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INDEX 



Larks and their allies, characteris- 

 tics of, 218. 

 Laurel, 20, 155. 

 Liver-leaf. See Hepatica. 

 Liverwort. See Hepatica. 

 Lower Iron Works, 84^86. 

 Lupine, or sun-dial, 147. 



Mandrake, 147. 

 Maple, 73, 157. 

 Maple, sugar, 190. 

 Maple-sugar making, 190. 

 March, at Washington, 128. 

 Martin, purple {Progne subis), 141. 

 May, the month of swallows and 



orioles, 11 ; the transition month, 



11. 

 Meadowlark {Stumella magna), 



218; notes of, 8, 11, 129. 

 Merganser, red-breasted {Mergan- 

 ser serrator), a brood of, 90. 

 Mice, 221. 



Midges, or no-see-ems, 166, 167. 

 Mill Brook, 159, 162. 

 Mockingbird (3fimus polyglottos), 



213 ; notes of, 21, 22. 

 Mockingbird, another species of, 



223. 

 Moose {Alee alces, var. americamis), 



92. 

 Morning in camp, 82. 

 Mount Golden, 85. 

 Mount Marcy, 85. 

 Mount Mclntyre, 85. 

 Muskrat, or musquash {Fiber zibe- 



thicus), 74, 78. 



Nate's Pond, 74-84. 

 Neversink River, 159. 

 Nightingale, song of, 214. 

 Nuthatch {Sitta), notes of, 7, 73 ; 



nest of, 103, 104. 

 Nuttall, Thomas, 22, 118, 214. 



Oak, 155. 



Orchis, great purple, 68. 



Oriole, Baltimore {Ictertis galbula), 



11, 103 n.; domestic troubles, IIS- 



120 ; nest of, 107, 116-120. 

 Oriole, orchard. See Starling, or- 



ch.ard. 

 Ornithology, delights of the study, 



201-2C4 ; books on, 204, 205, 214- 



216. 

 Osprey. See Hawk, fish. 

 Owl, screech {Megascops asio), a 



brood of young, 51 ; dichroma- 



tism of, 52. 

 Owls, 8, 79. 



Panther, American {Fdis coneolor), 

 92. 



Partridge, or ruffed grouse {Bonasa 

 umbellus), with a brood of young, 

 62, 63, 184 ; habits of, 63, 64 ; 73, 

 86, 90, 91, 179, 180, 218 ; drum- 

 ming of, 8, 11, 63,64, 167, 182; 

 notes of, 62, 63, 184 ; neat of, 16, 

 109. 



Pepacton River, 159. 



Perch, 84. 



Perch, white {Morone americana), 

 90. 



Perch, yellow {Perca flavescens), 

 90. 



Persimmon-tree, 204. 



Pewee. See Phoebe-bird. 



Pewee, green-crested. See Fly- 

 catcher, green-crested. 



Pewee, wood {Coniopus virens), 

 61, 103 n. ; notes of, 49, 50, 210 ; 

 nest of, 122, 210. 



Phoebe-bird, or pewee {Sayomis 

 phcebe), arrival of, 6 ; 195, 210 ; 

 notes of, 6 ; nest of, 50, 51, 120, 

 121, 210. 



Pickerel, 90. 



Pigeon, wild, or passenger pigeon 

 {Ectopistes migratorius), 86, 91, 

 160, 222 ; nest of, 122, 160. 



Pigeons, 99, 218. 



Pine, 73. 



Piny Branch, walks in the region of, 

 145-154. 



Pipit, American, or titlark {Anthtis 

 pensilva7ii(nis), 217-219 ; notes of, 

 218 ; nest of, 218. 



Pitcher-plant, 74. 



Plovers, 218. 



Poplar, silver, 131. 



Porcupine, Canada, or hedgehog 

 {Erethizon dorsatus), 166. 



Potentilla, 146. 



Quail, or bob-white {Colinus virgin,- 

 ianus), 19, 218 ; notes of, 8. 



Rabbit, gray {Lepu^ sylvaiicus), 38. 

 Raccoon or coon {Proeyon lotor), 



39. 

 Raspberry, red, 90. 

 Red-bird, summer, or summer tan- 



ager {Piranga rubra), 56. 

 Red-bird, Virginia. See Grosbeak, 



cardinal. 

 Redstart {Setophaga ruticilla), 19, 



149, 206. 

 Robin {Merula migratoria), arrival 



Of, 3 ; habits of, 4, 24 ; 7, 71, 99; 



