INDEX 



Hedgehog, 188. 



Hedge-sparrow, 188. 



Hemlock, poison, 222. 



Henbane, 222. 



Hen-hawk, 119. 



Hepatica, or liver-leaf, 92 ; the 

 flrstspring flower, 102,206; an in- 

 termittently fragrant flower,208. 



Hercules, 55. 



Heron, 6, 7, 10. 



Heron, great blue (Ardea hero- 

 dias), 24 ; notes of, 24, 28. 



High-hole, or golden - winged 

 woodpecker, or flicker ( Colaptes 

 auratits luteus), 62, 120 ; notes of, 

 120; nest of, 170. 



Highlands of the Hudson, the, 71. 



Holywell, 47. 



Honey, flowers which yield, 211, 

 212. 



Honey-bee, a product of civiliza- 

 tion, 57, 58; wandering habits 

 of, 58, 59; hunting wild bees, 59- 

 81; method of handling, 69, 70; 

 as robbers, 75; enemies of, 81, 82; 

 Virgil on, 80, 85, 189, 190, 211, 

 212, 230. 



Honeysuckle, 206, 212. 



Hooker, Sir Joseph, 218. 



Hop-clover, 222. 



Hornet, black, 129, 130. 



Hornet, sand, 129-134. 



Hound, fox and, 154-158, 183, 235, 

 240-244. 



Hound's-tongue, 222. 



Housatonic River, 48. 



Houstonia, or innocence, 92, 205. 



Humble-bee. See Bumblebee. 



Humming - bird, ruby - throated 

 (Trochilus colubris), in poetry, 

 86; nest of, 230. 



Hunt, Helen, quotation from, 221. 



Hyacinth, wild, 205. 



Hyla, Pickering's, or peeping 

 frog, 129, 158, 159; arboreal life 

 of, 164, 165. 



Hylas, the story of, 55. 



Indigo-bird or indigo bunting 

 (Cyanosplza cyanea), 120 ; notes 

 of, 25. 



Innocence. See Houstonia. 



Insects, nocturnal, 148, 149. 



Iron-weed, 229. 



Ivy, 190. 



Ivy, poison, 230. 



Jack, catching, 184. 



Jay, blue (Cyanocitta cristata), 

 144; notes of, 88. 



Jewel-weed, 223. 



Junco, slate-colored. See Snow- 

 bird. 



Katydids, 148, 149. 



Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), 

 chasing an eagle, 10; as a bee- 

 eater, 81, 231; notes of, 18. 



Kingfisher, belted (Ceryle alcy on), 

 10. 



Knapp, Hon. Charles, 31, 32. 



Knot-grass, 212. 



Lady's-slipper, large yellow, 211. 



Lady's-slipper, purple, 206. 



Lady's-slipper, small yellow, 206. 



Lady's tresses, 206. 



Lake Oquaga, 37. 



Lamprey 14, 15. 



Lapwing, 187. 



Lark. See Skylark. 



Lark, shore or horned (Otocoris 



alpestris and O. a. praticola), 



93 and note. 

 Larkspur, 223. 

 Laurel, mountain. 203. 

 Leeks, 230. 

 Lettuce, wild, 230. 

 Linden, 206, 212. 

 Linnaea, 97, 205, 206, 209. 

 Live-forever, 222, 226, 228, 231. 

 Liver-leaf. See Hepatica. 

 Lobelia, great blue, 63. 

 Lobelia, scarlet, or cardinal 



flower, 63, 204. 

 Locust-tree, 207, 211. 

 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 



his inaccuracy in dealing with 



nature, 104-108 ; quotations 



from, 106, 107. 

 Loosestrife, 208. 

 Loosestrife, hairy, 207. 



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