INDEX 



309 



Owl, Little red (Scops asio), 54. 

 " Snowy (Nyctea scandiaca), 

 226. 



Packard, Dr. A. S., on habits of 



ants, quoted, 91, 244. 

 Palaeolithic Man, Traces of, in 



New Jersey, 77. 

 Pandion carolinensis, 42. 

 Panicum crus-galli,lS7. 

 Parus atricapUlus, 285. 

 Pea, Climbing (AmphicarpoM mo- 



noica), 85. 

 Peach (Persiea vulgaris), 271. 

 Peale's Museum, 159. 

 Pearson, Isaac, 269. 

 Pearson's Inn, 270. 

 Peewee (Sayornis fuscus), 272. 

 " Wood (Oontopus virens), 



83. 

 Pelecanus trachyrhynchus, 144. 

 Pelican (Pelecanus trachyrhyn- 



chus), 144. 

 Perch, White (Morone americana), 



106, 142, 273, 297. 

 Persica vulgaris, 271. 

 Persimmon (Diospyras virgini- 



ana), 272. 

 Petrochelidon lunifrons, 273, 275. 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 145, 



178, 278. 

 Philohela minor, 196. 

 Phleum pratense, 138. 

 Phytolacca deeandra, 261. 

 Picidas, 16, 262, 293. 

 Pickerel - weed (Pontederia cor- 



data), 59, 109. 

 Picus pubescens, 294 

 Pigeon, Passenger (Sctopistes mi- 



gratorius), 177, 224. 

 Pigeon-woodpecker (Colaptes au- 



ratus), 53. 

 Pigs as weather prophets, 27. 

 Pike (Esox reticulatus), 106, 216. 

 Pipilo erythrophthalmus, 202. 

 Pipit. (See Bed Lark.) 

 Platanus occidentals, 103. 

 Plectrophanes lapponicus, 290. 



" nivalis, 290. 



" Plommons Udden,"271. 



Plum, Wild (Prunus americana), 



85, 271. 

 Poaetquissings Creek, 4, 133, 214. 

 Podilymbus podiceps, 177. 

 Podophyllum peltatum, 2. 

 Poke (Phytolacca deeandra), 261. 

 " Pons-pau-cloo-moose," 279, 280. 

 Pontederia eordatum, 59, 109. 

 Pocecetes gramineus, 51, 203. 

 Porzana Carolina, 169. 

 " jamaicencis, 169. 

 " noveboracencis, 169. 

 Poultry in weather-lore, 33. 

 Primrose (CEhothera biennis), 67. 

 Princeton, New Jersey, 269. 

 Prinos verticillata, 283. 

 Printz, John, Governor of " New 



Sweden," 165. 

 Procyon lotor, 261. 

 Progne subis, 277. 

 Prunus americana, 85, 271. 

 Putorius ermineus, 255, 260. 



" vison, 1, 21. 

 Pyrgites domesticiis, 12, 56, 139. 

 Pyrites, Iron, occurrence of, in 



clay, 163. 



Quail (Ortyx virginianus), 56. 

 Quercus alba, 257, 270. 



bicolor, 68, 85, 99, 103. 

 Quicksands, 160. 

 Quiscalus versicolor, 41, 56, 237. 



Raccoon (Procyon lator), 261. 



Ragwort (Senecio aureus), 118. 



Eaia ocellata, 215. 



Rail, Common, or sora (Porzana 

 Carolina), 169. 



Rail, King (Ballus elegans), 70, 

 169. 



Rail, Little black (Porzana ja- 

 maicencis), 169. 



Rail, Little yellow (Porzana nove- 

 boracencis), 169. 



Rail, Virginia (Ballus virginia- 

 nus), 169. 



Ballus elegans, 70, 169. 

 " virginianus, 169. 



Bana Oatesbyana, 11, 200. 

 " clamitans, 170. 



