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INDEX 



Caribou {Rangifer tarandus, var. 

 caribou), 119, 122. 



Carrion-flower. See SmiZax kerbor 

 cea. 



Catbird (Galeoscoptes caroli/nensis) 

 80, 167 ; as an egg-sucker, 206- 

 208 ; nest of, 207. 



Caterpillars, 164. 



Catfish, 197. 



CatskiUs, 165. 



Cedar, red, 260. 



Cedar-berries, 134. 



Cedar-bird, or cedar waxwing (^Am- 

 pelis cedrorum), 67, 83, 84, 91, 

 134 ; notes of, 84 ; nest of, 65. 



Celtia. See Sugar-berry. 



Chat, yellovF-breasted (Icteria vi- 

 rens), 80 ; nest of, 212. 



Chestnut, 11, 52. 



Chewink, or towhee {Pipilo ery- 

 thropkthalmus), 80. 



Chickadee (Parus atricapUlus), 51, 

 57, 132 ; on her nest, 206 ; notes 

 of, 206 ; neat of, 147, 206. 



Chipmunk {Tamias stHaius), in 

 winter, 56. 



Chippie, or hair-bird, or chipping 

 sparrow, or social sparrow {Spi- 

 zella socialis), 67, 203 ; nest of, 

 210. 



City and country, 219-221. 



Claytonia, 26, 170. 



Clintonia borealis, 125. 



Codfish, 198. 



Collectors, 210-214. 



Coltsfoot, 169. 



Copperhead, 164. 



Country and city, 212-221. 



Cowbird {Molothrus ater), parasit- 

 ical habits of, 72-74,210 ; a com- 

 panion of the cattle, 210. 



Cows, 234 ; foddering, 237 ; the 

 true pathfinders and pathmakers, 

 238 ; Bweet and wholesome in- 

 fluence of, 238 ; to and from the 

 pasture, 239 ; salting, 239 ; de- 

 lightful feeders, 240. 



Cranberry, mountain, 123. 



Creeper, brown {Certkia familiaris 

 americana), 61. 



Cress. See Watercress. 



Cress, spring, 165. 



Crossbills, 41. 



Crow, American {Corvus ameri- 

 canus\ food of, 50 ; 52, 127, 135 ; 

 associating with eagles, 195, 196 ; 

 notes of, 6. 



Crow, fish {Corvus ossifragus), 65 ; 

 a despicable thief, 70, 71; range of, 

 70 ; notes of, 70 ; nest of, 70, 71. 



Crustacean, a phyllopodouB, 21- 



23. 

 Cuckoo (Coccysw* sp.), 169. 

 Cuckoo, European, 19, 129. 



Dairy, the, 234-240. 



Dandelion, maturing and scattering 



its seed, 9 ; 26, 27, 170. 

 Darwin, Charles, 25, 31, 32, 151, 



157. 

 Deer, Virginia (Cariacus vwgmia- 



nw5), 119, 122. 

 Delaware River, 179, 180. 

 Dicentra, 169. 

 Dogs, 49. 

 Ducks, wild, 196. 

 Dutch, the, settling in New York, 



221 ; their bams, 222-224 ; their 



farmhouses, 223, 224. 



Eagles, among the ice-floes of the 

 Hudson, 195, 196 ; surrounded by 

 crows, 195, 196. 



Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quotations 

 from, 39, 42, 89, 158, 187, 188; 

 his love for the pine, 43, 44 ; sing- 

 ing of the sea, 158. 



England, beginning of spring in, 

 169 ; full watercourses in, 180. 



Ermine. See Wea.3el. 



Eubranchipus vernalis, 21-23. 



Farm, the, picturesque life and 

 scenes of, 224-230 ; homespun gar- 

 ments of, 230 ; wheels and looms, 

 231 ; taking the produce to mar- 

 ket, 231, 232 ; the essential charm 

 of, 232, 233 ; local industries, 233 ; 

 the dairy, 234-240; haying, 235- 

 237 ; sheep, 240 ; sugar-making, 

 240-243 ; fence-building, 243, 244 ; 

 its healthful Influence on the 

 farmer, 244, 245. 



Farmhouses, Dutch, 223 ; log, 225 ; 

 modern, 226 ; building, 228, 229 ; 

 moving, 229, 230 ; roofs of, 252. 



Fence-building, 243, 244. 



Ferns, birth of, 175. 



Finch, purple {Carpodacus pur- 

 pureus), 91. 



Fish, retreating up the Hudson, 

 197, 198. 



Flagg, Wilson, quotation from, 42, 



Flea, snow, 24. 



Flicker. See High-hole. 



Flycatcher, least {Empidonaz min- 

 imus), robbed by a catbird, 207 ; 

 rebuilding a nest, 207, 208 ; a mo- 

 ther shading her young, 208; 

 notes of, 207 ; nest of, 207, 208. 



