INDEX 



321 



Mountain-ash, 42. 



Mountain-climbing, in the Catskills, 

 33-GO. 



Mountains, their meaning to Orien- 

 tal minds, 44, 45. 



Mt. Graham, 43. 



Mount SterUng, 223. 



Mt. Wittenberg, 35, 38, 56, 57. 



Mouse, meadow, 25G; crossing a 

 lake, 309-311. 



Mouse, white-footed, a mother with 

 her young, 311. 



Mouse-ear, 21-23. 



Muskrat {Fiber zibethicus), 103, 

 104 ; In a doorway, 177, 178 ; 303. 



Nature, the language of, 118 ; vari- 

 ous forms of the love of, 203, 

 204 ; the real lover of, 205, 206 ; 

 the passion for Nature not a mere 

 curiosity about her, 207, 208 ; the 

 creative touch of the imagination 

 needed in descriptions of, 213, 

 215 ; fresh impressions of, 215- 

 220 ; many dramas played at once 

 on her stage, 268 ; all things to 

 all men, 269, 270 ; the gradations 

 in, 307-309. 



Neversink, the, 34. 



Newt, water, 162. 



Night, Jefferies on, 213 ; Whitman 

 on, 213, 214 ; in Senancour's Ober- 

 mann, 214, 215. 



Nightingale, song of, 308. 



Oaks, English, 212. 



Obermann, by ]&tienne Pivert de 

 Senancour, quotation from, 214, 

 215, 



Observation, the gift of, 90 ; alert- 

 ness of mind necessary in, 118, 

 286 ; a translation of nature's lan- 

 guage into human speech neces- 

 sary in, 118 ; on the part of wild 

 creatures, 119 ; selective and de- 

 tective, 208, 211 ; an unbiased 

 mind necessary in, 252; special- 

 ized, 252, 253 ; all possible sources 

 of error to be taken into account 

 in, 253 ; a steady and patient as 

 well as sharp eye necessary in, 

 262-269, 286 ; love of nature the 

 first step in, 283; the critical 

 habit of mind necessary in, 291. 



Oriole, Baltimore (Icterus galbula), 

 236-238, 286; nest and eggs of, 

 65, 66, 124, 237, 238. 



Osmunda fern, royal, 16. 



Osprey, American, or fish hawk 

 (Pandion halia'etus carolinensis), 



regular habits of an osprey, 172, 



173; 257. 

 Ostrich, 86. 

 Otter, American {Lutra hudsonica\ 



tracks of, 303, 304 ; habits of, 304. 

 Oven-bird. See Thrush, golden- 

 crowned. 

 Owl, great homed {Bubo virgini- 



anus), 197 ; nest of, 61. 

 Owl, screech {Megascops asio), a 



brood of young, 294 ; notes of, 



220 ; nest of, 61. 

 Owl, snowy {Nyctea nyctea), 197. 



Owls, the eggs of, 62 ; 198. 

 ' I, 99, 100. 



Oxen, 



Panther Mountain, 43, 56, 57. 



Partridge. See Grouse, ruffed. 



Peak-o'-Moose, 43. 



Peeper. See Hyla. 



Perch, 16, 212. 



Phcebe-bird {Sayomis phoebe), 286, 

 293, 294 ; nest and eggs of, 62-64, 

 70, 249, 260, 297. 



Pickerel, 16. 



Pigeon, passenger {Ectopistes mi- 

 graiorius), 101 ; nest of, 62. 



Pike, barred, 212. 



Pink, prairie, 98. 



Pitcher plant, 6. 



Polygala, fringed, 20, 21. 



Pond-lily, 15-18. 



Porcupine, Canada {Erethizon dor- 

 sattis), 36, 37, 47, 53, 58, 309. 



Prairie, the, notes from, 87-109 ; 

 like the ocean, 88 ; life in the fif- 

 ties on, 97-107; game on, 101- 

 107 ; a dead level, 224. 



Prairie hen. See Grouse, pinnated. 



Primrose. See Evening primrose. 



Proctor, Professor, 224. 



Pussy-willows, 220. 



Quail, or bob- white {Colinus virgin- 

 ianus), 101 ; setting, 136 ; young 

 of, 137 ; answering a call, 175, 

 176 ; hatching of the young, 291, 

 292 ; notes of, 175, 176 ; nest and 

 eggs of, 75, 135-137, 291, 292. 



Rabbit, 48. 



Rabbit, gray (Leptis sylvaticus\ 



176 ; a captive, 182, 183 ; timidity 



and witlessness of, 197, 198. 

 Raccoon {Procyon loior), 163 ; a 



captive, 178, 179 ; courage of, 196, 



197. 

 Rain, in camp, 48. 

 Rat, pet squirrel and, 96 ; 104. 

 Red-bird, summer, or summer 



