INDEX 



Irrigation, 15. 

 iBanotski Volcano, 97, 98. 



Jacob's ladder, 88, 



Jaeger {Slercorarhis sp.), 64, 121. 



Jamaica, visit to, 2'J3-277 ; a coun- 

 try cursed with perpetual sum- 

 mer, 223; arrival at, 22G; road- 

 Sides in, 228, 229; streams in, 

 230-232; roads in, 233, 274; stars 

 in, 249, 256 ; hospitality in, 253 ; 

 woods in, 2G2, 2G3; grasses in, 

 2<>3 ; leaves of the trees in, 204 ; 

 the landscape in, 204, 205; mam- 

 mals of, 265, 269; birds of, 265- 

 268 ; future of, 273 ; taxation in, 

 273, 274; agriculture in, 274, 275; 

 labor in, 275, 276 ; road-making 

 in, 276 ; return from, 277. See 

 also Negroes, Jamaican. 



Jay, blue {Cyanocitta cristata), 

 thieving propensity of, 166, 167; 

 183-185. 



Jay, Steller's {Cyanocitta stel- 

 leri), 33, 128. 



John Crow Mountains, 269. 



Joseph, a colored servant, 248. 



Judas Vale, Jamaica, 236, 237. 



Junco, Oregon {Junco hyemalis 

 oreganus), 33, 45. 



Juneau, 34, 126. 



Kachemac Bay, 80. 



Kadiak, the village, 85-87, 124. 



Kadiak Island, 81-92, 124. 



Katherino's Peak, 248-251. 



Katydid, 208. 



Keeler, Charles A., 66, 91, 92. 



Kelly, Captain, 64. 



Kendal, Jamaica, ^43. 



Kingbird, gray (Tyrannus domi- 



nicetisis), 267. 

 Kinglet, golden-crowned {Regulus 



satrapa), 174, 178, 183, 184. 

 Kinglet, golden-crowned {liegiclus 



satrapa subsp.), 45, 55, 128. 

 Kinglet, ruby-crowned {liegidus 



calendula), rivalries of the 



males, 178, 179. 

 Kinglet, ruby-crowned {Regulus 



calendula subsp.), 45. 



Kingston, a wlntorday In, 227,228; 

 231, 247; seen from Kalhcriue'a 

 IVak, 248; 252; a dull, hot, unin- 

 viting place, 'JTiO ; tho r<K)st«'ni 

 of, 259, 200 ; the dogs of, ::00; 

 275. 



Kling-kling, 230. 



Kondakoir, Strpan, 9L 



Kukak Bay, 82, 93. 



Lady's-slijtper, at Kadiak, 88. 



Lady's- tresses {.Spiranlhcs cer- 

 nua), 204. 



Laramie plains, the, 5. 



Lark, horned {Otocorls alpcstrU 

 subsp.), 4, 9, 12. 



Lark, i)rairie homed (Otocorls 

 aljicstrls praticola), 165, 16G. 



Larkspur, 11. 



Leucosticte, Hepburn's. See 

 Finch, rosy. 



Lice, grass, 229, 230. 



Lizards, in Jamaica, 228. 



Locomotive, riding on, 8, 9. 



Logwood, 233. 



Long Island, near Kadiak, 124, 

 125. 



Longspur, Lapland, or Alaska 

 longspur (Ca/car/?/5 lajyponiexia 

 alaticensis), 98, 90 ; versos ad- 

 dressed to, 99; 100, HI, 115; song 

 of, 98, 99, 120. 



Loosestrife, purple, 152, 153, 209, 

 210. 



Lowe Inlet, 27. 



Lupine, 11, 10, 64,88. 



Lynn Canal, 35. 



Machete, the ubiquitous, 249. 2.'iO. 

 Magpie, black-billed {J'ica pica 



hudsonia), 16, 85, 125. 

 Malaspina (Ilacier, ."W, 06, 67. 

 Meadow-beauty, or rhexia, 202. 

 Meadow lark, western (SturnfUa 



magnu mglecta),\2\ song of, 4. 

 Merriam, Dr. C. Hart, 22. 

 Metlakahtia, 29-31. 

 Middleton Island, 67. 

 :Milbank Sound. 26. 

 Milkweed, sw.amp, 209. 

 Mill, an old sugar, 242. 



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