INDEX 



437 



Broad-winged shrub cricket (Oecan- 

 thus latipennis), 428. 



Brook, definition of, 430; life of, 

 283, 284. 



Brooks, on specific stability and 

 mutability, 10. 



Brotiocolous Orthoptera, 425, 426. 



Brown thrasher, 244, 245. 



Bruner's cone-head grasshopper 

 (Conocephalus bruneri), 427. 



Bug, Ambush, or Assassin, 170-173; 

 Invisible, or Thread-legged (Erne- 

 sa longipes), 105, 106; Toad- 

 shaped (Galgulns oculatus), 414. 



Bull-bat, 246, 247. 



Bullfrog (Eana catisbiana) habitat, 

 300. 



Bumble bee, behavior at night, 

 304-306; as pollen carrier, 41, 

 276; mimicry of, by bumble- 

 flower beetle, 107-109, 127, 128; 

 Bombus americanorum, 58; B. 

 consimilis, 127, 128; B. vagans, 

 306; B. virginius, 304-306. 



Bumble-flower beetle, mimicry of 

 bumble bee, 107-109, 128. 



Bunting, indigo, 243, 260. 



Burdock, capturing birds, 254, 256; 

 seeds of, 28. 



Burr-oak, habitat of weevil, 101, 

 102. 



Burrow of Sphex wasp, 195-201. 



Butcherbird, see Shrike. 



Butterflies, distasteful to birds, 137, 

 138; fertilization of flowers by, 

 33; suctorial tongue of, 28; varie- 

 ties: Admiral, 84; Ajax, 41, 262; 

 Argynnids, 33, 41 ; Crescent spot 

 (Phyciodes iharos), 41 ; Danaine, 

 126; Euvanessa antiopa, 344; 

 Limenitis, 126; Monarch, 119- 

 126, 351; Orange tip ( An- 

 thocharis gemitia, or Exichloe), 

 21, 83-86; Painted lady, or 

 thistle, or cosmopolitan (Pyra- 

 meis cardui), 139-142; Skipper, 

 33; Small sulphur, 56; Snout 

 (Libythea bacTcmanni), 64; 

 Swallowtail, 57, 58, 119, 145-150, 

 262: Papilio asternis, 119, P. 

 glaucus, 119; P. pharmacophagus 

 philenor, 57, 58, 119, 147; P. 

 troihis, 57, 58, 119, 148, 149; P. 

 turmts, 119, 147, 262; Viceroy 

 (BasUarchia disippus), 119-126. 



Butterfly weed, pollination of, by 

 insects, 40, 41. 



Butternut, 332, 354; seeds of, 29. 



Button-bush (Cephalanthus occiden- 

 talis), 58, 224, 282, 294, 296; and 

 the bumble bee, 304, 305. 



Cactus, prickly pear (Opuntia 

 humifusa), 300, 398. 



Canyon, definition of, 431. 



Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), 

 43, 56-58. 



Carolina locust (Dissoteira caro' 

 Una) ; characteristics, 326, 327, 

 330, 340-347, 356, 362, 422; habi- 

 tat, 327, 362, 422. 



Castle, C. F., observations on 

 wren's nest and white-footed 

 mice, note 251. 



Castle, W. E., on size and color 

 variation, 9, 10. 



Castle-building spider (Lycosa 

 domifex), 186-192. 



Catbird, 229, 236, 245, 308. 



Caterpillar, defensive organs in, 

 150, 151, 153, 154; kinds rejected 

 by birds, 137, 138; Varieties: 

 Catocala larva, 99-101; Cresphon- 

 tes, 150-152; Datana, 90; Geo- 

 metrid, 93, 94, 138; Luna, 60; 

 Monarch, 121, 122; Painted lady, 

 140; Polyphemus, 60-64; Puss- 

 moth (Cerura multiscripta), 150, 

 153-156; Saddle-back (Sibine 

 stimulae), 142-144; ScJiizura 

 ipomeae, 110-114; Snake-like spe- 

 cies in U. S. A., 148; Sphinx 

 (Pholus achemon), 156-159; Ti- 

 ger butterfly, 145, 146, 148; 

 Troihis, 148, 149; Vicerov, 121, 

 122, 125; " Woolly bear,'" 176, 

 177. 



Catocala larva, 99, 100. 



Cat-tails, in March at Dunes, 296. 



Cattle, hornless, example of rever« 

 sion, 10. 



Cave, definition of, 433. 



Cave camel cricket (Centhophilns 

 sty gins), 425. 



Cedar Waxwing, food of, 29, 216. 



Chapman, quoted, 263. 



Cherry, sand (Prunus pumila), 299; 

 cultivated, 309. 



Chervil, wild, 84. 



Chestnut, 29, 34. 



Chewink, or Towhee (Pipilo ery* 

 throphtTiahmis), 263, 264. 



Chiearee, or Bed squirrel, 236-239. 



Chimney swift, behavior of, 225. 



