INDEX 



233 



Indigo-bird, or indigo bunting (Pas- 

 serina cyanea), a petit duplicate 

 of the blue grosbeak, 146, 147 ; 

 song of, 14G ; nest of, 147. 



Jackdaw, nest of, 133. 



Jacques Cartier River, trouting on, 

 203-219. 



Jay, blue (Cyanocilta cratata), 48 ; 

 worrying a screech owl, 49, 50. 



Jay, Canada (Perisoreus canaden- 

 sis), 215. 



Jay, European, notes of, 132. 



Junco, slate-colored. See Snow- 

 bird. 



Kingbird ( Tyrannm tyrannus), wor- 

 rying hawks, 39, 134, 187. 



Kingfisher, belted (Ceryle alcyon), 

 165, 189 ; notes of, 189, 215 ; nest 

 of, 189. 



Kinglet (Regulus sp.), 215. 



La Chance, 197-199, 220, 221. 

 Lake, nature as seen from a, 210, 



211 ; life in and about a, 211, 212. 

 Lake Jacques Cartier, Great, 203; 



an excursion to, 217, 218. 

 Lake Jacques Cartier, Little, 204; 



trout-fishing in, 210-214. 

 Lake Memphremagog, 190. 

 Lake St. John, 194, 195. 

 Lark. See Skylark. 

 Lark, shore or horned (Otocoris 



alpestris), 134. 



Ledges, the fascination of, 178. 

 Lily, spotted, 97. 

 Linden. See Basswood. 

 Locusts, as an article of food, 25. 

 Longspur, Lapland (Calcarius lap- 



ponicus), 134. 

 Loon (Urinator imber), 211-213; 



laughter of, 208, 211, 213. 



Maiden, a backwoods, 173, 174. 



Maple, red, 2. 



Maple, sugar, 2. 



Marigold, marsh, 97. 



Marmot. See Woodchuck. 



MeadowlarkCtSVurnp/fa magna), 97. 



Metapedia River, 228. 



Midges, 107, 108. 



Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), 



133; song of, 125, 131. 

 Montmorenci, Falls of, 222, 223. 

 Moose (Alee alces), 202. 

 Morancy River, 202. 

 Mountains, poetry of, 157, 158. 

 Mouse, common house (Mus muscu- 



lus), 134. 



Neversink River, trouting on, 101- 

 114 ; trouting on the East Branch 

 of, 166. 



New Brunswick, journey through, 

 228, 229 ; streams of, 228. 



Nightingale, notes of, 131, 132. 



Observation, powers and habits of, 



27, 28, 43-47. 

 Oriole, Baltimore (Icterus galbula), 



nest of, 28. 



Osprey, American. See Hawk, fish. 

 Ouzel, ring, 133. 

 Oven-bird (Seiurus aurocapillus), 



165. 

 Owl, screech (Megascops asio), 



worried by other birds, 49, 50 ; in 



captivity, 50, 51 ; wail of, 164. 



Panther, American (Felis concolor), 



cry of, 131. 

 Partridge, or ruffed grouse (Bonasa 



umbellus), 42, 177. 

 Peakamoose, 158. 

 Pewee, wood (Contopus virens), 



notes of, 126. 

 Phoehe-bird (Sayornis phcebe), 151, 



Pigeon, passenger (Ecfopistes miara- 



torius), 142, 170, 201; nests of, 



102, 170, 171. 

 Pipit, American, or titlark (Anthut 



pensilvanicus), 45. 

 Porcupine, Canada (Erethizon dorsa- 



tus), adventure with a, 109-111 ; 



description of, 111 ; his armor of 



quills, 111, 112 ; at Balsam Lake, 



121, 168. 

 Porpoise, white, 223. 



Quebec, 192-194. 



Raccoon, or coon (Procyon lolor), 

 voice of, 132 ; den of, 177. 



Rain, waves and pulsations of, 69 ; 

 history of, 69, 70 ; relaxing effect 

 of, 71 ; necessary to the mind, 72 ; 

 after drought, 75, 76 ; importance 

 to man of an abundance, 77 ; 

 curious things reported to have 

 fallen in, 77, 78 ; the formation of, 

 78-80; storms, 80-83; effect of 

 electricity on, 82 ; in winter and 

 spring, 82, 83 ; signs of, 84-87 ; in 

 camp, 102-106. See Thunder- 

 storms and Weather. 



Raspberry, red, 3, 225. 



Rat, 135, 170. 



Rat, wood (Neotoma floridana), 

 169, 170. 



