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INDEX. 



Blackbird, Red-winged (Agelaius 

 pluenicem), 49, 195, 223. 



Black-capped tit (Pwus atricapU- 

 lus), 285. 



Bluebird (Sialia sialis), 50, 255, 262, 

 284. 



Bluet (Hbustonia ocerulea), 117. 



Boleosoma Olmstedi, 210. 



Bonaparte, C. L., 18. 



Boneset (Eupatorium perfolia- 

 turri), 79. 



Bordentown, New Jersey, 171, 

 176, 187, 268. 



Botaurus lentiginosus, 127. 



Bowlders, 64. 



Brainerd, John, Indian mission- 

 ary, quoted, 235. 



Branta canadensis, 9, 126, 144. 



Brasenia peltata, 215. 



Brewer, Thos. M., 55, 88, 172, 274. 



Brinton, Dr. D. G., on Delaware 

 Indian idols, quoted, 236. 



Bristol, Pennsylvania, porpoises 

 seen near, 215. 



Bubo virginianus, 145. 



Bufo americanus, 81. 



Bullfrog (Bana Catesbyana), 11, 

 200. 



Bunting, Bay -winged (Poxcetes 

 gramineus), 51, 203. 



Burlington, New Jersey, 68, 146, 

 215. 



Burrows of mammals, how con- 

 structed, 245. 



Butler, Amos W. , on animal weath- 

 er-lore, quoted, 28. 



Butterflies, Migrations of, 80. 



Butterfly Plexippus (Danais plex- 

 ippus), 79. 



Butterfly, Red admiral (Vanessa 

 atalanta), 79. 



Butternut (Juglans einerea), 68, 

 145. 



Button -bush (Oep7udanthus occi- 

 dental), 66, 85, 133. 



Button-wood (Platanus occidenta- 



lis), 103. 

 Buzzard, Turkey (Catliartes aura), 



42, 176. 

 Buzzard's Rest, 21, 38. 



Calthapalustris, 118. 

 Oalystegia sepium, 66. 

 Campanius, Thomas, historian of 



"New Sweden," quoted, 165, 



214, 271. 

 Canis lupus, 145. 

 Cardinal-grosbeak ( Cardinalis vir- 



ginianus), 34, 53, 97, 293, 294. 

 Cardinalis virginianus, 34, 53, 97, 



293, 294. 

 Carpenter-bee (Xylocopa virgin- 



iea), 265. 

 Carpinus americanus, Z, 3, 38, 68, 



200. 

 Carpodacus purpureus, 289. 

 Carya alba, 145. 



" porcina, 2, 38, 68. 

 Castanea pumila, 145, 198, 256, 



297. 

 Castanea vesca, 146, 271, 297. 

 Cat, Domestic, as a weather proph- 

 et, 30. 

 Catalpa( Catenas bignonioides), 82, 



257, 295. 

 Cat -bird (Galeoscoptes carolinen- 



sis), 56, 105, 109, 206. 

 Catfish (Amiurus catus), 108, 273. 

 " Stone (Noturus gyrinus), 



59. 

 Cathartes aura, 42, 176. 

 Cat-tail (Typha latifolia), 137. 

 Cedar -bird (Ampelis cedrorum), 



49. 

 Celastrus scandens, 78. 

 Centaury (Sdbbatia angularis),65. 

 Centurus carolinensis, 112. 

 Cephalanlhus occidentalis, 66, 85, 



133. 

 Certhia familiaris, 286. 

 Ceryle aleyon, 11, 38, 41, 293. 

 Chalkley, Thomas, Journal of,155. 



267. 

 Chat, Yellow - breasted (Icteria 



mrens), 18, 56, 195. 

 Chestnut (Castaneav>esea),\^o,Z1\, 



297. 

 Chewink (Pipilo erythrophthal- 



mus), 202. 

 Chinkapin (Castanea pumila), 145, 



198, 256, 297. 



