INDEX 



239 



Onion, wild, 195. 



Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), 



158,230. 

 Orchids, American flora rich in, 



190, 191. 

 Orchis, fringed. See Fringed- 



orchis. 



Orchis, showy, 188, 190, 191. 

 Oriole, Baltimore (Icterus galbula), 



98; as a fruit-destroyer, 164; 



notes of, 16, 17 ; nest of, 164, 165. 

 Orpine, garden. See Live-forever. 

 Orpines, native, 206. 

 Osprey, American, or fish hawk 



(Pandion halaetus carolinensis), 



feeding on the wing, 31. 

 Otter, 142. 

 Oven-bird (Seiurus aurocaptilus), 



110 ; song of, 110. 

 Owl, screech (Megascops asio), and 



shrike, 165, 166. 

 Oxlip, 84. 



Pain, in relation to the nervous sys- 

 tem, 174. 



Parsnip, wild, 202. 

 Partridge. See Grouse, ruffed. 

 Partridge - berry. See Mitchella 



Partridge Island, 32. 



Pepacton River, v, vi ; a voyage 

 down, 1-33. 



Pewee, wood (Conlopus virens), 

 Trowbridge's poem on, 88, 89. 



Phoebe-bird (Sayornis phcebe), 138, 

 139, 152 ; notes of, 110 ; nest of, 

 22, 110, 138, 139, 155. 



Pigeon, passenger (Eclopistes mi- 

 gratorius), 88. 



Pigeons, 168, 169. 



Pigweed, 194, 202. 



Pine, loblolly, 226. 



Pinxter-flower. See Azalea, pink. 



Pipit, American. See Titlark. 



Pitchforks. See Bidens. 



Plantain, 193, 202. 



Plantain, narrow-leaved, 209. 



Pliny, his account of an intermit- 

 tent spring, 48, 49. 



Poets, their intuitive knowledge of 

 nature, 79 ; inaccuracies and feli- 

 cities in matters of natural his- 

 tory, 79-109 ; their interpretation 

 of nature, 111-114. 



Pogonia, adder's-tongue, 188. 



Pokeweed, 203. 



Polygala, fringed, 191. 



Pond-lily, or sweet-scented water 

 lily (Nymphcea odorata), 186, 188, 



109 



Pond-lily, yellow, 192. 

 Poppy, scarlet field, 203. 

 Porcupine, Canadian (Erethizon 



dorsatus), 158. 

 Potomac River, duck-shooting on, 



Primrose, in poetry, 84. 

 Primrose, evening, 84, 188, 189. 

 Prince's pine, 188. 

 Purslane, 194, 202, 205. 

 Pyrola. See Wintergreen, false. 



Quail, or bob- white (Colintu vir- 

 ginianus), 225. 



Rabbit, gray (Lepus rylvatitna), 



154, 158, 169, 225\ 

 Rabbits, 87, 88. 

 Raccoon, or coon (Procyon lotor) 57, 



131 158, 179. 

 Radish, wild, 202, 207. 

 Rafting on the Delaware, 26, 27. 

 Ragweed, 194 ; a troublesome weed, 



1, 202. 

 Rain, arboreal, 14, 15 ; summer, 21- 



26. 



Raspberry, 192. 

 Rat, wood (Neotoma floridand), 



Redbird. See Cardinal. 



Redpoll (Acanthis linaria), notes 

 of, 218. 



Red-root, 207. 



Rhododendron, 185. 



River, a voyage down a, 1-33 ; lone- 

 liness of the, 4, 5. 



Roads, in England and America, 

 182. 



Robin, American (Merula migrato- 



ria), 57, 103, 104 ; in poetry, 110, 

 1, 137; in love and war, 139, 



111, 



140 ; 152, 203, 226, 228 ; notes of, 

 16, 17, 22, 110, 111, 140; nest of, 

 155. 



Rondout Creek, 18. 



Roots, like molten metal, 103. 



St. John's-wort, 199, 202, 205. 



Salamander, banded (AmUystoma 

 opacum), 122, 123. 



Salamander, red, 116, 123. 



Salamander, violet-colored or spot- 

 ted (AmUystoma, punctatum), 123. 



San Antonio, Texas, 42. 



Saponaria. See Bouncing Bet. 



Sapsucker, yellow - bellied. Set 

 Woodpecker, yellow-bellied. 



Sawmill, a floating, 232. 



Scott, Sir Walter, 3. 



Sedum telephioides, 206. 



