INDEX. 



309 



Owl, Little red (Scop* asio}, 54. 

 " Snowy (Nyctea scandiaca}, 

 226. 



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



ants, quoted, 91, 244. 

 Paleolithic Man, Traces of, in 



New Jersey, 77. 

 Pandion carolinensis, 42. 

 Panicum crus-galli,~L37. 

 Parus atricapillus, 285. 

 Pea, Climbing (AmpMcarpcea mo- 



noica}, 85. 



Peach (Persica vulgaris), 271. 

 Peale's Museum, 159. 

 Pearson, Isaac, 269. 

 Pearson's Inn, 270. 

 Peewee (Sayornis fuscus), 272. 

 " AVood (Contopus mrens}, 



83. 



Pelecanus tracliyrJiynclms, 144. 

 Pelican (Pelecanus tracJiyrhyn- 



chus}, 144. 

 Perch, White (Morone americana), 



106, 142, 273, 297. 

 Persica vulgaris, 271. 

 Persimmon (Diospyras virgini- 



ana}, 272. 



Petrochelidon lunifrons, 273, 275. 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 145, 



178, 278. 



Philohela minor, 196. 

 Phleum pratense, 138. 

 Phytolacca decandra, 261. 

 Picida, 16, 262, 293. 

 Pickerel - weed (Pontederia cor- 



data), 59, 109. 

 Picus pubescens, 294. 

 Pigeon, Passenger (Ectopistes mi- 



gratorius), 177, 224. 

 Pigeon- woodpecker (Colaples au- 



ratus), 53. 



Pigs as weather prophets, 27. 

 Pike (Esox reticulatus\ 106, 216. 

 Pipilo erythroplithalmus, 202. 

 Pipit. (See Red Lark.} 

 Platanus occidentals, 103. 

 Plectrophanes lapponicus, 290. 



nivalis, 290. 

 " Plommons Udden,"271. 



Plum, Wild (Prunus americana}, 



85, 271. 



Poa3tquissings Creek, 4, 133, 214. 

 Podilymbus podiceps, 177. 

 Podophyllum peltatum, 2. 

 Poke (Phytolacca, decandra), 261. 

 " Pons-pau-cloo-moose," 279, 280. 

 Pontederia cordatum, 59, 109. 

 Pocecetes gramineus, 51, 203. 

 Porzana Carolina, 169. 

 " jamaicencis, 169. 

 " noveboracencis, 169. 

 Poultry in weather-lore, 33. 

 Primrose (CEnotliera biennis), 67. 

 Princeton, New Jersey, 269. 

 Prinos verticillata, 283. 

 Printz, John, Governor of " New 



Sweden/' 165. 

 Procyon lotor, 261. 

 Progne subis, 277. 

 Prunus americana, 85, 271. 

 Putorius ermineus, 255, 260. 



" m8on,l,21. 

 Pyrgites domesticus, 12, 56, 139. 

 Pyrites, Iron, occurrence of, in 



clay, 163. 



Quail (Ortyx mrginianus), 56. 

 Quercus alba, 257, 270. 



tricolor, 68, 85, 99, 103. 

 Quicksands, 160. 

 Quiscalus versicolor, 41, 56, 237. 



Raccoon (Procyon lator), 261. 

 Ragwort (Senecio aureus), 118. 

 Raia ocellata, 215. 

 Rail, Common, or sora (Porzana 



Carolina), 169. 

 Rail, King (Rallus elegans), 70, 



169. 

 Rail, Little black (Porzana ja- 



maicencis), 169. 

 Rail, Little yellow (Porzana novc- 



boracencis), 169. 

 Rail, Virginia (Rallus mrginia- 



nus}, 169. 

 Rallus elegans, 70, 169. 



Rana Catesbyana, 11, 200. 

 " damilans, 170. 



