INDEX. 
Mink, 55. 
Mint, odors of, 52. 
Mints, 170. 
Moccasin-flower. See Cypripedium. 
Monarch butterfly, 142, 143. 
Moore, quoted, 32. 
Moth:—Ailantus, 146 ; Cecropia, 142; evening 
primrose, 137; Luna, 142; Polyphemus, 142; 
Prometheus, 142, 146; Saturnia, 142. 
Moth mullein (Verdascum blattaria), 168, 170. 
Moths and flowers, 27, 30, 31, 34, 128, 137, 142. 
Mount Washington butterfly (Semddea), 148. 
Mountain bog, 163. 
Mountain-laurel (Kalmia latifolia), 161, 165, 169; 
as a candidate for national flower, 181; blos- 
soms awaiting insects, 28. 
Mullein, 157; at night, 26. 
Murray, W. H. H., quoted, 56. 
Muskrat, 55. 
Mustard family of plants distinguished by butter- 
flies, 132. 
Nairn, Lady, quoted, 15. 
Nasturtiums :—At night, 19; in rain, 20; phos- 
phorescence of, 35. 
National flower, 180-184. . 
Nests of birds, 92-116. 
Nettle and antidote, 17. 
Nettle family distinguished by butterfly, 128-131. 
Newspaper fragments in birds’-nests, 94. 
Night animals, 49-56. 
Night aspect of plants, 13-42; causes, 17. 
Night-blooming flowers, 26-34; phosphorescent 
light from, 27; welcoming insects, 27-34; won- 
derful adaptability to hawk-moths and butter- 
flies, 28, 34. 
Nighthawk :—At night, 54, 64; ‘‘ booming” of, 78; 
deceptive antics of, 80; lurid eyes, 79; nest and 
young, 80-83, 111; plumage of, 79; source of 
the ‘‘ boom” of, 78; visiting nest of, at night, 
82, 83; viscid mouth, 79. 
Night-herons, 56. 
Night moths, companionship with flowers, 27, 34, 
137. 
Night odors, 47-52. 
“Night Witchery,” 45-57. 
Nocturnal animals, 49, 50, 52-56. 
Nose, the, as a midnight pilot, 47. 
Nuthatch (Sztta Carolinensis), 72, 97, 112. 
Nuttall, quoted, 69, 102, 108. 
Opors of flowers intensified at night, 50. 
Olive family (O/eacez) distinguished by «a moth, 
140. 
Orchard oriole (7. spurius), 64. 
Orchids :—Adapted to moths, 28; Avethusa bul- 
bosa, 162, 169; Calopogon, 169; Calypso borealis, 
IgI 
159, 162; coral-root (Corallorhiza), 109, 170; 
lady’s-tresses (Spzvanthes), 169; Pogonia verti- 
cillata, Pogonia oph,, 160, 169; purple-fringed 
(P. psycodes), 161, 162, 169; rattlesnake plan- 
tain (Goodyera pubescens), 163 ; ragged orchis 
(0. lacera), 160; showy (O. spectabilis), 167, 
169; small green (0. 4racteata), 161. See also 
Cypripedium, natural and ‘‘improved,” 153,154. 
Oriole :—Baltimore (/ce¢erius Baltimore), 63, 99, 
106, 135; anomalous nests, 109; Chadwick’s 
nest, 109; construction of nest, 107-109; nest, 
material of, 91, 97; nests of southern moss, 109. 
Ornithology, genuine and superficial, g1, 92. 
Oven-bird (Sciurus aurocapillus), ingredients of 
nest, 99; nest of, 92,97,133; song of, 71; night 
song, 54. 
Owl, 52, 53, 64. 
Oxalis, at night, 22, 26. 
PAINTED-CUP (Castilleia coccinea), 165, 166. 
Painted Lady butterfly. See Butterfly. 
Parsley family of plants distinguished by a but- 
terfly, 131. 
Partridge. See Ruffed Grouse. 
Partridge-pea (Cassia), night aspect of, 16. 
Partridge-vine ((itchella repens), 108. 
Pea-blossoms at night, 18, 26. 
Peabody, quoted, 83. 
Peabody-bird, night song of, 54, 70. 
Peanut, 179. 
Peppermint, 169. 
Percy, Florence, quoted, 77. 
Pewee. See Pheebe. 
Pheehe-bird (Sayornis fusczs), 64, 66, 72; nest of, 
97, 109. 
Phosphorescence from flowers, 27, 34-36. 
Phosphorescent fungi, 36; log, 37; ‘‘ fox-fire”’ 
torch, 37. 
Phyllodoce, 185, 
Pickerel-weeds, 55. 
Pig-weeds, at night, 22. 
Pimpernel, at night, 22. 
Pineapple, 141. 
Pine family (Cozzfere) distinguished by insects, 
140, 
Pine-sap (AZonotropa), 168. 
Pink, wild, 157. 
Pipsissewa (Chimaphila wmbellata), 168, 169; (C. 
maculata), 168. 
Pitcher-plant (Savacenia purpurea), 163; acres of, 
163; its curious stigma, insect victims, and in- 
sect protégés, 164. 2 
Plantain (Planiago major), in the dew, 38; Eng- 
lish (P. lanceolata), 180. 
Plants :—As ‘‘geological indicators,” 158; follow- 
ing man, 180; fossil, 124-126; naturalized, 180; 
on burnt ground, 158. 
