INDEX 



239 



Onion, wild, 195. 



Opossum {DidelpMs 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 w^ing, 31. 

 Otter, 142. 

 Oven-bird {Seiurus aurocapillus), 



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 

 vine. 



Partridge Island, 32. 



Pepacton River, v, vi; a voyage 

 down, 1-33. 



Pewee, wood {Contopus 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 {Ectopistes 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 {NympJvoea odorata), 186, 188, 

 192. 



Pond-lily, yellow, 192. 

 Poppy, scarlet field, 203. 

 Porcupine, Canadian {Erethizon 



dorsatus), 158. 

 Potomac River, duck-shooting on, 



223-234. 

 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 (Colimis vir- 

 ginianus), 225. 



Rabbit, gray {Lepus sylvatieus), 

 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, 

 201, 202. 



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

 26. 



Raspberry, 192. 



Rat, wood (Neoioma floridand)^ 

 204. 



Redbirdk 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, 

 111, 137 ; in love and war, 139, 

 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 {Amblystoma 

 opncum), 122, 123. 



Salamander, red, 116, 123. 



Salamander, violet-colored or spot- 

 ted (Amblysloma punctatum), 123. 



San Antonio, Texas, 42. 



Saponaria. See Bouncing Bet. 



Sapsucker, yellow - bellied. See 

 Woodpecker, yellow-bellied. 



Sawmill, a floating, 232. 



Scott, Sir Walter, 3. 



Sedum telephioides, 206. 



