INDEX 



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Onion, wild, 195. 



Opossum {Didelphis virginia/in), 



158, 230. 

 Orchids, American flora rich in, 



190, 191. 

 Orchis, fringed. See Fringed- 



orchis. 

 Orchis, showy, 18S, 190, 191. 

 Oriole, Baltimore {Icterus galbula), 



98 ; as a fruit-destroyer, 1G4 ; 



notes of, 16, 17 ; nest of, 104, 165. 

 Orpine, garden. See Live-forever. 

 Orpines, native, 206. 

 Osprey, American, or fish hawk 



{Pandion halaetus carolinensis), 



feeding on the wing, 31. 

 Otter, 142. 

 Oven-bird {Seiurus ouroeapillus), 



110; song of, 110. 

 Owl, screech {Megascops asio), and 



shrike, 165, 166. 

 Oxlip, 84. 



Pain, in relation to the nervous sys- 

 tem, 174. 



Parsnip, wild, 202. 



Partridge. See Grouse, ruffed. 



Partridge - berry. See Mitchella 

 vine. 



Partridge Island, 32. 



Pepacton River, v, vi ; a voyage 

 down, 1-33. 



Pewee, wood (Conlopus virens), 

 Trowbridge's poem on, 88, 89. 



Phoebe-bird (Sayornis phcebe), 138, 

 139, 152 ; notes of, 110 ; nest of, 

 22, 110, 13S, 139, 155. 



Pigeon, passenger {Ectopistes mi- 

 gratorius), 88. 



Pigeons, 168, 169. 



Pigweed, 194, 202. 



Pine, loblolly, 226. 



Pinxter-flower. See Azalea, pink. 



Pipit, American. See Titlark. 



Pitchforks. See Bidens. 



Plantain, 193, 202. 



Plantain, narrow-leaved, 209. 



Pliny, his account of an intermit- 

 tent spring, 48, 49. 



Poets, their intuitive knowledge of 

 nature, 79 ; inaccuracies and feli- 

 cities in matters of natural his- 

 tory, 79-109 ; their interpretation 

 of nature, 111-114. 



Pogonia, adder's-tongue, 1S8. 



Pokeweed, 203. 



Polygala, fringed, 191. 



Pond-lily, or sweet-scented water 

 lily (Xymphcea odorata), 186, 188, 

 192. 



Pond- lily, yellow. 192. 

 Poppy, scarlet field, 203. 

 Porcupine, Canadian (/•Jret/n 



dorsatus), 158. 

 Potomac River, duck-shooting on, 



223-234. 

 Primrose, in poetry, 84. 

 Primrose, evening, 84, 188, 189. 

 Prince's pine, 188. 

 Purslane, 194, 202, 205. 

 Pyrola. See Wiutergreen, false. 



Quail, or bob- white (Colinus 

 ginianus), 225. 



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Rabbit, gray (Lepus sylvaticus), 

 154, 158, 169, 225. 



Rabbits, 87, 88. 



Raccoon, or coon (Procyon lotor) 57, 

 131, 158, 179. 



Radish, wild, 202, 207. 



Rafting on the Delaware, 26, 27. 



Ragweed, 194 ; a troublesome weed, 

 201, 202. 



Rain, arboreal, 14, 15 ; summer, 21- 

 26. 



Raspberry, 192. 



Rat, wood (Xeotoma floridana), 

 204. 



Redbird. See Cardinal. 



Redpoll (Acanthis linaria), notes 

 of, 218. 



Red-root, 207. 



Rhododendron, 185. 



River, a voyage down a, 1-33 ; lone- 

 liness of the, 4, 5. 



Roads, in England and America, 

 182. 



Robin, American (Merula migrato- 

 ria), 57, 103, 104 ; in poetry, 110, 

 111, 137 ; in love and war, 139, 

 140 ; 152, 203, 226, 228 ; notes of, 

 16, 17, 22, 110, 111, 140; nest of, 

 155. 



Rondout Creek, 18. 



Roots, like molten metal, 103. 



St. John's-wort, 199, 202, 205. 



Salamander, banded (Amblystoma 

 opacum), 122, 12& 



Salamander, red, 116, 123. 



Salamander, violet-colored or spot- 

 ted {Ambly stoma punctatum), 123. 



San Antonio, Texas, 42. 



Saponaria. See Bouncing Bat. 



Sapsucker, yellow - bellied. See 

 Woodpecker, yellow-bellied. 



Sawmill, a floating, 232. 



Scott, Sir Walter 



Stdum telephioidtv, 200. 



