INDEX 



229 



crested pewee (Empidonax vi- 



rescens), 210 ; nest of, 122. 

 Flycatcher, white-eyed. See Vireo, 



white-eyed. 

 Flycatchers, characteristics of, 49, 



50 ; as nest-builders, 122 ; 150 ; 



characteristics of the family, and 



of certain species, 209, 210. 

 Fox, gray (Urocyon cinereo-argen- 



talus), 38. 

 Fox, red (Vulpes vulpes, var. ful- 



vus), 39 ; track of, 49 ; 104. 

 Frogs, 128, 130 ; spawn of, 130, 137 ; 



172, 173, 182. See Bullfrog and 



Hyla. 



Gentian, closed, 74. 



Gnatcatcher, blue-gray (PolioptUa 

 ccerulea), 149-151 ; notes of, 150, 

 151 ; nest of, 116. 



Goldfinch, American, or yellow-bird 

 (Spinuslristis). arrival of, 12 ; 32, 

 56, 136, 206 ; nest of, 94. 



Grackle, purple. See Blackbird, 

 crow. 



Grape, frost, 20. 



Grasshoppers, large, 127. 



Great Egg Harbor, 124. 



Grosbeak, blue (Guiraca ccerulea), 

 102, 110 ; resemblance to the in- 

 digo-bird, 111 ; notes of, 110, 111, 

 215 ; nest of, 102, 110. 



Grosbeak, cardinal, or Virginia red- 

 bird, or cardinal (Cardinalis car- 

 dinalis), 153, 154 ; notes of, 153, 

 154. 



Grosbeak, rose-breasted (Habia lu- 

 doviciana), 55 ; notes of, 55. 



Grosbeaks, songs of, 142. 



Grouse, 218. 



Grouse, ruffed. See Partridge. 



Guides, in the Adirondacks, 71, 72 ; 

 in the Catskills, 162-165. 



Hairbird. See Sparrow, social. 

 Hare, northern (Lepus america- 



nus), 39, 82. 

 Hawk, fish, or American osprey 



(Pundion haliaetus carolinensis), 



conduct of a stepfather, 100, 101 ; 



nest of, 100, 107. 

 Hawk, hen, soaring of, 33, 34. 

 Hawk, pigeon, pursuing a small 



bird, 32 ; 73. 

 Hawk, red-shouldered (Buteo lin- 



eatus}, 221. 

 Hawk, red-tailed (Buteo borealis), 



104, 114 ; nest of, 114. 

 Hawk, sharp-shinned (Acdpiter ve- 



loz), 91. 



Hawks, 86, 99. 



Hazel, 20. 



Hemlock, 39, 68, 157, 158. 



Hen, domestic, 8, 128, 222. 



Hepatica, or liver-leaf, or liverwort, 

 128, 146. 



Heron, great blue (Ardea hero' 

 dias), 74. 



Herons, 107. 



Hewett's, in the Adirondacks, 69-71. 



High-hole. See Woodpecker, golden- 

 winged. 



Honeysuckle, swamp, 164. 



Houstonia, 128, 137, 146, 148. 



Hummingbird, ruby-throated (Tro- 

 chilus colubris), 54, 55, 85, 115, 

 116 : notes of, 85 ; nest of, 5, 115, 

 116. 



Hunter, an Americanized Irishman. 

 87, 88, 91. 



Hyla, 137. 



Hyla, Pickering's, or peeping frog 

 (Hyla pickeringii), 11. 



Indian Pass, 88, 90. 



Indigo-bird (Passerina cyanea), 56 ; 

 its resemblance to the blue gros- 

 beak, 111; notes of, 108, 111; 

 nest of, 108. 



Iron ore, 89. 



Jacking for deer, 77-82. 



Jay, blue (Cyanocitta cristata), 86, 



103 n., 181 ; notes of, 181 ; nest of, 



107. 

 Jay, Canada (Perisoreus canaden- 



sis), 223. 

 July, bird music gradually ceasing 



in, 30. 

 June, an important month with or* 



nithologists, 40. 



Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), 5; 



arrival of, 12 ; 49, 50, 103 n., 142, 



210 ; notes of, 5, 167 ; nest of, 122. 

 Kinglet, golden-crowned (Regulus 



mtrapa), 136. 

 Kinglet, ruby-crowned (Regulus 



calendula), notes of, 141, 142, 213, 



214. 

 Kinglets, 213. 



Lady's-slipper, yellow, 148. 



Lake, a search for a, 162-187. 



Lake Henderson, 89, 90. 



Lakes, wildness of mountain, 74, 75. 



Lake Sandford, 84, 86, 90. 



Lark, shore, or horned lark (Olo- 



coris alpeslris), 135, 218, 223 j 



notes of, 135. 



