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INDEX 



Caledonia springs, 42. 



Calopogon, 188. 



Camping, 5, 6 ; in the rain, 23-26 ; 



32. 

 Campion, bladder, 196. 

 Cardinal {Cardinal™ cardinalis), 



110 ; notes of, 16. 

 Cardinal flower. See Lobelia, scar- 

 let. 

 Carrot, wild, 195, 199, 202, 207. 

 Catbird {Galeoscoptes carolinensis), 



in poetry, 89, 104 ; notes of, 16, 



17, 24. 

 Catnip, 193, 202. 

 Catskill Mountains, 66, 72. 

 Cattle, crossing a river, 32, 33 ; as 



eaters of weeds, 210. 

 Cedar-bird, or cedar waxwing {Am- 



pelis cedroriwi), 57, 152, 210. 

 Chamomile, 202. 

 Chewink, or towhee {Pipilo ery- 



throphthalmus), 110, 137. 

 Chickadee {Parus atricapillus), 218, 



219 ; nest of, 155. 

 duckweed, 194 ; at the antipodes, 



199, 202. 

 Chicory, or succory, 199 ; in poetry, 



200 ; 202. 

 Chipmunk {Tamias striatus), 131. 

 Chippie. See Sparrow, social. 

 Chough, 170. 



Cicada, or harvest-fly, 118-120. 

 Claytonia, or spring beauty, 94, 206. 

 Clematis, wild, 185, 192. 

 Clouds, boat-shaped, 224. 

 Clover, 105. 

 Clover, white, 195. 

 Cochecton Falls, 27. 

 Cockle, 196. 

 Colchester, 18. 

 Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, quotation 



from, 113. 

 Coltsfoot, 94. 

 Coltsfoot, sweet, 188. 

 Columbine, 185, 193. 

 Companions, outdoor, 2, 3. . 

 Cone-flower, 208. 

 Coon. See Raccoon. 

 Cormorant, 98, 99. 

 Corn, Indian, 195. 

 Cowbird. See Blackbird, cow. 

 Cows. See Cattle. 

 Cowslip. See Marigold, marsh. 

 Cowslip, English, 84. 

 Creeper, brown {Certhia famili- 



aris americana), nest of, 155. 

 Crickets. See Tree-crickets. 

 Crow, American {Corrus ameri- 



canus), gait of, 57, 58 ; 130 ; notes 



of, 82. 



Cuckoo {Coccyzus sp.), heard at 

 night, 15, 16 ; habits of, 83 ; in 

 poetry, 83, 84 ; notes of, 15, 16. 



Cuckoo, European, 171, 172. 



Cuckoo-buds, 172. 



Cuckoo-flower, 172. 



Cuckoo-pint, 172. 



Cypripedium, 191, 192. (See Lady's- 

 slipper. 



Daffodil, 172, 186. 



Daisy, English, 203. 



Daisy, ox-eye, 192, 199, 210. 



Dandelion, 104, 105, 202, 209. 



Darnel, 202. 



Day, a white, 213, 214. 



Dead-nettle, 202. 



Delaware River, Pepacton branch 



of. See Pepacton River. 

 Dentaria, 179. 

 Deposit, 33. 

 Dicentra, or squirrel corn, 187, 188, 



192, 193. 

 Dock, curled-leaf, 205. 

 Dock, yellow, 202. 

 Doctor, the (a snake), 230. 

 Dog, Cuff and the woodchucks, 160, 



162. See Greyhound and Hound. 

 Dog, farm, hound and, 143 ; 167. 

 Dogbane, 188. 

 Dove, mourning {Zenaidura ma- 



croura), 88. 

 Doves, 88. 

 Downsville, 18. 

 Dry Brook, 3. 

 Ducks, feeding, 226 ; 227, 228, 230, 



231, 233, 234. 

 Duck-shooting on the Potomac, 223- 



234. 



Eagle, chased by a kingbird, 8 ; 32 ; 

 flight of an, 58, 59 ; 115. 



East Branch, 29, 30. 



Elecampane, 199, 202. 



Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quotations 

 from, 44, 81, 82, 90, 96, 200, 209 ; 

 his knowledge of nature, 89, 90. 



England, bird-songs in, 176 ; pedes- 

 trianism in, 176-178 ; the foot- 

 paths of, 178, 180, 181 ; the high- 

 ways of, 182. 



Esopus, 131. 



Eupatorium, purple, 208. 



Falcon, haggard, 171. 



Finch, purple {Carpodacus purpu- 

 reas), 218 ; notes of, 22. 



Fisherman, an ancient, 7. 



Fishes, spring movements of, 136, 

 142. 



