INDEX 



Angler, a born, 98-100; eageraeaa 



of the, 204, 205. 

 Arbutus, 2. 

 Asters, 6. 

 Audubon, John James, 125, 144, 



145. 

 Aurora borealis, an, 108, 109. 



Balsam Lake, 118-122. 



Barrington, Daines, his table of 

 English Bong-birds, 130, 131. 



Basswood, or linden, 5. 



Bear, black (^Ursus americanus), 

 IIG, 219. 



Beaverkill, the, 101, 112, 113 ; trout- 

 ing on, 116-118. 



Bee. See Bumblebee and Honey- 

 bee. 



Berries, 225. 



Berrying, 60-62. 



Big Ingin River, 101. 



Birch, yellow, 159, 160. 



Birds, eyes of, 43, 48 ; imperfect 

 singers among, 115, 116; human 

 significance of, 125, 126 ; songs of 

 English, 129-133 ; relative pugna- 

 ciousness of English and Ameri- 

 can, 134 ; species common to Eu- 

 rope and America, 134 ; small and 

 large editions of various species 

 of, 143-147 ; their ingenuity in 

 the concealment of their nests, 

 186, 187. 



Birds of prey, 135. 



Biscuit Brook, 112, 114, 172. 



Blackbird, European, 133 ; notes 

 of, 132. 



Blackbird, red-winged. See Star- 

 ling, red-shouldered. 



Bloodroot, 2. 



Bluebird (Sialia sinl-ii), struggling 

 with a cicada, 29, 30 ; courting, 

 31 ; cares of housekeeping, 31, 32 ; 

 and screech owl, 50, 131 ; notes 

 of, 31, 32 ; nest of, 31, 32. 



Blunder-heads, 171. 



Bobolink (Dolirhonyi nn/Hvyrut), 

 Gl,l>7, IIG; song (if, 57, r.:o. 



Boy, 171. 



Brooks. See Trout streamA. 



Buckwheat, 6. 



Bumble-bee, 4, 61. 



Bunting, European, notes of, 132. 



Bunting, indigo. See Indigo-l>ird. 



Bunting, snow, or snowtlako {I'lee- 

 trophenax nivalii), 134. 



Butclier-bird, or northern shrike 

 {Lanius bortalis), 134 ; apiwar- 

 anceand habits of, 135-142 ; uutea 

 of, 140-142. See Shrike. 



Buttercup, 97. 



Camp, a thunder-storm in, 87-91 ; 



in the rain, 102-lOG ; booka in, 



161. 

 Camp-fire, the, 159, 160. 

 Camping, by trout stream and lakp, 



101-123 ; in a log stable, 1(>5-11J ; 



pleasures and discomforts of, l.J'J, 



123; in the Catakills, 14;)-175; 



thoughts of the camper, IGU ; in 



Canada, 203-21'.). 

 Canada, an excursion in, 189-229; 



dwelling-houses in, 191, 225; 



churches in, 2'J5. 

 Cape Eternity, 227. 

 Cape Trmity, 22*;, 227. 

 Caribou {Rungi/er tarandlU TW* 



caribou), 211). 

 Catbird {Galcoscopte^ caroiincruu), 



song of, 126. 

 Catfish and snake, 47, 48. 

 Catnip, 4. 

 Catskill Mountains, camping in, 



14D-175. 

 Cattle, in Canada, 196. 

 Cedar-bird, or cedar waxwlng {Am^ 



ptiis cedrurum), a Hinall odition oi 



the Bohemian waxwing, 143; pli» 



mage of, 144 ; noton of, 144. 

 Chickadee {I'artu atrxcapiUuj),3i, 



notes of, 12C. 

 Chipmuuk {lamiat tiriatut), (ngbw 



