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INDEX 



Junco. See Snowbird. 

 Juniper, 11. 



Kmgbird ( Tyrannus fyrannus), eggs 

 devoured by a fish crow, 69, 70 ; 

 83, 167, 212 ; nest of, 69, 70. 



Kinglet, ruby crowned {Regulus 

 calendula), song of, 168. 



Kinglets, 60, 61. 



Lady's-slipper, yellow, 26. 



Lark, shore or horned {Otocoris 



alpestris), 57, 134. 

 Laurel, 51. 

 Linnsea, 125. 

 Linnet, pine, or pine siskin ( Spinus 



pinus), 41. 

 Log-cock. See Woodpecker, pile- 



ated. 

 Looms, 231. 

 Loon {Urinator imber), habits and 



appearance of, 106-108 ; 196 ; notes 



of, 106, 107. 

 Lotus, tree. See Sugar-berry. 

 Lowell, James Russell, his Al 



Fresco, 27 ; quotations from, 43, 



Maine, camping in, 99-126. 

 Maple, European, 173, 175. 

 Maple, soft, 173 ; wood of, 261. 

 Maple, sugar, supplying food for 



squirrels, 54, 65; tapped by a 



woodpecker, 145, 146; buds and 



flowers of, 175 ; effect of tapping 



on, 242 ; wood of, 260, 261. 

 March, a typical day of, 4 ; the full 



streams of, 177-180. 

 Marigold, marsh, 173. 

 Meadowlark (Stumella magna) in 



winter, 60 ; 63. 

 Merganser, 126, 



Mice, wild, in winter, 58, 59, 93. 

 Miller, Joachin, quotations from, 



158, 159. 

 Millinery, barbarous, 214. 

 Mockingbird {Mimus polygloUos), 



211, 212. 

 Moose {Alee alces), hunting, 117- 



119. 

 Moth, violet-colored, 170. 

 Mountain-ash, 134. 

 Mount Bigelow, 124. 

 Mouse, meadow, tunnels and nests 



of, 179; swimming, 179. 

 Mouse, white-footed {Calomys 



americanus), in winter, 59 ; 206. 



See Mice, wild. 

 Moving a building, 229, 230. 

 Mowing, 226, 236, 237. 



Moxie Lake, camping on, 99, 101, 

 109-126 ; description of, 112. 



Muskrat {Fiber zibethicus), as a 

 weather prophet, 16 ; 179. 



Nathan, Uncle, a guide, 100-102; 

 his characteristics, 103, 104, 108 ; 

 tells a yarn, 109-111 ; his hunting 

 stories, 115-121 ; his method of 

 making a winter camp, 121, 122 ; 

 peering through the woods, 122, 

 123, 125. 



Naturalist, the closet, 213. 



Nature, best seen at home, 1-4; 

 ceaseless experiments of, 13 ; and 

 science, 20 ; her facts must be put 

 through a mental or emotional 

 process in order to be of value, 

 31-33 ; man's one interest in, 33. 



New Day, Tlie, by Richard Watson 

 Gilder, 159. 



New York, settlement of, 221. 



Nightingale, 169. 



Nuthatches, 61, 91, 129, 132, 135, 

 146, 147 ; notes of, 241. 



Oak, the master wood, 259. 



Oak, black, 259. 



Oak, red, 259. 



Oak, rock, 259. 



Oak, white, 28, 259. 



Oaks, 11, 52. 



Observation, best done at home, 

 1-4 ; cross-questioning necessary 

 in, 11 ; patience and perseverance 

 necessary in, 13, 14 ; of the an- 

 cients, 18-20; specialization in 

 powers of, 29 ; quick perception 

 necessary in, 31 ; capacity to take 

 a bint necessary in, 31, 32. 



Oriole, Baltimore {Icterus galbula), 

 destruction of three broods of, 

 66 ; 83, 167, 202, 203 ; nest of, 66, 

 67, 71, 203. 



Ornithologists, 210, 213. 



Otter, American {Lutra hudsonica), 

 196. 



Owl, a stuffed, 202, 203. 



Owl, screech, or red, or mottled 

 {Megnscops asio), 06 ; two winter 

 neighbors, 129-133; strange death 

 of a, 203 ; notes of, 130 ; nest of, 

 132. 



Owl8,'6, 202, 203, 238. 



Partridge. See Grouse, ruffed. 



Pepper-root. See Toothwort. 



Perch, white, 197. 



Perch, yellow, 197. 



Yewee, \food {Contopus virens), her 



