INDEX 



Language, a necessity to thinking, 

 187, 188. 



Lark. See Skylark. 



Lark, prairie horned (Otocoris 

 alpestris praticola), spreading 

 of, 36, 37; song and song flight 

 of, 37, 38; killed by the locomo 

 tive, 38. 



Leaves, persistent and deciduous, 

 51. 



Lion, Bostock on the training of, 

 239-241. 



Loco-weed, 83. 



Locusts, 2. 



Loon (Gavia imber), 180, 184 ; 

 under ice, 235, 236. 



Lophius piscatorius, 107. 



Lubbock, Sir John, on recognition 

 among bees and ants, 200. 



Lynx, Canada, incredible story of, 

 183, 184. 



Maeterlinck, Maurice, on the bee, 

 15; on the dog, 192, 193 ; his Life 

 of the See, 201. 



Mallard, domestic, finding its way 

 home, 53-57. 



Man, progress of, 26, 27 ; the line 

 that divides him from the lower 

 orders, 80, 81 ; animal origin of, 

 229,230; instinct in, 255; learn 

 ing through practice, 256. 



Martin, Mrs. Annie, her story of a 

 crow, 135, 136. 



Meadowlark (Stumella magna), 

 song of, 34; flight song of, 43; 

 232, 233. 



Meadowlark, &quot;Western (Stumella 

 magna neglecta), song of, 103. 



Mice and traps, 23, 24. 



Michelet, 147. 



Mimicry, 248-250. 



Mongoose, 72. 



Monkeys, capable of the simpler 

 forms of reason, 127. 



Moose, a habit of, 142. 



Moral code, evolution of, 23. 



Morgan, C. Lloyd, 143, 149; his 

 experiment with his dog, 164, 



Moth, hummingbird, 249, 250. 



Mouse, white-footed, or deer 



mouse, an incident, 163, 164. 

 Muir, John, his story of his dog 



Stickeen, 193, 194. 

 Mullet, 96. 



Mushrooms, animals eating, 83. 

 Muskrat, 211. 



Mussels, ducks drowning, 180-182. 

 My Dogs of the Northland, by 



Egerton Young, 194. 

 &quot; My friend and neighbor through 



the year,&quot; 268. 



Natural history romancers, influ 

 ence of, 13, 14; methods of, 16, 

 17. 



Nature, an endless experimenter, 

 24, 139; prodigality of, 27; like a 

 hunter, 27; bound to hit the 

 mark, 28 ; the tendency to senti 

 mentalize, 108 ; reaches her ends 

 by devious paths, 110 ; the think 

 ing of, 152; literary treatment 

 of, 191-208; the interpretation 

 of, 196-201, 203-205 ; wisdom of, 

 220. 



Newts, migrations of, 219. 



Nightingale, carrying nest, 15, 16; 

 song of, 35 ; song of a caged 

 bird, 35 ; a song contest, 115. 



North American Review, an arti 

 cle in the, 61. 



Nuthatch, 162. 



Nuts, protective colors of, 251,252. 



Observing, rarity of accurate, 107, 

 108, 238. 



Olaus, his fox and crab story, 106. 



Oriole, Baltimore (Icterus gal- 

 bula), a published account of a 

 nest, 61-63; Scott s experiment 

 with young, 68; its nest a marvel 

 of blind skill, 110; its use of 

 strings in nest-building, 247; an 

 incredible story of, 248 ; varia 

 bility of, 259, 260 ; song of, 259, 

 260; destructive in vineyards, 

 261. 



Oriole, orchard (Icterus spurius), 

 260. 



Osprey, 137. See also Fish hawk. 



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