INDEX 



233 



Didigo-bird, or indigo bunting {Pas- 

 serina eyrniea), a petit duplicate 

 of the blue grosbeak, 146, 147 ; 

 BOug of, Wo \ nest of, 147. 



Jackdaw, nest of, 133. 



Jacques Oartier Rirer, trouting on, 

 203-219. 



Jay, blue (Cyanooiita crisiata), 48 ; 

 worrying a screech owl, 49, 50. 



Jay, Canada {Perisoreus canaden- 

 sis), 215. 



Jay, European, notes of, 132. 



Junco, Blate-colored. See Snow- 

 bird. 



Kingbird ( Tyrannus tyrannus)^ wor- 

 rying hawks, 39, 134, 187. 



Kingfisher, belted (Ceryle alcyon), 

 165, 189 ; notes of, 189, 215 ; nest 

 of, 189. 



Kinglet {Regulus sp.), 215. 



La Chance, 197-199, 220, 221. 

 Lake, nature as seen from a, 210, 



211 ; life in and about a, 211, 212. 

 Lake Jacques Cartier, Great, 203 ; 



an excursion to, 217, 218. 

 Lake Jacques Cartier, Little, 204 ; 



trout-fishing in, 210-214. 

 Lake Memphremagog, 190. 

 Lake St. John, 194, 195. 

 Lark. See Skylark. 

 Lark, shore or horned {Otocoris 



alpesti'is), 134. 

 Ledges, the fascination of, 178. 

 Lily, spotted, 97. 

 Linden. See Basswood. 

 Locusts, as an article of food, 25. 

 Longspur, Lapland {CalcaHus lap- 



poni£us\ 134. 

 Loon ( Urinator imber), 211-213 ; 



laughter of, 208, 211, 213. 



Maiden, a backwoods, 173, 174. 



Maple, red, 2. 



Maple, sugar, 2. 



Marigold, marsh, 97. 



Marmot. See Woodchuck. 



Meadowlark {Sturnella magna), 97. 



Metapedia River, 228. 



Midges, 107, 108. 



Mockingbird {Mimus polyglottos), 



133 ; song of, 125, 131. 

 Montmorenci, Falls of, 222, 223. 

 Moose {Alee dices), 202. 

 Morancy River, 202. 

 Mountains, poetry of, 157, 158. 

 Mouse, common house (ittws musctir- 



lus), 134. 



Neversink River, trouting on, 101- 

 114 ; trouting on the East Branch 

 of, 166. 



Wew Brunswick, journey through, 

 228, 229 ; streams of, 228. 



K^ightingale, notes of, 131, 132. 



Observation, powers and habits of, 



27, 28, 43-47. 

 Oriole, Baltimore {Icterus galhula), 



nest of, 28. 

 Osprey, American. See Hiiwk, fish. 

 Ouzel, ring, 133. 

 Oven-bird {Seiurus aurocapillus), 



165. 

 Owl, screech {Megascops asio), 



worried by other birds, 49, 60 ; in 



captivity, 50, 51 ; wail of, 164. 



Panther, American {FeUsconcolor)t 



cry of, 131. 

 Partridge, or ruffed grouse {Bonasa 



umbellus), 42, 177. 

 Peakamoose, 158. 

 Pewee, wood ( Contopus virens), 



notes of, 126. 

 Phoebe-bird {Sayornis phcehe), 151, 



178 ; nest of, 178. 

 Pigeon, ysiBa&n.ger{Bctopistesmigra- 



torius), 142, 170, 201; nests of, 



102, 170, 171. 

 Pipit, American, or titlark {Anthus 



pensilvanicus), 45. 

 Porcupine, Canada {Eretkizon dorsa- 



tus), adventure with a, 109-111 ; 



description of. 111 ; his armor of 



quiUs, 111, 112 ; at Balsam Lake, 



121, 168. 

 Porpoise, white, 223. 



Quebec, 192-194. 



Raccoon, or coon {Procyon lotor), 

 voice of, 132 ; den of, 177. 



Rain, waves and pulsations of, 69 ; 

 history of, 69, 70 ; relaxing effect 

 of, 71 ; necessary to the mind, 72 ; 

 after drought, 75, 76 ; importance 

 to man of an abundance, 77 ; 

 curious things reported to have 

 fallen in, 77, 78 ; the formation of, 

 78-80; storms, 80-83; effect of 

 electricity on, 82 ; in winter and 

 spring, 82, 83 ; signs of, 84^87 ; in 

 camp, 102-106. See Thunder- 

 storms and "Weather. 



Raspberry, red, 3, 225. 



Rat, 135, 170. 



Rat, wood {Neoioma floridana). 

 169, 170. 



