INDEX 



Irrigation, 15. 

 Isanotski Volcano, 97, 98. 



Jacob's ladder, 88. 



Jaeger (Stercorarius sp.), 64, 121. 



Jamaica, visit to, 223-277 ; a coun- 

 try cursed with perpetual sum- 

 mer, 223; arrival at, 226; road- 

 sides in, 228, 229; streams in, 

 230-232; roads in, 233,274; stars 

 in, 249, 256 ; hospitality in, 253 ; 

 -woods in, 262, 263; grasses in, 

 263; leaves of the trees in, 264; 

 the landscape in, 264, 265; mam- 

 mals of, 265, 269; birds of , 265- 

 268 ; future of, 273 ; taxation in, 

 273, 274; agriculture in, 274, 275; 

 labor in, 275, 276 ; road-making 

 in, 276 ; return from, 277. See 

 aXso Negroes, Jamaican. 



Jay, blue (Cyanodtta cristata), 

 thieving propensity of, 166, 167; 

 183-185. 



Jay, Steller's (Cyanocitta steU 

 lerl), 33, 128. 



John Crow Mountains, 269. 



Joseph, a colored servant, 248. 



Judas Yale, Jamaica, 236, 237. 



Junco, Oregon (Juneo hyemalis 

 oreganus\ 33, 45. 



Juneau, 34, 126. 



Eachemac Bay, 80. 



Kadiak, the village, 85-87, 124. 



Kadiak Island, 81-92, 124. 



Katherine's Peak, 248-261. 



Katydid, 208. 



Keeler, Charles A., 66, 91, 92. 



Kelly, Captain, 64. 



Kendal, Jamaica, 243. 



Kingbird, gray {Tyrannus domi- 



nicensis), 267. 

 Kinglet, golden-crowned ^Xegulus 



satrapa), 174, 178, 183, 184. 

 Kinglet, golden-crowned (Segiilus 



satrapa subsp.), 45, 55, 128. 

 Kinglet, ruby-crowned iRegulus 



calendula), rivalries of the 



males, 178, 179. 

 Kinglet, ruby-crowned (Begvlus 



calendula subsp.), 45. 



Kingston, a winter day in, 227, 228; 

 231, 247; seen from Katherine's 

 Feali:, 248; 252; a dull, hot, unin- 

 viting place, 259; the roosters 

 of, 259, 260 ; the dogs of, 260; 

 275. 



Kling-kling, 230. 



KondakofE, Stepan, 91. 



Kukak Bay, 82, 93. 



Lady's-slipper, at Kadiak, 88. 



Lady's - tresses {SjAranthes cer- 

 nua), 204. 



Laramie plains, the, 5. 



Lark, homed (Otocoris alpestris 

 subsp.), 4, 9, 12. 



Lark, prairie homed {Otocoris 

 alpesrtris pratieola), 165, 166. 



Larkspur, 11. 



Leucosticte, Hepburn's. See 

 Finch, rosy. 



Lice, grass, 229, 230. 



Lizards, in Jamaica, 228. 



Locomotive, riding on, 8, 9. 



Logwood, 233. 



Long Island, near Kadiak, 124, 

 125. 



Longspur, Lapland, or Alaska 

 longspur (CaicariMS lapponicus 

 alasceTisis), 98, 99 ; verses ad- 

 dressed to, 99; 106, 111, 115 ; Song 

 of, 98, 99, 120. 



Loosestrife, purple, 152, 153, 209, 

 210. 



Lowe Inlet, 27. 



Lupine, 11, 16, 64, 88. 



Lynn Canal, 35. 



Machete, the ubiquitous, 249, 250. 

 Magpie, black-billed (Fica pica 



hudsonia), 16, 85, 125. 

 Malaspina Glacier, 58, 66, 67. 

 Meadow-beauty, or rhexia, 202. 

 Meadowlark, western (Stumella 



magna neglecta), 12 ; song of, 4. 

 Merriam, Dr. C. Hart, 22. 

 Metlakahtla, 29-31. 

 Middleton Island, 67. 

 Milbank Sound, 26. 

 Milkweed, swamp, 209. 

 Mill, an old sugar, 242. 



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