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INDEX 



Larks and their allies, characteris- 

 tics of, 218. 

 Laurel, 20, 155. 

 Liver-leaf. See Hepatica. 

 Liverwort. See Hepatica. 

 Lower Iron Works, 84-86. 

 Lupine, or sun-dial, 147. 



Mandrake, 147. 

 Maple, 73, 157. 

 Maple, sugar, 190. 

 Maple-sugar making, 190. 

 March, at Washington, 128. 

 Martin, purple (Progne subis), 141. 

 May, the month of swallows and 



orioles, 11 ; the transition month, 



11. 

 Meadowlark (Sturnella magna), 



218; notes of, 8, 11, 129. 

 Merganser, red-breasted (Mergan- 

 ser serrator), a brood of, 90. 

 Mice, 221. 



Midges, or no-see-ems, 166, 167. 

 Mill Brook, 159, 162. 

 Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), 



213 ; notes of, 21, 22. 

 Mockingbird, another species of, 



223. 

 Moose (Alee alces, var. americanus), 



92. 



Morning in camp, 82. 

 Mount Golden, 85. 

 Mount Marcy, 85. 

 Mount Mclntyre, 85. 

 Muskrat, or musquash (Fiber zibe- 



thicus), 74, 78. 



Nate's Pond, 74-84. 

 Neversink River, 159. 

 Nightingale, song of, 214. 

 Nuthatch (Sitta), notes of, 7, 73 ; 



nest of, 103, 104. 

 Nuttall, Thomas, 22, 118, 214. 



Oak, 155. 



Orchis, great purple, 68. 



Oriole, Baltimore (Icterus galbula), 

 11, 103 n.; domestic troubles, 118- 

 120 ; nest of, 107, 116-120. 



Oriole, orchard. See Starling, or- 

 chard. 



Ornithology, delights of the study, 

 201-204; books on, 204, 205, 214- 

 216. 



Osprey. See Hawk, fish. 



Owl, screech (Megascops asio), a 

 brood of young, 51 ; dichroina- 

 tism of, 52. 



Owls, 8, 79. 



Panther, American (Felis concolor), 

 92. 



Partridge, or ruffed grouse (Bonasa 

 wtibellus), with a brood of young, 

 62, 63, 184 ; habits of, 63, 64 ; 73, 

 86, 90, 91, 179, 180, 218 ; drum- 

 ming of, 8, 11, 63, 64, 167, 182; 

 notes of, 62, 63, 184 ; nest of, 15, 

 109. 



Pepacton River, 159. 



Perch, 84. 



Perch, white (Morone americana), 

 90. 



Perch, yellow (Perca flavescens), 



Persimmon-tree, 204. 

 Pewee. See Phoebe-bird. 

 Pewee, green-crested. See Fly- 

 catcher, green-crested. 

 Pewee, wood (Contopus virens), 



61, 103 n. ; notes of, 49, 50, 210 ; 



nest of, 122, 210. 

 Phoebe-bird, or pewee (Sayornis 



phcebe), arrival of, 6 ; 195, 210 ; 



notes of, 6; nest of, 50, 51, 120, 



121, 210. 

 Pickerel, 90. 

 Pigeon, wild, or passenger pigeon 



(Ectopistes migratorius), 86, 91, 



160, 222 ; nest of, 122, 160. 

 Pigeons, 99, 218. 

 Pine, 73. 

 Piny Branch, walks in the region of, 



145-154. 

 Pipit, American, or titlark (Anthus 



pensilvanicus), 217-219 ; notes of, 



218 ; nest of, 218. 

 Pitcher-plant, 74. 

 Plovers, 218. 

 Poplar, silver, 131. 

 Porcupine, Canada, or hedgehog 



(Erethizon dorsatus), 166. 

 Potentilla, 146. 



Quail, or bob-white (Colinus virgin- 

 ianus), 19, 218 ; notes of, 8. 



Rabbit, gray (Lepus sylvaticus), 38. 

 Raccoon or coon (Procyon lotor), 



39. 



Raspberry, red, 90. 

 Red-bird, summer, or summer tan- 



ager (Piranga rubra), 56. 

 Red-bird, Virginia. See Grosbeak, 



cardinal. 

 Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), 19, 



149, 206. 

 Robin (Merula migratorid), arrival 



of, 3 ; habits of, 4, 24 ; 7, 71, 99; 



