INDEX. 



Acer rubrum, 103. 



Acipenser sturio, 108, 142, 146, 220. 



Adder's - tongue (JSrythronium 



Americanum), 117. 

 ^Estivation among mammals, 180. 

 Agelaius phceniceus, 49,195, 223. 

 Alauda alpestris, 175, 287. 



" rubra, 175, 287. 

 Alder (Alnus serrulata), 124. 

 Alisma plantago, 85. 

 Alnus serrulata, 124. 

 Alosa sapidissima, 105, 108, 142. 

 Amber, Occurrence of, in Cross- 

 wicks valley, 163. 

 America," "Travels in, La Hon- 



tan's, 157. 

 American Naturalist, quoted, 87, 



129. 

 Amiurus catus, 108, 273. 

 Ampelis cedrorum, 49. 

 Ampelopsis quinquefolia, 44, 200, 



205, 256. 

 Amphicarpma monoica, 85. 

 Anas boschas, 283. 

 Anemone nemorosa, 117. 

 Anguilla rostrata, 254, 300. 

 Animals, Inquisitiveness among, 



12. 

 Anne, The shallop, 225. 

 Anthus ludovicianus, 175, 287. 

 Antrostomus vociferus, 11, 220. 

 Ants, 36. 



" brood of winged, 86, 88. 

 Apios tuberosa, 66, 271. 

 Apis meUifica, 16, 195, 241. 

 Araneina, 36. 

 Arctomys monax, 251. 

 Ardea herodias, 129, 177. 



Anicola riparia, 135, 200, 203. 

 Audubon, J. J., quoted, 118. 



Baltimore oriole (Icterus balti- 



more), 57, 198, 237. 

 Barton, Beni. Smith, on migration 



of birds, quoted, 174, 277, 279, 



296. 

 Bartram, John, quoted, 67. 



William, " 174. 

 Bascanion constrictor, 147, 264. 

 Bates, Henry W., on habits of 



Sauba ants, quoted, 89. 

 Bats (Vespertilionidm), Estivation 



of, 183. 

 Bats, 261. 

 Beaver -tree (Magnolia glauca), 



147. 

 Beech (Fagus ferruginm), 297. 

 Bee-martin (Tyrannus carolinen- 



«»), 172. 

 Bell - wort ( TTvularia perfoliata), 



117. 

 Betula nigra, 38, 68, 103. 

 Bill -fish (Tylosurus longirostris), 



217. 

 Birch (Betula nigra), 38, 68, 103. 

 Bird, Yellow (Ohrysomitris tris- 



tis), 51. 

 Birds, Color sense of, 40. 



" Migration of, 173, 178. 



" Quarrels among, 12. 

 Bittern, Great (Botaurus lentigi- 



nosus), 127. 

 Bitter-sweet (Solanum dulcama- 

 ra), 65. 

 Blackberry (Bubus vilhsus), 111, 



256, 280. 



