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Index. 



Oak, 178. 

 Opossum, 17, 177. 

 Oriole, 97, 128. 

 Otters, 149. 

 Oven-bird, 66, 149, 



peculiar habits of, 70. 

 Overfield, Miles, quoted, 241. 

 Owl, Barn, 231, 235. 



Barred, 231, 235. 



Cat, 231. 



Great Horned, 231. 



Hawk, 231. 



Long-eared, 231. 



Marsh, 231. 



Monkey, 236. 



Saw-whet, 232. 



Screech, 237. 



Snowy, 48, 230, 238, 

 Owls, 229. 



P. 

 Peabody-bird, 44, 247. 

 Peacock, 259. 

 Pear-tree, 128. 

 '* Peeps," 203. 

 Pelicans, 172. 

 Pewee, 102. 



Wood, 26, 102, 103. 

 Phalarope, 205. 

 Phlox, 133. 

 Pickerel-weed, 171. 

 Pine-finch, 46, 260. 

 Pine-grosbeak, 48, 53. 

 Plover, Bull-head, 203. 



Killdeer, 189, 205. 



Piping, 204. 



Upland, 195. 

 Poke, fruit of, 87. 



Poppy, 132. 



Primrose, English, 133, 



Q. 



Quince-tree, 128. 

 "Quoks," 158, 163. 



Rail, 13, 190. 



King, 30. 

 Red-bird (Cardinal), 261. 

 Redpoll, 48, 258. 

 Redstart, 59, 66, 156. 

 Redstarts, abundance of, 79. 



nesting of, 79. 

 Reed-bird, 13, 31. 

 Rice, wild, 29. 

 Robin, 17, 82, 85, 182. 

 Rose-breast. (See Grosbeak.) 

 Rose-mallow, 29. 

 Rose, yellow, 132. 

 Rut-runner, 24. 



S. 



Sanderling, 202, 206. 

 Sand-piper, 13. 



Solitary, 193. 



Spotted, 190. 



Tilting, 149. 

 Scudder, S. H., quoted, 108. 

 Shrew, 178. 

 Shrike, 143. 

 Skull-cap, 141. 

 Snipe, English, 189. 

 Snow-bird, 20, 37, 39, 142. 

 Snow-bunting, 48, 50. 

 Sora, 190. 

 Sparrow, 13, 



Chipping, 23, 27, 33, 83, 138. 



English, 82, 131, 138, 220, 

 229. 



Field, III. 



Fox-colored, 37. 



