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INDEX 



ened by a shrike, 138, 13^ ; steal- 

 ing strawberriea, 179, 180 ; play- 

 ing tag, 183 ; never more than 

 one jump from home, 183. 



Clouds, natural history of, 78-80 ; 

 rain-clouds and wind-clouds, 85- 

 87. 



Clover, red, 4. 



Clover, white, 3. 



Coon. See Raccoon. 



Corn, Indian, 4. 



Corydalis, 2. 



Crossbills, 134. 



Crow, American {Corvus ameri- 

 canus)j 48, 126, 187 ; notes of, 187. 



Crow, fish (Corvus ossifragus)^ a 

 sneak thief, 187. 



Cuckoo (Coccyzus sp.), parents, 

 eggs, and young, 36, 37 ; breeding 

 habits of, 37, 46 ; appearance and 

 habits of, 126-129 ; notes of, 127, 

 128 ; nest of, 36, 37, 127, 129. 



Cuckoo, European, 126-129 ; in lit- 

 erature, 126-129 ; notes of, 127- 

 129. 



Daisy, ox-eye, 59, 60. 



Dandelion, 4. 



Deer, Virginia (Cat'iacus virgin- 



ianus), 116. 

 Delaware River, 100, 101. 

 Dove, mourning (Zenaidura tuo- 



croura), notes of, 125. 

 Drought, 72-75. 

 Ducks, wild, voices of, 132; 211, 



215, 216. 



Eagle, bald {Haliceetus leucoeepha- 

 lus), 211, 215 ; nest of, 226. 



Esopus Creek, 101. 



Eyes, of man, 27, 28, 43 ; of birds, 

 43. 



Farmer, an observing, 34-40. 

 Farmers, their dependence on the 



weather, 65 ; weather-wisdom of, 



84, 86. 

 Fieldfare, 133 ; notes of, 132. 

 Finch, purple {Carpodacus purpu- 



reus), the alter ego of the pine 



grosbeak, 145 ; song of, 145. 

 Fishing. See Trout-fishing. 

 Flicker. See High-hole. 

 Flies, black, 200, 218. 

 Flycatcher, great crested {Myiar- 



chus criniius)f 134 ; nest of, 40. 

 Forest, a spruce, 200, 201 ; a burnt, 



202. 

 Fox, red {Vulpes vulpes, var. ful- 



vus), bark of, 131 ; 135, 177. 



French Canadians, 196-199, 216, 

 221. 



Ghost story, a, 163, 164. 



Girl's voice, a, 172. 



Goethe, on the weather, 67, 68, 79. 



Goldenrod, 6. 



Goldfinch, American {Spimts iris- 

 tis\ a shrike in a flock of, 136-138. 



Goose, wild or Canada {Branta can- 

 adensis)^ notes of, 126, 132. 



Grande BrQlure, La, 202. 



Greenfinch, 134. 



Grosbeak, blue {6m/raca ccerulea)^ 

 its resemblance to the indigo-bird, 

 146, 147 ; song of, 146, 147 ; nest 

 of, 146. 



Grosbeak, pine (Pmicola enuclea- 

 ior), 134 ; appearance and habits 

 of, 145, 146 ; song of, 145. 



Grouse, ruffed. See Partridge. 



Grouse, spruce or Canada {Den- 

 dragapus canadensis), 201. 



Guide, a Canadian, 195, 196, 198, 

 216,220,221. 



Hawk, worried by the kingbird, 39, 

 136. See Hen-hawk. 



Hawk, chicken, a provident, 49. 



Hawk, fish, or American osprey 

 {Pandion haliaetus carolinensis), 

 211, 215. 



Hen-hawk, a love passage, 38; in- 

 cubating habits, 39. 



Hepatica, 2. 



Highfall Brook, 112. 



High-hole, or golden-shafted wood- 

 pecker, or flicker {Colaptes aura- 

 tus), a household of, 32-34 ; a tame 

 young one, 34-36 ; nest of, 32-34. 



Honey, as an article of food, 22, 23 ; 

 with the ancients and in mythol- 

 ogy, 23-25 ; of various countries, 

 25,26. 



Honey-bee, gathering honey and 

 pollen, 1-7 ; wax-making, 7, 8 ; 

 life of the drone, ^9 ; life of the 

 queen, 9-13 ; democratic govern- 

 ment, 11 ; description of queen 

 and drone, 12 ; swarming, 13-21 ; 

 wildness of, 14 ; favorite hives, 

 21 ; mortality of, 21, 22 ; acuteness 

 of sight, 22. 



Honey-locust, 3. 



Horse-fly, 200. 



Hummingbird, ruby-throated {Tro- 

 chilus colubris), strange death of 

 a, 38 ; nest of, 187. 



Hyla, Pickering's, in the woods, 

 44. 



