INDEX 



281 



Lady's-slipper, 172. 



Lake district, the, 148-158. 



Lake Mohunk, 37. 



Lamb, Charles, 228. 



Lapwing, or pewit, 141 ; cry of, 107. 



Lark. See Skylark and Wood-lark. 



Lark, grasshopper, notes of, 127. 



Leechmere bottom, 103-105. 



Lichens, in America and in Eng- 

 land, 36, 37. 



Linnet, English, song of, 122, 123, 

 129. 



Linnet, green. See Greenfinch. 



Liphook, 106, 107. 



Live-for-ever, 171. 



Lockerbie, 52. 



London, streets above streets in, 

 178 ; overflowing life of, 181, 182 ; 

 a domestic city, 182, 183. 



Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 44. 



Loosestrife, purple, 168. 



Maidstone, 10. 



Mainhill, 54, 55. 



Maple, European, 30, 31, 173. 



Marigold, com, 173. 



Martin, purple {Progne subis), 125 ; 



notes of, 129. 

 Martlet. See House-martin. 

 Mavis. See Thrush, song. 

 Meadowlark {Sturnella magna), 



notes of, 118, 120, 129. 

 Meadow-sweet, 17, 169. 

 Medeola, 164. 

 Midges, 98. 



Mill, John Stuart, 229, 230. 

 Milton, John, quotations from, 42. 

 Mirabeau, Comte de, 228, 229. 

 Mockingbird {Mimus polyglottos), 



song of, 127-129. 

 Moschatel, 172. 

 Mountains, of Scotland, 6, 7, 21-25 ; 



of the Lake district, 153-158. 

 Mouse, European field, 186. 

 Mullein, 171. 

 Mustard, wild, 171. 



Nettle, 18, 20, 160, 161. 



Nettle, Canada, 161. 



Newt, red, 39. 



Nightingale, a glimpse of, 99; at 

 the head of a series of British 

 song-birds, 142, 143 ; notes of, 77- 

 79, 87, 89, 92, 96, 99, 102, 110, 111, 

 114, 116, 123, 124, 128, 129, 140, 

 145. 



Nightjar, notes of, 84. 



Nuthatch, European, 140, 189. 



Oak, English, 19, 97. 



Ocean, the, voyage across, 267-269 ; 

 clouds, 269-273; fog, 271, 272; 

 the weather, 273, 274; animal 

 life, 274, 275 ; the end of the voy- 

 age, 275, 276. 



Orchids, purple, 168. 



Oriole, Baltimore (Icterus galbula), 

 notes of, 118, 120, 125, 129. 



Oriole, orchard, or orchard starling 

 (Icterus spurius), song of, 120, 

 125. 



Otter, 187. 



Ousel, ringed, 24. 



Ousel, water, 149, 150. 



Oven-bird. See Wagtail, wood. 



Owl, 188. 



Pansy, wild, 65. 



Partridge, European, 186; nest of, 



186. 

 Peat, 1. 

 Pewee, wood {Contopus virens), 



notes of, 39, 121. 

 Pewit. See Lapwing. 

 Thoihe-hiTdiSayornis phoebe), notes 



of, 121. 

 Pig-nut, or ground-chestnut, 162, 



163. 

 Pine, white, 173. 

 Pipit, American, or titlark {Anthus 



pensilvanicus), song of, 129. 

 Pipit, meadow, nest and eggs of, 162, 



189. 

 Pipit, mountain, 24. 

 Plane-tree, European, 30. 

 Plantain, 19. 



Plantain, narrow-leaved, 16, 17. 

 Plato, 225, 226. 

 Plowing, in England and Scotland, 



53, 54. 

 Polecat, 187. 

 Polecat Hill, 88. 

 Pond-lily, European white, 173. 

 Poppy, 52, 165, 173, 196. 

 Prmrose, 172, 196. 

 Privet, 19. 

 Prunella, 16, 17, 53, 168. 



Quail, or bob-white {CoKnus virgin^ 

 ianus), 190. 



Rabbit, European, 187, 193, 194. 

 Railway-trains, the view from, 51. 

 Rats, 187. 



Redbreast. See Robin redbreast. 

 Redstart, American (Setophaga ru- 



ticilla), song of, 129. 

 Redstart, European, notes of, 129. 

 Reed-sparrow, song of, 129. 

 Repentance Hill, 67, 68. 



