INDEX. 



Mink, 55. 



Mint, odors of, 52. 



Mints, 170. 



Moccasin-flower. See Cypripedium. 



Monarch butterfly, 142, 143. 



Moore, quoted, 32. 



Moth: Ailantus, 146 ; Cecropia, 142 ; evening 

 primrose, 137 ; Luna, 142 ; Polyphemus, 142 ; 

 Prometheus, 142, 146 ; Saturnia, 142. 



Moth mullein {Verbascum blattarid), 168, 170. 



Moths and flowers, 27, 30, 31, 34, 128, 137, 142. 



Mount Washington butterfly (Semidea), 148. 



Mountain bog, 163. 



Mountain-laurel (Kalmia latifolia),\bi, 165, 169; 

 as a candidate for national flower, 181; blos- 

 soms awaiting insects, 28. 



Mullein, 157; at night, 26. 



Murray, W. H. II., quoted, 56. 



Muskrat, 55. 



Mustard family of plants distinguished by butter- 

 flies, 132. 



NAIRN, Lady, quoted, 15. 



Nasturtiums: At night, 19; in rain, 20; phos- 

 phorescence of, 35. 



National flower, 180-184. 



Nests of birds, 92-116. 



Nettle and antidote, 17. 



Nettle family distinguished by butterfly, 128-131. 



Newspaper fragments in birds'-nests, 94. 



Night animals, 49-56. 



Night aspect of plants, 13-42; causes, 17. 



Night-blooming flowers, 2634; phosphorescent 

 light from, 27; welcoming insects, 27-34; won- 

 derful adaptability to hawk-moths and butter- 

 flies, 28, 34. 



Nighthawk: At night, 54, 64; "booming" of, 78; 

 deceptive antics of, 80; lurid eyes, 79; nest and 

 young, 80-83, JI1 I plumage of, 79; source of 

 the " boom " of, 78; visiting nest of , at night, 

 82, 83; viscid mouth, 79. 



Night-herons, 56. 



Night moths, companionship with flowers, 27, 34, 



137- 



Night odors, 47-52. 

 " Night Witchery," 45-57. 

 Nocturnal animals, 49, 50, 52-56. 

 Nose, the, as a midnight pilot, 47. 

 Nuthatch (Sitta Carolinensis), 72, 97, 112. 

 Nuttall, quoted, 69, 102, 108. 



ODORS of flowers intensified at night, 50. 



Olive family (Oleacea) distinguished by a moth, 



140. 



Orchard oriole (I. spurius), 64. 

 Orchids : Adapted to moths, 28; Arethusa bul- 

 bosa, 162, 169; Calopogon, 169; Calypso borealis, 



159, l2; coral-root (Corallorhizn), 109, 170; 

 lady's-tresses(5;)?raw///^), 169; Pogonia verti- 

 cillata, Pogoniaoph., 160, 169; purple-fringed 

 (P '. psycodes), 161, 162, 169; rattlesnake plan- 

 tain (Goodyera pubescens), 163 ; ragged orchis 

 (0. lacerd), 160 ; showy (0. spectabilis), 167, 

 169 ; small green (O. bracteatd), 161. See also 

 Cypripedium, natural and "improved," 153,154. 



Oriole : Baltimore (Icteritis Baltimore), 63, 99, 

 106, 135 ; anomalous nests, 109 ; Chadwick's 

 nest, 109; construction of nest, 107109; nest, 

 material of, 91, 97; nests of southern moss, 109. 



Ornithology, genuine and superficial, 91, 92. 



Oven-bird (Sciurus aurocapillns}, ingredients of 

 nest, 99; nest of, 92, 97, 1 13; song of, 71; night 

 song, 54. 



Owl, 52, 53, 64. 



Oxalis, at night, 22, 26. 



PAINTED-CUP (Castilleia coccined), 165, 166. 



Painted Lady butterfly. See Butterfly. 



Parsley family of plants distinguished by a but- 

 terfly, 131. 



Partridge. See Ruffed Grouse. 



Partridge-pea (Cassia), night aspect of, 16. 



Partridge-vine (Mitchella repens), 168. 



Pea-blossoms at night, 18, 26. 



Peabody, quoted, 83. 



Peabody-bird, night song of, 54, 70. 



Peanut, 179. 



Peppermint, 169. 



Percy, Florence, quoted, 77. 



Pewee. See Phoebe. 



Phoebe-bird (Sayornis fuscns\ 64, 66, 72; nest of, 

 97, 109. 



Phosphorescence from flowers, 27, 34-36. 



Phosphorescent fungi, 36; log, 37; "fox-fire" 

 torch, 37. 



Phyllodoce, 185. 



Pickerel-weeds, 55. 



Pig-weeds, at night, 22. 



Pimpernel, at night, 22. 



Pineapple, 141. 



Pine family (Cotiifera;) distinguished by insects, 

 140. 



Pine-sap (Monotropa), 168. 



Pink, wild, 157. 



Pipsissewa (Chimaphila iimbellatd), 168, 169; (C. 

 maculald), 168. 



Pitcher-plant (Saracenia purpured), 163; acres of, 

 163; its curious stigma, insect victims, and in- 

 sect proteges, 164. 



Plantain (Plantago major), in the dew, 38 ; Eng- 

 lish (P. lanceolatd), 180. 



Plants: As "geological indicators," 158; follow- 

 ing man, 180; fossil, 124-126; naturalized, 1 80; 

 on burnt ground, 158. 



