INDEX 



267 



Fox, black or silver-gray (Vulpes 

 vulpes, var. argentatus), 24, 117. 



Fox, red ( Vulpes vulpes, var. ful- 

 vus), 49, 60, 93, 117, 127 ; tracks 

 of, 128 ; 238. 



Frog. See Bullfrog. 



Frog, piping. See Hyla, Picker- 

 ing's. 



Frog, wood, 14-16. 



Frogs, as weather prophets, 16. 



Fungus, phallic, 29. 



Furlow Lake, 11. 



Ghost-story, a, 110, 111. 



Gilder, Richard Watson, his The 

 New Day, 159. 



Gnatcatcher, blue-gray (Polioptila 

 ccerulea), nest of, 79. 



Goldfinch, American, or yellow- 

 bird {Spinus tristis), 57, 61, 83, 

 91 ; a curious accident, 204 ; nest 

 of, 65. 



Goose, wild or Canada {Branta 

 canadensis), 196. 



Grasshoppers, in winter, 24. 



Grosbeak, pine (Pinicola enu- 

 cleator), 41, 127, 134, 176. 



Grouse, ruffed, or partridge (Bon- 

 asa umbellus), 46, 51, 57, 93, 127, 

 176. 



Guide. See Nathan, Uncle. 



Hair-bird. See Chippie. 



Hare, northern {Lepus americanus, 

 var. virginianus), 93. 



Harebell, 125. 



Hawks, 146. 



Haying, 226, 235-237. 



Hemlock, the rooting of a young, 

 11-13 ; manner of growth of, 36, 

 37 ; shedding its leaves, 38, 43 ; 

 beauties and uses of, 46, 47, 54. 



Hepatica, 25 ; the first flower of 

 spring, 169, 170 : its beauty, 170 ; 

 fragrance of individuals, 170, 171. 



Hetchels, 231. 



Hickory, 174. 



High-hole, or flicker {Colaptes au- 

 ralus), drumming of, 143 ; notes 

 of, 143 ; nest of, 203. 



Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 159. 



Homer, quotations from, 89. 



Honey-bees, 7, 16 ; gleaning after 

 the bumblebee, 17 ; method of 

 filling her baskets, 17, 18 ; false 

 science of the ancient observers 

 in regard to. 18, 19 ; flowers visited 

 by, 28 ; their first spring harvest, 

 165, 166; collecting and using 

 propolis, 174. 



Honey-locust, 11. 



Honeysuckle, 134. 



Hoops and hoop-poles, 233. 



Hornet, sand, 176. 



Houses, the owners' satisfaction in 

 building, 247, 248 ; negative beau- 

 ty desirable in, 248-250 ; a look of 

 repose desirable in, 250, 251 ; roofs, 

 251,252; should express privacy 

 and coziuess, 252, 253 ; effigies of 

 their owners, 253 ; framework 

 should be visible in frame houses, 

 253, 254 ; picturesqueness of stone. 

 254, 255 ; proper use of mortar in 

 stone houses, 255, 256 ; quarrying 

 stone for a house, 256-258 ; beau- 

 ties of various woods for finishing, 

 258-261 ; quiet warm colors de« 

 sirable in finishings and decora- 

 tions, 261, 262; simplicity, after 

 all, most desirable in, 262, 263. 

 See Farmhouses. 



Hudson River, an arm of the sea, 

 183 ; calms and ripples on, 184 ; 

 breaking up of the ice in, 185-187 ; 

 freezing over, 187 ; ice cannon- 

 ades on, 187-189 ; snow on, 190 ; 

 ice-harvesting on, 190-192 ; frost 

 ferns on the ice, 193 ; ice-boating 

 on, 193, 194 ; ice stops navigation 

 on, 194 ; sinking of a steamer in, 

 195; eagles on, 195, 196; a high- 

 way of wild life, 196 ; current and 

 tides of, 196-198 ; a great retreat 

 of fish up-stream, 197, 198 ; geo- 

 logical history of, 198-200. 



Hugo, Victor, 36. 



Humboldt, Baron von, quotations 

 from, 5, 10, 49. 



Humming-bird, ruby-throated ( Tro- 

 chilus colubris), 106; nest of, 79, 

 212. 

 Hyla,' Pickering's, 164, 165. 



Ice, breaking up in the Hudson, 

 185-187 ; formation on the Hud- 

 son, 187 ; cannonade of the, 187- 

 189; harvest of, 190-192; frost 

 ferns on, 193 ; a steamer sunk by, 

 194, 195. 



Ice-boats, 193, 194. 



Indigo-bird, or indigo bunting 

 (Passerina cyanea), 167. 



Jay, blue (Cyanocilta cristata) in 

 winter, 50, 51 ; hiding food, 51-53 ; 

 127,129; a nest-robber, 201,202; 

 a case of revenge, 202 ; nest of, 

 202. 



