INDEX. 



309 



Owl, Little red (Scops asio), 54. 

 " Snowy {Nyctea scandiaca), 

 226. 



Packard, Dr. A. S., on habits of 



ants, quoted, 91, 244. 

 Palreolitliic Man, Traces of, in 



New Jersey, 77. 

 Pandion caroUnensis, 42. 

 Panicum crus-galli,ld7. 

 Parus atricapillus, 285, 

 Pea, Climbing (^Amphicarp(xa mo- 



noica), 85. 

 Peach {Perska Tulgaris), 271. 

 Peale's Museum, 159. 

 Pearson, Isaac, 2G9. 

 Pearson's Inn, 270. 

 Peewee {Sayornis fuscus), 272. 

 " Wood {Contopus virens), 



83. 

 Pelecanus tracliyrhyncJius, 144. 

 Pelican {Pelecanus trachyrliyn- 



chus), 144. 

 Perch, White {Morone americana), 



106, 142, 273, 297. 

 Persica vulgaris, 271. 

 Persimmon {Biospyras mrgini- 



ana), 272. 

 Petrochelidon lunifrons, 273, 275. 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 145, 



178, 278. 

 Philohela minor, 196. 

 PJdemn praiense, 138. 

 Phytolacca decandra, 261. 

 Picidm, 16, 262, 293. 

 Pickerel - weed {Pontederia cor- 



data), 59, 109. 

 Picus 2)ubescens, 2d4:. 

 Pigeon, Passenger (Ectopistes mi- 

 grator i us), 177, 224. 

 Pigeon-woodpecker {Colaptes au- 



ratus), 53. 

 Pigs as weather prophets, 27. 

 Pike (Esox reticulatus), 106, 216. 

 Pipilo erythrophthalmus, 202. 

 Pipit. (See Bed Lark.) 

 Platanus occidentalis, 103. 

 Plectrophanes lappomcus, 290. 



" nivalis, 2d0. 



"PlommonsUdden,"271. 



Plum, Wild (Prunus americana), 



^7), 271. 

 Ponetquissings Creek, 4, 133, 214. 

 Podilyrnhus 2)odiceps, 177. 

 PodopIiyllu)>i peltatum, 2. 

 Poke (P/iyfolacca decandra), 261. 

 " Pons-pau-cloo-moose," 279, 2«0. 

 Pontederia cordatwm, 59, 109. 

 Pocccetes gramineus, 51, 203. 

 Porzana Carolina, 169. 



" jamaicencis, 169. 



" novehoracencis, 169. 

 Poultry in weather-lore, 33. 

 Primrose {G^Jnothera biennis), 67. 

 Princeton, New Jersey, 269. 

 Prinos verticillata, 283. 

 Printz, John, Governor of " New 



Sweden," 165. 

 Procyon lotor, 261. 

 Progne suhis, 277. 

 Prunus americana, 85, 271. 

 Putorius ermineus, 255, 260. 



" vison, 1, 21. 

 Pyrgites domesticus, 12, 56, 139. 

 Pyrites, Iron, occurrence of, in 

 clay, 163. 



Quail {Ortyx virginianus), 56. 

 Quercus alba, 257, 270. 



iiwfor, 68, 85, 99, 103. 

 Quicksands, 160. 

 Quiscalus versicolor, 41, 56, 237. 



Raccoon {Procyon lator), 261. 



Kagwort {Senecio aureus), 118. 



liaia ocellata, 215. 



Rail, Common, or sora {Porzana 

 Carolina), 169. 



Rail, King {Rallus elegans), 70, 

 169. 



Rail, Little black {Porzana jo- 

 maiccncis), 169. 



Rail, Little yellow^ {Porzana nove- 

 horacencis), 169. 



Rail, Virginia {Rallus virginia- 

 nus), 169. 



Rallus elegans, 70, 169. 

 " virginianus,l(39. 



Rana Cateshyana, 11, 200. 

 " clamiians, 170. 



