INDEX 



319 



Erythronium. See Adder's-tongue. 

 Evening primrose, 19. 

 Esopua Creek, 34. 



Farmers, Kentucky, 226, 227. 

 Fear, in wild animals, 193-197 ; in 



man, 195; in domestic animals, 



195 ; paralysis from, 255-257. 

 Fences, 100. 

 Fern. See Osmunda. 

 Fertility, the beauty of, 221, 222. 

 Finch, lark, or lark sparrow (Chon- 



destes grammacus), 234, 235 ; song 



of, 235. 

 Finch, purple (Carpodacus pur- 



pureus), song of, 308; nest of, 



300. 



Fir, balsam, 42, 43, 47. 

 Fish, a small, swallowing a large 



fish, 131. 



Fishes, flying, walking, and tree- 

 climbing, 308. 

 Flicker. See High-hole. 

 Flowers, wild, the identification of, 



31, 32. 

 Flycatcher, great crested (Myiar- 



chus crinitus), 274; war with a 



bluebird, 274, 275; notes of, 274; 



nest of, 260, 272-275. 

 Fox, red (Vulpes vulpes, var. ful- 



vus). tracks of, 126, 127, 303 ; 177, 



196, 197, 277. 

 Frog, pickerel, 255. 

 Frog, wood, 261. 

 Frogs, spring awakening of, 163; 



hibernating of, 254, 255. See 



Bullfrog, Hyla, and Tree-frog. 

 Fumitory, climbing, 4, 5. 



Game, on the prairie, 101, 102. 



Gentian, closed, 26, 27, 30. 



Georgetown, Ky., 232. 



Gerardia, rose, 11. 



Ginger, wild, 26. 



Girl, a young English, 28, 29. 



Goethe, quotation from, 90. 



Goldenrod, 98. 



Goldenrod, mountain, 54. 



Goldfinch, American, or yellowbird 

 (Spinus IrisHs), 72; habits of, 

 73, 74 ; love-making festivals of, 

 83, 84 ; change of plumage, 83, 84, 

 166 ; notes of, 73, 74, 84 ; nest and 

 eggs of, 72, 73. 



Goose, Canada (Branta canadensis), 

 101. 



Gopher, pocket (SpermopMus sp.), 

 104. 



Grackle, purple. See Blackbird, 

 crow. 



Grass. See Blue-grass. 

 Grass, chess or cheat, 262, 263. 

 Green River, 243, 249. 

 Grosbeak, pine (Pinicola enucleator) 



a visit from, 284-286; notes of, 



284. 

 Grouse, pinnated, or prairie hen 



(Tympanuchus americanus), 101, 



102, 106 ; notes of, 101 ; nest and 



eggs of, 61, 101, 102. 

 Grouse, ruffed, or partridge (50- 



nasa umbellus), courtship of, 85 ; 



177, 201 ; protective coloring of, 



261 ; her well- trained young, 



262 ; drumming of, 85 ; nest of, 

 61. 



Hair-snake, 264, 265. 



Hardback. See Steeple-bush. 



Hare, northern (Lepus americanus, 

 var. virginianus), 197, 198. 



Hats and bonnets, Thoreau on, 209, 

 210. 



Hawk, banqueting-hall of a, 171, 

 172; quickness of a, 200; and 

 mouse, 256, 257 ; the smaller spe- 

 cies as enemies of birds and chick- 

 ens, 265, 266 ; poised in mid-air, 

 266. See Hen-hawk. 



Hawk, American sparrow (Falco 

 sparverius), 265. 



Hawk, fish. See Osprey. 



Hawk, marsh (Circus hudsonius), 

 habits and appearance of, 133 ; 

 defending her nest, 134, 135; 

 young of, 135, 137, 138; a tame 

 young one, 138-143 ; 172 ; notes 

 of, 134, 135, 138, 139 ; nest and 



eggs of, 133-138. 

 awk, 



Hawk, pigeon (Falco columbarius), 



caught in a shad-net, 259. 

 Hawk, sharp-shinned (Accipiter ve- 



lox), 266. 

 Hawk weed (Hieracium aurantia- 



cum), 8, 9, 10 and note. 

 Hen-hawk, 133 ; one of the farmer's 



best friends, 265. 

 Hepatica. See Liver-leaf. 

 High-hole, or flicker ( Colaptes au- 



ratus), matchmaking of, 82, 83 ; 



drumming of, 83 ; unbridled bor- 



ing propensities, 276 ; 292 ; notes 



of, 82, 83, 165, 167 ; nest and eggs 



of, 72, 83, 259. 

 Hogs of the prairie, 99. 

 Honey-bee, 14, 30; in a chimney, 



68; working on sawdust, 158; 



159, 162, 163. 

 Horses, gentleness towards chil- 



dren, 97 ; in Kentucky, 228,233. 



