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INDEX. 



Blackbird, Red- winged (Agelaius 



jyhoiniceus), 49, 195, 223. 

 Black-capped tit {Parus atricapil- 



lus), 285. 

 Bluebird {Sialia slal is), oO,2o5,2Q2, 



284. 

 Bluet (Hbusfoni'a ccerulea), 117. 

 Boleosoma Olmstedi, 210. 

 Bonaparte, C. L., 18. 

 Boneset {Eupatorium perfolia- 



tuiii), 79. 

 Bordentown, New Jersey, 171, 



176, 187, 208. 

 Botaurus lenUginosus, 127. 

 Bowlders, 64. 



Brainerd, John. Indian mission- 

 ary, quoted, 235. 

 Branta canadensis. 9, 126, 144. 

 Brasenia peltata, 215. 

 Brewer, Tlios. M., 55, 88, 172, 274. 

 Brinton, Dr. D. G., on Delaware 



Indian idols, quoted, 236. 

 Bristol, Pennsylvania, porpoises 



seen near, 215. 

 Bubo virginianus, 145. 

 Bufo americaniis, 81. 

 Bull-frog {Rana Catesbyana), 11, 



200. 

 Bunting, Bay - winged {Pocecetes 



gramineiis), 51, 203. 

 Burlington, New Jersey, 68, 146, 



215. 

 Burrows of mammals, bow con- 

 structed, 245. 

 Butler, Amos W., on animal weath- 

 er-lore, quoted, 23. 

 Butterflies, Migrations of, 80. 

 Butterfly Plexippus (Danais plex- 



ippus), 79. 

 Butterfly, Red admiral {Vanessa 



atalanta)^ 79. 

 Butternut {Juglans cinerea), 68, 



145. 

 Button -bush {Ceplialanthus occi- 



de?ifalis), 66, 85, 133. 

 Button-wood {Platanus occidenia- 



lis), 103. 

 Buzzard, Turkey {Cathartes aura\ 



42, 176. 

 Buzzard's Rest, 21, 38. 



Caltha 2Kdustris, 118. 

 Calystegia sepiuni, 66. 

 Campanius, Thomas, historian of 



"New Sweden," quoted, 165, 



214, 271. 

 Canis lupus, 145. 

 Cardinal-grosbeak {Cardinalis vir- 



ginianus), 34, 53, 97, 293, 294. 

 Cardinalis virginianus, 34, 53, 97, 



293, 294. 

 Carpenter-bee {Xylocopa nrgin- 



ica), 265. 

 Carpiiius aniericanus, 2, 3, 38, 68, 



200. 

 Carpodacus purpicreus, 289. 

 Carya alba, 145. 



" porcina, 2, S8,QS. 

 Castanea pumila, 145, 198, 256, 



297. 

 Castanea vesca, 146, 271, 297. 

 Cat, Domestic, as a weather proph- 

 et, 30. 

 Catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides), 82, 



257, 295. 

 Cat -bird {Galeoscopt.es carolinen- 



sis), 56, 105, 109, 206. 

 Catfish {Amiurus catus), 108, 273. 

 " Stone {Noturus gyrinus), 



59. 

 Cathartes aura, 42, 176. 

 Cat-tail {Typha latifolia), 137. 

 Cedar -bird {Ampelis cedrorum), 



49. 

 Celastrus scandens, 78. 

 Centaury (Sabbatia angularis),ii5. 

 Centurus carolinensis, 112. 

 Cephalaiithus occidentalis, 66, 85, 



133. 

 Certhia fa miliaris, 286. 

 Ceryle alcyon, 11, 38, 41, 293. 

 Chalkley,Thomas, Journal of, 155. 



267. 

 Chat, Yellow - breasted {Icteria 



virens), 18, 56, 195. 

 Chestnut {Casta?ieavesca),14:Q,271, 



297. 

 Chewink {Pipilo erytliropMlial- 



mus), 202. 

 Qh.\nkii\)\n{Castaiiea pumila), I'^^y 



198, 256, 297. 



