the family, and 



of certain species, 209, 210. 

 Fox, gray {Urocyon cinereo-argen- 



talus), 38. 

 Fox, red {I'ulpes vulpes, var. ful- 



VU3), 39 ; track of, 49 ; 104. 

 Frogs, 128, 130 ; spawn of, 130, 137 ; 



172, 173, 182. See Bullfrog and 



Hyla. 



Gentian, closed, 74. 



Gnatcatcher, blue-gray (Polioptila 

 ccerulea), 149-151 ; notes of, 150, 

 151; nest of, 116. 



Goldfinch, American, or yellow-bird 

 (Spi)iustristis), arrival of, 12 ; 32, 

 56, 136, 206 ; nest of, 94. 



Grackle, purple. See Blackbird, 

 crow. 



Grape, frost, 20. 



Grasshoppers, large, 127. 



Great Egg Harbor, 124. 



Grosbeak, blue (Guiraca ccerulea), 

 102, 110 ; resemblance to the in- 

 digo-bird, 111 ; notes of, 110, 111, 

 215 ; nest of, 102, 110. 



Grosbeak, cardinal, or Virginia red- 

 bird, or cardinal {Cardinalis car- 

 dinalis), 153, 154 ; notes of, 153, 

 IM. 



Grosbeak, rose-breasted {Habia lu- 

 dovicinna), 55 ; notes of, 55. 



Grosbeaks, songs of, 142. 



Grouse, 21S. 



Grouse, ruffed. See Partridge. 



Guides, in tlie Adirondacks, 71, 72 ; 

 in the Catskills, 162-165. 



Hairbird. See Sparrow, social. 

 Hare, northern (Lepus america- 



uus), 39, 82. 

 Hawk, fish, or American osprey 



(Pundion halinetus enrol inen.tis), 



conduct of a stepfather, 100, 101 ; 



nest of, 100, 107. 

 Hawk, hen, soaring of, 33, 34. 

 Hawk, pigeon, pursuing a small 



bird, 32 ; 73. 

 Hawk, red-shouldered {Buteo lin- 



eutus), 221. 

 Hawk, red-tailed {Buteo borealis), 



104, 114; nest of, 114. 

 Hawk, sharp-shinned (Accipiter ve- 



lox), 91. 



Hawks, 86, 99. 



Hazel, 20. 



Hemlock, 39, 08, 157, 158. 



Hen, domestic, 8, 128, 222. 



Hepatica, or liver-leaf, or liverwort, 

 128, 146. 



Heron, great blue {Ardea hero- 

 dias), 74. 



Herons, 107. 



Hewett's, in the Adirondacks, G9-71. 



High-hole. See Woodpecker, golden- 

 winged. 



Honeysuckle, swamp, 164. 



HouBtonia, 128, 137, 146, 148. 



Hummingbird, ruby -throated (TVo- 

 chilus colubris), 54, 55, 85, 115, 

 116 ; notes of, 85 ; nest of, 5, 115, 

 116. 



Hunter, an Americanized Irishman, 

 87, 88, 91. 



Hyla, 137. 



Hyla, Pickering's, or peeping frog 

 {Ilyla pickeringii), 11. 



Indian Pass, 88, 90. 



Indigo-bird {Passerina cyanea),5S; 

 its resemblance to the blue gros- 

 beak, 111; notes of, 108, 111; 

 nest of, 108. 



Iron ore, 89. 



Jacking for deer, 77-82. 



Jay, blue {Cyanocitta cristaia), 86, 

 103 n., 181 ; notes of, 181 ; nest of, 

 107. 



Jay, Canada {Perisoreus canaden- 

 sis), 223. 



July, bird music gradually ceasing 

 in, 30. 



June, an important month with or- 

 nithologists, 40. 



Kingbird {Tyrannus lyranmis), 5; 



arrival of,'l2 ; 49, 50, 103 n., 142, 



210 ; notes of, 5, 167 ; nest of, 122. 

 Blinglet, golden-crowned {Regulus 



sntrapa), 136. 

 Kinglet, ruby-crowned {Regxilus 



calendula), notes of, 141, 142, 213, 



214. 

 Kinglets, 213. 



Lady's-slipper, yellow, 148. 



Lake, a search for a, 162-187. 



Lake Henderson, 89, 90. 



Lakes, wiUlness of mountain, 74, 75. 



Lake Sandford, 84, 86, 90. 



Lark, shore, or homed lark (O/o- 



coris alpestris), 135, 218, 223j 



notes of, 136. 



