INDEX. 



483 



Herons, 226. 



green, 234. 



night, 234. 



snowy, 228. 



white, 231. 



Hesperomys leucopus, 68. 

 Heterodon platyrhinus, 302. 

 Hinckley, Mary H., on life-history of 



tree-toad, 327. 

 Hirundo horreorum, 173. 

 Hog-fish, 355. 

 Holbrook, Dr. John Edward, on gait 



of snapping-turtle, 269. 

 Holland, John G., on uniformity of 



songs of birds, 138. 

 Holder, C. F., on habits of fresh- 

 water fishes, 384. 

 Hoop-snake, 169. 

 Horned larks, 210. 

 Hudson River, 398. 



valley of, 156. 

 Hyla Pickeringii, 330. 

 Hylodes gryllus, 330. 

 Hypentelium nigricans, 423. 



Ichthaelurus punctatus, 425. 

 Icteria virens, 145. 

 Icterus, Baltimore, 129, 138. 



spurius, 132. 

 Indians, North American, 18. 



shells, heaps formed by, 423. 



Jay, blue, 191. 

 Jerboa, 31. 



Jordan, David S., manual of N. A. ver- 

 tebrates, by, quoted, 64, 355. 

 Jumping-mouse, 31. 



Kalm, Peter, 18, 20, 49, 56, 73, 84, 

 133, 159, 171, 230, 284, 285, 

 290, 313, 319, 322, 323, 324. 



King-fishers, feeding habits of, 214. 



King-rail, 22. 



Lamprey, 435, 441. 

 Lampyris, sp., 313. 

 Least bittern, 22, 227. 

 Lepidosteus osseus, 430. 

 Lepomis auritus, 367, 372. 



gibbosus, 375. 



pallidus, 375. 



Lincccum, Dr., on habits of opossum, 

 92. 



Lutra Canadensis, 23, 46. 

 Lynx rufus, 22, 24. 



Mammals, extinction of large, 18. 



storing of food by, 77. 

 Manual of vertebrates, Jordan's, 64. 

 Mastodon, 17. 

 I Meadow-mouse, 65. 

 Melanura limi, 390. 

 I Mephitis mephitica, 38, 279. 

 ; Mercer County, N. J., 15. 

 : Mesogonistius chsetodon, 380. 

 ! Mice, wild, 64. 

 Micropterus salmoides, 367. 

 Milne-Edward, on skin respiration 



of frogs, 274. 

 Mink, 34. 

 Minnilus amoenus, 417. 



cornutus, 409, 434. 

 Minnows, mud, 390. 

 pug-nosed, 411. 

 rosy, 417. 

 silvery, 414. 

 Moose, 17. 



Morris, Dr. Cheston, sunfish de- 

 scribed by, 383. 

 I Mouse, meadow, 65. 

 white-footed, 68. 

 Mud-sucker, 423. 

 Mud sunfish, 367, 435. 

 Musk-rat, 23, 73. 

 Mullet, 435. 



"Nature," quoted, 15. 



Nanemys guttatus, 261. 



Newbold's Island, rock-fish caught 



near, 364. 

 New Jersey, geology of, 388. 



snakes found in, 283. 

 New Sweden, 19. 

 Norris, Mr. Isaac, on climate of New 



Jersey, 79. 



Notemigonus chrysoleucus, 403. 

 Nyctale Acadica, 218, 220, 224. 



Tengmalmi, 219. 

 Nyctiardea grisea, 234. 



Olmsted's darter, 358. 

 ! Opossum, 84. 

 j Ophibolus doliatus, 302. 

 I Oriole, Baltimore, 129, 138. 

 orchard, 132. 



Otter, 23, 46. 



