ABBOTT, C. C., quoted. Claytonias, 23. 



Acorn, germinating, 29. 



Agrimony (Agrimonia eupatorid), hook- 

 ed seeds of, 154. 



Ailantus moth (Samia Cynthia) cocoon, 

 256. 



Alder, leaf-rolling beetle of, 104-106. 



Ampelopsis. See Virginia-creeper. 



Anemone {A. nernorosd), wind-flower, 21. 



Angle-wing butterflies, 271. 



Animals in motion, photographs of, 251. 



Antiopa butterfly. See Butterfly. 



Ants, 119. 



Aphides, or plant-lice, 119. 



Aphis-galls, 60. 



Aphis-lion (Hemorobida), 119. 



Apples, May, of Azalea viscosa and Po- 

 dophyllum peltatum, 57 ; false, of An- 

 dromeda, 60 ; various so-called apples 

 cedar, custard, ground, love, oak, 

 pine, prairie, of Sodom, 57. 



Apple-tree moth, egg-band of, 258. 



April and April birds, 38. 



Aquarium supplies, 299. 



Arbutus, trailing (Epigea repens), 22. 



Ash, seeds of, 216, 284. 



Asters, seeds of, 173 ; flowers of, at night, 

 126; various, 227. 



Audubon, on the "drum" of the grouse, 

 42. 



Autumn: Calendar, 177-243; flowers 

 of, 202 ; piping toads, frogs, and sala- 

 manders ; bird-notes, 192. 



Autumnal streaked warbler, 213. 

 Azalea (A. viscosa), 57. 



BACHELOR'S-BUTTONS, or Blue-bottles 

 (Centaurea), 126. 



" Bagpipe " of the toad, 54. 



Bag-worm. See Basket-carriers. 



Balsams, garden, leaves at night, 126. 

 See Jewel-weed. 



Baltimore oriole {Icterus Baltimore}, 224. 



Basella flower, pollen of, 115. 



Basket -carrying caterpillars (Psyche), 

 292-298; Southern superstition con- 

 nected with, 298. 



Basswood. See Linden. 



Bean, various leaves of ,at night, 126; bean 

 family, clinging seeds of, 153 ; wild- 

 bean, underground pods of, 165167. 



Bed straw. Cleavers, 154. 



Bee bread, pollen ingredients of ; queer 

 fruits from the bee's basket, 112-116. 



Beech-nuts, sprouting of, 29. 



Bee, honey ; abroad in March, 1-3, 19 ; 

 its dual motives in visiting flowers, 112; 

 entrapped by milk-weed blossom, 116; 

 nest of solitary, 74 ; leaf-cutting, 119. 



Beeswax, 112. 



Beetles : Bombardier (Brachinus fu- 

 mans),jj; Brazilian, 99; clytus, music 

 of, 142; crusader, 118; eye-spotted 

 spring (Elater oculatus), vi ; fiddling, 

 140 ; girdler (Oncideres cingulatus), 

 260 ; golden cassida (Cassida auri- 



