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INDEX 



American (Mergus ameri- 



canus), 262 

 Red-breasted (M. serrator), 

 91, 265 

 Merula Farm, 190 

 Migration of birds, 11, 14, 17, 



180, i8i 

 Mirage, 8 



Mistaken diagnosis, 279, 280 

 Moonlight 



in the dunes, 13, 14 

 in ice-covered marshes, 

 106 

 Morning awakening of birds, 



177, i8i, 182 

 Mouse, 



Field or meadow (Micro- 

 tus pennsylvanicus), 30, 

 127, 128, 129 

 Jumping (Zapus hudsoni- 



us), 30, 68 

 White-footed (Peromyscus 

 leucopus noveboracen- 

 cis), 30, 51 

 Mt. Agamenticus 8 

 Muir, John, 100 

 Muslkrat (Fiber zibeticus), 61, 



62 

 Myopia Club hunt, 167, 168 

 Myrtle berry, see Bayberry 



Nelson, E. W., 31, 158 

 Nighthawk (Chordeiles v. vir- 



ginianus), 271, 277 

 Nights in the dunes, 9-16, 23, 



24 

 Night singing of birds, 177, 



178, 179 



Nuthatch, Red-breasted (Sitta 

 canadensis), ii8 



Oak, 

 Bur (Quercus macrocarpa), 



212 

 Chestnut (Q. Prinus), 212 

 English (Q. Robur var. 



pedunculata), 116 

 Red (Q rubra), 7, 213 

 Scarlet (Q. coccinea) 212 

 Scrub (Q. ilicifolia), 165 

 Swamp white (Q. bicolor), 



212 

 White (Q. alba), 212 

 Odors, 52 

 Oriole, 

 Baltimore (Icterus gal- 



bula), 185 

 Orchard (I. spurius), 269 

 Osprey, see Hawk, Fish 

 Osier, Red (Cornus stoloni- 



fera), 212 

 Oven-bird (Seiurus aurocapil- 



lus), 269 

 Owl 



Great horned (Bubo v. vir- 



ginianus), 147 

 Long-eared (Asio wilson- 



ianus), 29, 30, 31 

 Screech (Otus a. asio), 180 

 Short-eared (Asio flam- 



meus), 27 

 Snowy (Nyctea nyctea), 28, 

 29 

 Oyster (Ostrea virginica), 281 



Partridge, Spruce (Canachi- 



