INDEX 



Akeuohb, 2. 



Angler, a bom, 98-100 ; eagerness 



of the, 204, 205. 

 Arbutus, 2. 

 Asters, 6. 

 Audubon, John James, 125, 144, 



145. 

 Aurora borealia, an, 108, 109. 



Balsam Lake, 118-122. 



Barrington, Baines, his table of 

 English song-birds, 130, 131. 



Basswood, or linden, 5. 



Bear, black {Ursus americanus), 

 116, 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- 

 ciousnesB of English and Ameri- 

 can, 134 ; species common to Eu- 

 rope and America, 134 j small and 

 large editions of various species 

 of, 143-147 ; their ingeniiity 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 sialis), 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 {Dolichonyx oryzivorus). 

 61, 97, 116: song of, 57, 125. 



Boy, 171. 



Brooks. See Trout streams. 



Buckwheat, 6. 



Bumble-bee, 4, 61. 



Bunting, European, notes of, 132. 



Bunting, indigo. See Indigo-bird. 



Bunting, snow, or snowflake (Pleo- 

 irophenaz nwalis), 134. 



Butcher-bird, or northern shrike 

 (Zanms borealis)^ 134 ; appear- 

 ance and habits of, 135-142 ; notes 

 of, 140-142. See Shrike. 



Buttercup, 97. 



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



in the rain, 102-106 : books in, 



161. 

 Camp-fire, the, 159, 160. 

 Camping, by trout stream and lake, 



101-123 ; in a log stable, 105-112 ; 



pleasures and discomforts of, 122, 



123; m the CatskiUs, 149-175; 



thoughts of the camper, 160 ; in 



Canada, 203-219. 

 Canada, an excursion in, 189-229; 



dwelling-houses in, 191, 225 ; 



churches in, 225. 

 Cape Eternity, 227. 

 Cape Trinity, 226, 227. 

 Caribou {Rangifer iarandus var. 



carihou\ 219. 

 Catbird {Galeoscopies earoHnensis)^ 



song of, 126. 

 Catfish and snake, 47, 48. 

 Catnip, 4. 

 CatsMU Mountains, campine: in, 



149-175. 

 Cattle, in Canada, 196. 

 Cedar-bird, or cedar waxwing {Am- 



pelis cedrorum), a small edition of 



the Bohemian waxwing, 143 ; plu- 

 mage of, 144 ; notes of, 144. 

 Chickadee (Parus airicapillus\ 38 ; 



notes of, 126. 

 Chipmunk {Tamias striatus) iTi%li\i' 



