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INDEX 



Houstonia, or blwets, 19, 20. 



Hummingbird, ruby-throated {Tro- 

 chilus colubru), probing peaches, 

 286 ; a curious statement about, 

 287 ; nest and eggs of, 65. 



Hunters and their victims, 277-281. 



Hyla, Pickering's, or peeper, 166, 

 168,254. 



Illinois, birds observed in, 235, 236. 

 Indian cucumber root, or medeola, 



2,3. 

 Indigo-bird, or indigo bunting (Pas- 



serina cyanea), song of, 188 ; nest 



of, 188. 

 Invalid, observations of an, 87-109. 

 Ironweed, 228. 



Jay, blue {Cyanocitta cristata), 

 hoarding food, 90, 91 ; worried by 

 a wren, 92 ; 128, 130, 236 ; a de- 

 vourer of the eggs and young of 

 other birds, 289; mobbed by 

 robins, 289, 290; 293; a male 

 feeding his mate, 298, 299 ; 300 ; 

 notes of, 128, 299 ; nest and eggs 

 of, 92, 128, 298, 299. 



Jefferies, Richard, a reporter of 

 nature, 207 ; his Wild Life, 207 ; 

 a sympathetic spectator of na- 

 ture, not an observer, 211 ; his 

 Gamekeeper at Home, 211 ; his 

 Amateur Poacher, 211 ; his My 

 Old Village, 211 ; quotation from, 

 211-213. 



Jewel-weed, 28, 29. 



Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 204, 205 ; on 

 scorpions and swallows, 251. 



Joint-snake. See Snake, glass. 



Journal, keeping a, 155-1^. 



Junco. See Snowbird. 



Kentucky, the journey into, 221- 

 223 ; the blue-grass region of, 

 223-234 ; the birds of, 234-239 ; 

 Mammoth Cave, 241-250. 



Kingbird {Tyr annus tyr annus), 

 293 ; nest of, 70, 259, 260. 



Kingfisher, belted (Ceryle alcyon), 

 nest and eggs of, 65. 



Kingfisher, English, 65 ; eggs of, 

 65. 



Knott, Governor, 238. 



Lady's-slipper, showy {Cypripedi- 



um spectabUe), 6-8. 

 Lady's-slipper, stemless or pink 



(Cypripedium acaule), 6, 71. 

 Lark, shore or horned (Otocoris al- 



pesti-is) and prairie horned lark 



(O. a. pratieola), 163, 164, 287 ; in 

 confinement, 288 ; notes of, 163, 

 164, 287, 288. 



Larkins, his house in the Cats- 

 kills, 37, 56, 57 ; directions from, 

 38, 39 ; his dog, 59, 60. 



Licks, of Kentucky, the, 225. 



Lilies, scarlet, 98. 



Lily, meadow, 17. See Pond-lily. 



Limestone, of Kentucky, 234. 



Linnaeus, quotation from, 266. 



Lion's-foot, 30. 



Liver-leaf, or hepatica, 14. 



Loon (Urinator imber), 309. 



Loosestrife, purple, 12, 29. 



Lynx, Canada (Lynx canadensis). 

 198. 



Mallow. See Marsh-mallow. 



Mammoth Cave, general impres- 

 sions of, 241, 242, 248 ; relics of 

 1812, 242 ; the clock, 243 ; timid- 

 ity of visitors, 243, 244 ; a dark 

 city, 244; as a sanitarium, 244, 

 245 ; the Star Chamber, 245, 246 ; 

 musical rocks, 246, 247 ; water 

 in, 247, 248 ; Goring Dome, 248 ; 

 the entrance, 248, 249 ; a river of 

 cool air, 249, 250. 



Maple, red, 17. 



Maple, sugar, keys of, 152 ; starting 

 of the sap, 159 ; a good sap day, 

 100, 161. 



March, atypical day of, 161 ; tokens 

 of, 219, 220. 



Marigold, marsh, 19. 



Marsh-mallow (Altkcea officinalis), 

 12. 



Martin, Mrs., her Home Life on an 

 Ostrich Farm, 86. 



Martin, purple {Progne subis), eggs 

 of, 65. 



Meadow-beauty, or rhexia, 10. 



Meadowlark {Sturnella magna), 

 236 ; notes of, 165, 167. 



Medeola. See Indian cucumber 

 root. 



Melilotus. See Clover, sweet. 



Milkweed, marsh, 13. 



Mimicry, 308, 309. 



Mimulus, purple, or monkey-flower, 

 29. 



Mink {Putorius vison), 103, 104; 

 tracks of, 126, 127 ; 309. 



Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), 

 239, 302 ; song of, 308. 



Monarda, or bee-balm, 11. 



Monkey-flower. See Mimulus. 



Moose {Alee aloes), pursuit of a, 

 280, 281. 



