INDEX 



cold, and vibrations, 25; an- 

 tennae, 25; the ruling sex 

 among, 140, 141. 



Interpretation, 186-90. 



Ironweed, 116. 



James, William, 22. 

 Jay, blue, notes, 87. 

 Joe-Pye-weed, 116. 

 Junco, young, 19, 20; nesting, 

 81; abundance, 82. 



Kepler, Johann, 169. 

 Killdeer, 130, 131. 

 Kingbird, flight, 37; and bees, 

 156. 



Leaves, autumn, 1-3. 

 Lemmings, 152, 153. 

 Life, origin of, 194, 195. 

 Life, human, analogies, 25-27. 

 Lightning-bugs. See Fireflies. 

 Lowell, James Russell, quoted, 



5. 

 Lubbock, Sir John, quoted, 



156. 



McCarthy, Denis Aloysius, 

 quoted, 157. 



Maeterlinck, Maurice, quoted, 

 23, 162; on the bee, 156-63. 



Man, and Darwinism, 174; a 

 part of nature, 184-86; in- 

 terpretation of nature and of 

 himself, 186-90; mystery of 

 his evolution, 216. 



Maple, sugar, susceptibility to 

 atmospheric changes, 72, 73. 



Maples, autumn color, 3. 



Marcus Aurelius, quoted, 185. 



Meadowlark, song flight, 37. 



Measuring-worm, 91, 92. 



Mice, wild, 16; barking trees, 

 27, 28. 



Microphone, 170, 171. 



Microseisms, 170. 



Mind, community of, 15fc-55. 



Mockingbird, 68. 



Moose, 200. 

 Mosquitoes, 210. 

 Moth, luna, 97. 

 Mouse, jumping, 166, 167. 

 Mouse, white-footed, 166. 

 Mullets, 154. 



Natural history about home, 

 39, 40. 



Nature, her methods unlike 

 purs, 179-81, 199; interpret- 

 ing, 186-90; lavishness and 

 parsimony, 195, 196, 209; 

 puzzling and contradictory, 

 201, 202; all-seeing, 212-14; 

 her movements circular, 

 214-16. 



Nighthawk, 104. 



Nonpareil, or painted bunting, 

 114. 



North Carolina, a countryman 

 of, 121. 



Northern Hemisphere, 171, 172. 



Oak, autumn color, 3. 



Odd and even numbers, 163-65. 



Oriole, Baltimore, 30, 56; nest, 



48-52, 64. 



Oriole, Bullock's, nest, 52. 

 Oriole, orchard, nest, 52. 

 Osborn, Henry Fairfield, on 



the origin of life, 194, 195. 

 Ostrich, 200. 

 Owl, screech, 45-47. 



Pacific Ocean, 127. 



Pain, 209. 



Pear-trees, autumn color, 1. 



Pelican, California brown, 131, 



132. 

 Pennsylvania, motor trip 



through, 109-13. 

 Pewee, wood, nest, 52, 64; its 



plaint, 87. 

 Phosbe, flight, 37; nest, 52-54, 



56, 59, 60, 64, 79, 80. 

 Pigeon, wild, 103, 104. 

 Pine Knot, Va., visit to, 101-08. 



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