INDEX 
crested pewee (Empidonaz vi- 
rescens), 210; nest of, 122. 
Flycatcher, white-eyed. See Vireo, 
white-eyed. 
Flycatchers, characteristics of, 49, 
50; as nest-builders, 122; 150; 
characteristics of the family, and 
of certain species, 209, 210. 
Fox, gray (Urocyon cinereo-argen- 
tatus), 38. 
Fox, red (Vulpes vulpes, var. ful- 
vus), 39; track of, 49; 104. 
Frogs, 128, 130; spawn of, 130, 137 ; 
172, 178, 182. See Bullfrog and 
Hyla. 
Gentian, closed, 74. 
Gnatcatcher, blue-gray (Polioptila 
cerulea), 149-151; notes of, 150, 
151; nest of, 116. 
Goldfinch, American, or yellow-bird 
(Spinus tristis), arrival of, 12; 32, 
56, 136, 206; nest of, 94. 
Grackle, purple. See Blackbird, 
crow. 
Grape, frost, 20. 
Grasshoppers, large, 127. 
Great Egg Harbor, 124. 
Grosbeak, blue (Guiraca cerulea), 
102, 110; resemblance to the in- 
digo-bird, 111; notes of, 110, 111, 
215; nest of, 102, 110. 
Grosbeak, cardinal, or Virginia red- 
bird, or cardinal (Cardinalis car- 
ae 153, 154; notes of, 153, 
Grosbeak, rose-breasted (Habia lu- 
doviciana), 55; notes of, 55. 
Grosbeaks, songs of, 142. 
Grouse, 218. 
Grouse, ruffed. See Partridge. 
Guides, in the Adirondacks, 71, 72 ; 
in the Catskills, 162-165. 
Hairbird. See Sparrow, social. - 
Hare, northern (Lepus america- 
nus), 39, 82. 
Hawk, fish, or American osprey 
(Pandion haliaétus carolinensis), 
conduct of a stepfather, 100, 101; 
neat of, 100, 107. 
Hawk, hen, soaring of, 33, 34. 
Hawk, pigeon, pursuing a small 
bird, 32; 73. 
Hawk, red-shouldered (Buteo lin- 
eatus), 221. 
Hawk, red-tailed (Buteo borealis), 
104, 114; nest of, 114. 
Hawk, sharp-shinned (Accipiter ve- 
lox), 91. 
229 
Hazel, 20. 
Hemlock, 39, 68, 157, 158. 
Hen, domestic, 8, 128, 222. 
Hepatica, or liver-leaf, or liverwort, 
, 146, 
Heron, great blue (Ardea hero- 
dias), 74.. 
Herons, 107. 
Hewett’s, in the Adirondacks, 69-71. 
High-hole. See Woodpecker, golden- 
winged. 
Honeysuckle, swamp, 164. 
Houstonia, 128, 137, 146, 148. 
Hummingbird, ruby-throated (Tro- 
chilus colubris), 54, 55, 85, 115, 
ay notes of, 85; nest of, 5, 115, 
Hunter, an Americanized Irishman, 
87, 88, 91. 
Byls, 187. ; 
yla, Pickering’s, or peeping frog 
(Hyla pickeringit), 11. 
Indian Pass, 88, 90. 
Indigo-bird (Passerina cyanea), 56 ; 
its resemblance to the blue gros- 
beak, 111; notes of, 108, 111; 
nest of, 108. 
Tron ore, 89. 
Jacking for deer, 77-82. 
Jay, blue (Cyanocitta cristata), 86, 
103 n., 181 ; notes of, 181; nest of, 
107. 
Jay, Canada (Perisoreus canaden- 
sis), 223, 
Tulys bird music gradually ceasing 
in, 30. 
June, an important month with or- 
nithologists, 40. 
Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), 5; 
arrival of, 12; 49, 50, 103 n., 142, 
210; notes of, 5, 167; nest of, 122. 
Kinglet, golden-crowned (Regulus 
satrapa), 136. 
Kinglet, ruby-crowned (Regulus 
calendula), notes of, 141, 142, 213, 
214, 
Kinglets, 213, 
Lady’s-slipper, yellow, 148. 
Lake, a search for a, 162-187. 
Lake Henderson, 89, 90. 
Lakes, wildness of mountain, 74, 75. 
Lake Sandford, 84, 86, 90. 
Lark, shore, or horned lark (Oto- 
coris alpestris), 185, 218, 223; 
notes of, 135. 
