230 
Larks and their allies, characteris- 
tics of, 218. 
Laurel, 20, 155. 
Liver-leaf. See Hepatica. 
Liverwort. See Hepatica. 
Lower Iron Works, 84-86. 
Lupine, or sun-dial, 147. 
Mandrake, 147. 
Maple, 73, 157. 
Maple, sugar, 190. 
Maple-sugar making, 190. 
March, at Washington, 128. 
Martin, purple (Progne subis), 141. 
May, the month of swallows and 
orioles 11; the transition month, 
Meadowlark (Sturnella magna), 
218; notes of, 8, 11, 129. 
Merganser, red-breasted (Mergan- 
ser serrator), a brood of, 90. 
Mice, 221 
Midges, or no-see-ems, 166, 167. 
Mill Brook, 159, 162. 
Mockingbird ims, polyglottos), 
213; notes of, 21, 
Mockingbird, Cokie species of, 
223. 
moore (Alce alces, var. americanus), 
2. 
Morning in camp, 82. 
Mount Golden, 85. 
Mount Marcy, 85. 
Mount McIntyre, 85. 
Muskrat, or musquash (Fiber zibe- 
thicus), 74, 78. 
Nate’s Pond, 74-84. 
Neversink River, 159. 
Nightingale, song of, 214. 
Nuthatch (Sita), notes of, 7, 73; 
nest of, 103, 104. 
Nuttall, Thomas, 22, 118, 214. 
Oak, 155. 
Orchis, great purple, 68. 
Oriole, Baltimore (Icterus galbula), 
11, 103n.; domestic troubles, 118- 
120 ; nest of, 107, 116-120. 
Oriole, orchard, See Starling, or- 
chard. 
Ornithology, delights of the study, 
201-204 books on, 204, 205, 214- 
Osprey. See Hawk, fish. 
Owl, screech (Megascops asio), a 
brood of young, 51; dichroma- 
tism of, 52. 
Owls, 8, 79. 
INDEX 
Fanther, American (Felis concolor), 
Partridge, or ruffed grouse (Bonasa 
umbellus), with a brood of young, 
62, 63, 184; habits of, 63, 64; 73, 
86, 90, 91, 179, 180, ‘O18; drum. 
ming of, 8, Ww 63, 64, 167, 182; 
notes of, 62, 63, 184; nest of, 15, 
Pepacton River, 159, 
Perch, 
Perch, white (Morone americana), 
Perch, yellow (Perca jlavescens), 
Persimmon-tree, 204. 
Pewee. See Pheebe-bird. 
Pewee, green-crested. 
catcher, green-crested. 
Pewee, wood (Contopus virens), 
1, 103 n. ; nates. of, 49, 50, 210; 
nest of, 122, 2: 
Pheebe-bird, o ‘pewee (Sayornis 
phebe), arrival of, 6; 195, 210; 
notes of, 6; nest of, 50, 51, 120, 
121, 210. 
Pickerel, 90. 
Pigeon, ‘wild, or passenger pigeon 
CE Ectopistes ’ migratorius), 86, 91, 
160, 222; nest of, 122, 160. 
Pigeons, 99, 218. 
Pine, 73. 
Piny Branch, walks in the region of, 
145-154, 
See Fly- 
Pipit, American, or titlark (Anthus 
pensilvanicus), 217-219 ; notes of, 
218; nest of, 218. 
Pitcher-plant, 14. 
Plovers, 218. 
Poplar, silver, 131. 
Porcupine, Canada, or hedgehog 
(Lrethizon dorsatus), 166. 
Potentilla, 146. 
Quail, or bob-white (Colinus virgin- 
tanus), 19, 218; notes of, 8. 
Rabbit, gray (Lepus sylvaticus), 38. 
Hacconn: or coon (Procyon lotor), 
39. 
Raspberry, red, 90. 
Red-bird, summer, or summer tan- 
ager (Piranga rubra), 56. 
Red-bird, Virginia. See Grosbeak, 
Reds a ha, la), 19, 
edstart (Seto a ruticilla), 19, 
149, 206. ee ) 
Robin (Merula migratoria), arrival 
of, 3; habits of, 4, 24; 7, 71, 99; 
