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INDEX. 



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Gaylussacia 238 



Geometric spider's web 96 



Golden-club 228 



Governor's creek (Florida). . 212 



Grossbeaks, cardinal 46 



" jealous, quarrel- 

 some 46, 47 



Ground-doves 46 



" cunning of. 46, 47 



Hawk, the 66 



Heath shrubs 232 



Helonias bullata 228 



Hogs,Florida 218 



Honeysuckle, swamp 215 



Humming-bird's anger 25 



nest 23,24 



Insectivorous plants 139 



Insects, habits of 77 



" menagerie of 112 



Iris 237 



Jasmine, yellow 214 



Jay, the Florida 49 



" voracity of 52 



Kalmia latifolia (laurel) .... 237 



Kildee plovers 52 



Kingbirds 76 



Kingfisher, belted 53 



Laurel, pink and white 237 



Magnolia 233 



Man's destructiveness 67 



Mocking-birds 38 



song 39 



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Mocking-birds, usefulness of. 42 



Mosquitoes, blind 220 



" eggs of 156 



larvae of 157 



,Moss, Florida 18, 20, 21 



Mushroom in spider's burrow. 92 

 Myrtle, sand 238 



Nature's apparent cruelty. . . 67 

 New Jersey, winter birds of . 56 

 Nymphaea flava (yellow wa- 

 ter-lily) 208 



Oriole, the Baltimore 18 



Owl, the 66 



Pewees' wood -nests 21, 22 



Pine barrens 227 



Pines, in the 222 



Pinguiculas ( butterworts ) . 



163, 217 



Pitcher-plant 188 



intoxicating 



properties of 191, 192 



Pyxie (Pyxidanihera barbu- 



222 



Riley, Professor, on bees and 

 wasps' nests in sarracenia. 199 



Robins . . . . 30, 32, 33, 35, 36 



" and Venus's fly-trap. 71 



" as architects 32 



" difference in nests . . 71 



Sargent, Professor, on nym- 



phsea flava 209 



Sarracenia variolaris 188 



Schizsea pusilla (fern) 239 



