INDEX 



Accentor, golden-crowned. See 



Thrush, golden-crowned. 

 Adder's-tongue, or yellow erythro- 



nlum, or dog's-tooth violet, 23-26. 

 Albertus Magnus, 252. 

 Alexander, Colonel, his stock farm, 



225, 226, 228, 229. 

 Ants, 255. 

 Apple-trees, 165, 169, 209 ; old trees 



bear the most birds, 271 ; bird life 



in an old tree, 271-276. 

 April, a natal month, 162, 163; a 



perfect day in, 165. 

 Arbutus, trailing, 14, 15, 167. 

 Arethusa, 3, 4. 

 Arnold, Matthew, 214. 

 Ash, black, 6, 17. 

 Azalea, white, 6. 



Balsam. See Fir. 



Bass, 16. 



Bear, black ( Ursus americanus), 41, 

 58, 163, 173, 174. 



Beardslee, Mrs., 109 n. 



Beaver {Castor fiber), 309. 



Beaverkill, the, 34. 



Bee. See Bumblebee and Honey- 

 bee. 



Bee-balm. See Mon^rda. 



Big Ingin Valley, 37. 



Birch, yellow, 42. 



Birds, colors of eggs, 64, 65 ; lining 

 materials for nests, 70 ; shapes of 

 eggs, 72 ; courtship, 77, 85 ; hu- 

 man traits of, 85, 86 ; fickle-mind- 

 edness of, 91 ; sense of taste, 96 ; 

 their sympathy with each other, 

 119 ; gregarious and solitary, 120 ; 

 local attachments of, 172, 173; 

 sing at a distance from their nests, 

 188 ; concert of action among, 200, 

 201, 266 ; earth baths and water 

 baths, 210 ; variations in songs 

 according to localities and during 

 a series of years, 239 ; their keen- 

 ness of sight, 277 ; removal of 

 egg-shells from the nest, 288, 289 ; 



the young leaving the nest, 292 ; 

 continuation of the family life 

 after the nest is left, 293, 294; 

 the male feeding his mate, 298 ; 

 the females more active than the 

 male in caring for the young, 312, 

 313 ; the male broader in his sym- 

 pathies and affections than the 

 female, 313-315. 



Blackbird, crow, or purple grackle, 

 (Quiscalus quiscula), notes of, 

 167. 



Blackbird, red-winged. See Starling, 

 red-shouldered. 



Black Pond, gathering pond-lilies 

 in, 16-18. 



Blood-root, 5, 13, 14, 168. 



Bluebird {Sialia sialis), war with a 

 wren, 66-68 ; courtship of, 79 ; 

 jealousy and a duel, 80-82 ; 91 ; 

 arrival of, 158, 159 ; 160 ; imagi- 

 nary rivals, 189-191 ; and downy 

 woodpecker, 272 ; war with a 

 great crested flycatcher, 274, 275 ; 

 jealousy and courage of, 275 ; and 

 English sparrow, 275, 292, 293; 

 feeding a family of vireos, 313, 

 314; notes of, 79-82, 158, 159, 

 163 ; nest and eggs of, 15, 64, 66, 

 68, 79-82, 189, 191, 275. 



Blue-grass, 223, 227, 228, 234. 



Blue-grass region, the, 223-234. 



Bluets. See Houstonia. 



Blue-weed. See Bugloss, viper's. 



Bobolink {Dolichonyx oryzivorus)^ 

 188, 239; song of, 239; nest of, 

 188. 



Bob-white. See Quail. 



Boneset, climbing, 31. 



Boswell, James, 251. 



Botany, the study of, 27, 28 ; a need- 

 ed aid in, 31, 32. 



Bowlders, refusing to stay down, 

 100, 101. 



Brooks. See Trout streams. 



Bugloss, viper's, or blue-weed, 29, 

 30. 



