INDEX 



vulgare), song of, 129, 138 ; a bird-mimic 

 of song, 1 28 131; cone-head (Conoceph- 

 alus ensiger), song of, 138; Grasshop- 

 per music, 33; "Grasshopper," ci- 

 cada, and "locust" distinguished, 139; 

 Grasshoppers captured in sweep-net, 

 118; parasites of, 119. 



Grasshopper - lark ( Alauda trivialis ), 

 128. 



Grass-seed, extraordinary, 155. 



Gray, Dr. Asa, quoted. " May-apples," 

 59; ragweed,44; germinating seeds,27. 



Great-crested fly-catcher, snake-skin nest 

 of, 223. 



Green dandy Beetle (Eumolpus auratus), 

 108, 119. 



Ground-apples, 57. 



Ground-nut (Aralia trifolia), 65 ; Apios 

 tuberosa, night attitude of leaves, 126. 



Ground-pine. See Club-moss. 



Groundsel shrub {Baccharis halmifolia), 

 beautiful seed-tuft of, 174. 



Grouse, ruffed, "drum" of, 41; theo- 

 ries of the mysterious sound from vari- 

 ous authorities, 42; snow-shoes of, 265; 

 snow burrows of, 267. 



HAIR-BIRD. See Chipping-sparrow. 

 Hare, footprints of, in snow, 250. 

 Harvest-fly, or Cicada, 33, 138. 

 Hay-fever and ragweed pollen, 280. 

 Hazel, leaf-roller of (Attelabus), 104; 



witch, see Witch-hazel. 

 Hazel-nuts in a bird's-nest, 233. 

 Hedgehog -grass (Cettc/irus), burr -seed 



of, 155, 284. 



Hepatica. See Liverwort. 

 Hibernation among insects, 305. 

 Hickory, opening buds of, 50 ; beetle- 



pruner of, 260. 



" Highhole " woodpecker. See Flicker. 

 Hog peanut (Amphicarpea), leaves of, 



at night, 126 ; underground flowers 



and pods of, 165-167. 



Hogweed. See Ragweed, Small. 

 Holmes, O. W., quoted, xxii. 

 Honeysuckle, wild (Azalea viscosa), 58. 

 Hood, Thomas, quoted, 219. 

 Hornet's-nest fragments in bird's-nest, 



221. 



Horse-chestnut : Buds of, 48, 50 ; re- 

 markable leaf-scar of, 263. 

 Horse-hair in birds'-nests, 224. 

 Horse-tail (Equisetum), beautiful dew 



decoration of, 122. See also Scouring- 



rush. 

 Hound'stongue (Cynoglossum Morisoni), 



"beggar-lice," 154. 

 Human inventions and their prehistoric 



models, 239. 

 Humblebee, "honey-bags and red hips " 



of, 112. 



Humming-bird, nest materials of, 224. 

 Hylodes. See Frogs, Peeping. 



ICE conservatory, 228. 



Ichneumon flies : A remarkable wood- 

 boring (Thalessa lunator), 234 239; 

 construction and object of drill ; the 

 victim of the ichneumon, 238 ; 

 " wasps " from caterpillar cocoons, 68- 

 72, 199. 



Indian paddle and ash seed, 216. 



Indian turnip (Psoralea escttlenta), 57. 



Insects : Entrapped by milk-weed blos- 

 som, 116; for aquarium, 300; gall-pro- 

 ducing, 57, 60, 257-259 ; in the grass, 

 77, 117; harvest of sweep-net, 117 

 120; hibernation of , 305 ; music of, 30, 

 33. 34. r 3S; imitated by birds, 128- 

 131 of winter, 34, 234, 270, 289, 292, 

 299, 305; under stones, 74; wood-bor- 

 ers, 34, 234-239; Insect magicians, 

 208,257; parasites on, 67-72, 119,145- 

 199. See also Beetles, Butterflies, Cat- 

 erpillars, Chrysalis, Cocoons, Moths. 



Iron-weed ( Veronia), seeds of, 173. 



Ivy, ' ' five-leaved. " See Virginia-creeper. 



