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INDEX 



Ivy, 173. 



Ivy, poison, 210. 



Jack, catching, 168. 



Jay, blue {CyanocUta cristata), 

 130 ; notes of, 82. 



Jewel-weed, 203. 



Junco, slate-colored. See Snow- 

 bird. 



Katydids, 135, 136, 



Kingbird ( Tyrannus tyrannus), 

 chasing an eagle, 8 ; as a bee- 

 eater, 76 ; 210 ; notes of, 15. 



Kingfisher, belted (Ceryle alcyon), 8. 



Knapp, Hon. Charles, 27, 28. 



Knot-grass, 193. 



Lady's-slipper, large yellow (Cj/pri- 



pedium pubescens), 192. 

 Lady's-slipper, purple {Cypripe- 



dium acaule), 188. 

 Lady's-slipper, small yellow Cypri- 



pedium parviflorurn), 188. 

 Lady's tresses, 188. 

 Lake Oquaga, 33. 

 Lamprey, 11, 12. 

 Lapwing, 170, 171. 

 Lark. See Skylark. 

 Lark, shore or homed {Otocoris 



alpestris and 0. a. praticola), 



86 and note. 

 Larkspur, 203. 

 Laurel, mountain, 185. 

 Leeks, 210. 

 Lettuce, wild, 210. 

 Linden, 188, 192. 

 Linnaea, 90, 186, 188, 190. 

 Live-forever, 202, 206, 207, 210. 

 Liver-leaf. See Hepatica. 

 Lobelia, great blue, 59. 

 Lobelia, scarlet, or cardinal flower, 



59, 185. 

 Locust-tree, 188, 192. 

 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, his 



inaccuracy in dealing with nature, 



96-99 ; quotations from, 97, 98. 

 Loosestrife, 189. 

 Loosestrife, hairy, 188. 

 Loosestrife, spiked, travels of, 198 ; 



description of, 198. 

 Lowell, James Russell, quotations 



from, 81, 83, 84, 96, 97, 103- 



105, 113; his fidelity to nature, 



102-105. 



Mallow, 202, 206. 

 Mandrake, 188. 



Maple, sugar, 188, 180 ; fragrance 

 of its blossoms, 190, 192. 



Marigold, marsh, 84, 186. 



Martin, purple {Progne suhis), 106. 



Masque of the Poets, A, quotation 



from, 111. 

 Mayflower. See Arbutus, trailing. 

 Mayweed, 202. 

 Meadowlark {Sturnella magna), 



86, 109, 152 ; notes of, 109, 153. 

 Merganser, hooded {Lophodytes cu. 



cullatus), with a brood of yoimg, 



31 32 

 Mice, 131, 216, 217. 

 Milkweed, 199, 201, 210. 

 Mink {Putorius vison), 8, 130. 

 Mitchella vine, or squaw-berry, or 



partridge-berry, 188, 190. 

 Moccasin, 230. 

 Mockingbird {Mimus polyglottos), 



in poetry, 107. 

 Morning and forenoon, distinction 



between, 32. 

 Motherwort, 193, 202. 

 Mount Vernon, 224-226. 

 Mouse, field, 122. 

 Mouse, white-footed {Calomys amer- 



icanus), 155 ; tracks of, 216. 

 Mullein, 192, 202 ; habits of, 203, 



204. 

 Mullein, moth, 207, 208. 

 Mullein, white, 196. 

 Musconetcong Creek, 43. 

 Muskrat {Fiber zibethicus), 8, 100 ; 



a weatherwise animal, 126-129; 



active in winter, 130 ; 231 ; nests 



of, 120-129. 

 Mustard, wild, 193, 202. 



Nature, the poets' intuitive know- 

 ledge of, 79 ; Emerson's know- 

 ledge of, 89, 90 ; Bryant's know- 

 ledge of, 90, 91 ; Longfellow's in- 

 accuracy in dealing with, 97 ; 

 Whittier's treatment of, 99-101; 

 Lowell's fidehty to, 102-105 ; 

 Tennyson's accurate observations 

 of, 106, 107; Walt Whitman a 

 close student of, 107-109 ; the po- 

 etic interpretation of, 111-114 ; the 

 scientific interpretation of, 113. 



Negro girl, a conversation with a, 

 229,230. 



Nettle, 210. 



Nettle, blind, 196. 



Nettle, hemp, 202. 



Nighthawk ( Chordeiles virgin- 

 ianus), 13. 



Nightshade, 202. 



Note in the woods, a new, 115, 116. 



Oak, white, 192. 



