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INDEX 



Ivy, 173. 



Ivy, poison, 210. 



Jack, catching, 168. 



Jay, blue {Cyanocitta cristata), 

 130 ; notes of, 82. 



Jewel-weed, 203. 



Junco, slate-colored. See Snow- 

 bird. 



Katydids, 135, 136. 



Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), 

 chasing an eagle, 8 ; as a bee- 

 eater, 76 ; 210 ; notes of, 15. 



Kingfisher, belted (Cerylealcyon), 8. 



Knapp, Hon. Charles, 27, 28. 



Knot-grass, 193. 



Lady's-slipper, large yellow (Cypri- 



pedium pubescens), 192. 

 Lady's-slipper, purple (Cypripe- 



dium acaule), 188. 

 Lady's-slipper, small yellow Cypri- 



pedium parviflorum), 188. 

 Lady's tresses, 188. 

 Lake Oquaga, 33. 

 Lamprey, 11, 12. 

 Lapwing, 170, 171. 

 Lark. See Skylark. 

 Lark, shore or horned {Otocoris 



alpestris and O. a. praticola), 



86 and note. 

 Larkspur, 203. 

 Laurel, mountain, 185. 

 Leeks, 210. 

 Lettuce, wild, 210. 

 Linden, 188, 192. 

 Linnsea, 90, 186, 188, 190. 

 Live-forever, 202, 206, 207, 210. 

 Liver-leaf. See Hepatica. 

 Lobelia, great blue, 59. 

 Lobelia, scarlet, or cardinal flower, 



59, 185. 

 Locust-tree, 188, 192. 

 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, his 



inaccuracy in dealing with nature, 



96-99 ; quotations from, 97, 98. 

 Loosestrife, 189. 

 Loosestrife, hairy, 188. 

 Loosestrife, spiked, travels of, 198 ; 



description of, 198. 

 Lowell, James Russell, quotations 



from, 81, 83, 84, 96, 97, 103- 



105, 113; his fidelity to nature, 



102-105. 



Mallow, 202, 206. 

 Mandrake, 188. 



Maple, sugar, 188, 189 ; fragrance 

 of its blossoms, 190, 192. 



Marigold, marsh, 84, 186. 



Martin, purple (Progne subis), 106. 



Masque of the Poets, A, quotation 



from, 111. 

 Mayflower. See Arbutus, trailing. 

 Mayweed, 202. 

 Meadowlark (Sturnella magna), 



86, 109, 152 ; notes of, 109, 153. 

 Merganser, hooded (Lophodytes cu- 



cullatus), with a brood of young, 



31 32. 

 Mice, 131, 216, 217. 

 Milkweed, 199, 201, 210. 

 Mink (Putorius vison), 8, 130. 

 Mitchella vine, or squaw-berry, or 



partridge-berry, 188, 190. 

 Moccasin, 230. 

 Mockingbird (3fimus polygJottos), 



in poetry, 107. 

 Morning and forenoon, distinction 



between, 32. 

 Motherwort, 193, 202. 

 Mount Vernon, 224-226. 

 Mouse, field, 122. 

 Mouse, white-footed (Calomys amer~ 



icanus), 155 ; tracks of, 216. 

 Mullein, 192, 202 ; habits of, 203, 



204. 

 Mullein, moth, 207, 208. 

 Mullein, white, 196. 

 Musconetcong Creek, 43. 

 Muskrat {Fiber zibethicus), 8, 100 ; 



a weatherwise animal, 126-129 ; 



active in winter, 130 ; 231 ; nests 



of, 126-129. 

 Mustard, wild, 193, 202. 



Nature, the poets' intuitive know- 

 ledge of, 79 ; Emerson's know- 

 ledge of, 89, 90 ; Bryant's know- 

 ledge of, 90, 91 ; Longfellow's in- 

 accuracy in dealing with, 97 

 Whittier's treatment of, 99-101 

 LoweU's fidelity to, 102-105 . 

 Tennyson's accurate observations 

 of, 106, 107; Walt Whitman a 

 close student of, 107-109 ; the po- 

 etic interpretation of, 111-114 ; the 

 scientific interpretation of, 113. 



Negro girl, a conversation with a, 

 229, 230. 



Nettle, 210. 



Nettle, blind, 196. 



Nettle, hemp, 202. 



Nighthawk (Chordeiles virgin- 

 ianus), 13. 



Nightshade, 202. 



Note in the woods, a new, 1 15, 116. 



Oak, white, 192. 



