INDEX. 



395 



Otter (Lutra Ganadenm), 47, 59. 

 Overfield, Miles, 8, 214, 337, 368, 



371, 380. 

 Owl, barn (Strix pratincola), 331, 



357, 363. 

 Owl, cat {Otus Wilsonianus), 356. 

 Owl, great gray {Syrnium nebulo- 



sum), 53. 

 Owl, marsh {Otus brachyotus), 356. 

 Owl, red {Scops Asio), 346. 

 Owl, saw-whet (^Nyctale Acadica), 



352 

 Owls,* 47, 205, 346, 365. 

 Oxalis, 194. 



Packard, Prof. A. S., 71, 251. 

 Panther {Felis coneolor), 6, 37, 358. 

 Pectinatella magnifim,, 183. 

 Pee-wee {Sayornis fuscus), 63, 83. 

 Pelecoris, 178, 182. 

 Penn, William, 37, 111. 

 Perch {Perca, flavescens), 148. 

 Periophthalmus, 149. 

 Persimmon {Diospyros Virginia- 



na), 336. 

 Philippine Islands, 149. 

 Physa, 241. 

 Pike {Esax reticulatus), 147, 155, 



162. 

 Pike, Nicolas, letter from, quoted, 



139. 

 Pine-finch {Pin-kola enucleator), 



23. 

 Pisidium, 14, 328. 

 Planorbis, 241. 

 Plover, kill-deer {Oxyechus vocife- 



rus), 63, 319. 

 Plover, upland {Bartramia longi- 



cauda), 237, 321. 

 Poaetquissings (Jreek, iii, iv, v, 



vii, 18, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 38, 



35, 37, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 53, 54, 



147, 151, 155, 178, 183, 183, 194, 



245, 369, 364, 376. 

 Poke {Phytolacca decandra), 334. 

 Ponted£ria, 51, 194, 376. 

 Popihacka, v. 

 Poplar, Lombardy {Populua dila- 



tata), 313. 

 Potomac River, 90. 



Pteris aqmlina, 203, 

 Pupa, 14, 15. 



Quahog ( Venus mercenaridJ), 228. 

 Quail {Ortyx Virginiana), 293, 



383. 

 Quakers, vii, 45, 47, 393, 369. 

 Quaker-girls {Houstonia coerulea), 



68, 102. 

 Quince {Cydonia vulgaris), 143. 



Rabbit {Lepus sylvaticus), 47, 257, 



359, 368. 

 Raccoon {Pi'ocyon lotor), 9, 37, 48, 



273, 330. 

 Rail-bird, yellow {Porzana Nona- 



boracensis), 21. 

 Ranatra, 174, 183. 

 Red -bird, summer {Pyranga cBSti- 



m), 114. 

 Reed-birds (see Bobolink). 

 Reeds— wild rice {Zizania aquati- 



ca), 343. 

 Ridgway, R., 138. 

 Riley, C. v., 200. 

 Robin {Tardus migratorius), 321, 



361. 

 Romanes, Geo. J., 36, 156, 157, 



319. 

 Rose -mallow, swamp {Hibiscus 



Moscheictos), 343. 

 Ruby - throats (see Humming- 

 birds). 

 Rue anemone {Thalictrum anemo- 



noides), 69. 



Sagittaria variabilis, 51. 

 Salamanders {Urodela), 20, 43, 



247, 336, 387. 

 Sandpipers {Scolopacidoe), 204, 



296. 

 Sapsucker {Picus pubescens), 7. 

 Sassafras {Sassafras officinale), 41. 

 Saxifrage {Saxifraga Virginien- 



sis), 68. 

 "Science Gossip," Hardwicke's, 



127. 

 Scuttle-bug (see Gyrinus). 

 Seal {Phoca vitulina), 56. 

 Seekonk, Mass., 71. 



