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INDEX 



son's experience with, 99, 100 ; 

 notes of, 100. 



Chickadee {Parus ait~icapillus), an 

 Emersonian bird, 31 ; Emerson's 

 poem on, 31-33 ; 84. 



Chloe, the history of, 128-132. 



Cicada, 5. 



Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, quota- 

 tion from, 7. 



Cowper, William, quotation from, 4. 



Cow, the, and her cud, G2 ; a pic- 

 turesque animal, 115 ; in litera- 

 ture, 116, 117, 121, 122; lowing 

 of, 116, 117 ; in mythology, 118 ; 

 in Norway, 120 ; her manner of 

 feeding, 121 ; in parable and pro- 

 verb, 121 ; her wild instincts, 125, 

 126. 



Cows, ring-leaders, masters, and 

 bullies among, 122-125 ; as tres- 

 passers, 126, 127 ; the history of 

 Chloe, 128-132; in Washington, 

 128-138 ; a Virginia cow, 133, 134 ; 

 adventures of a blind cow, 135- 

 138. 



Crow, American ( Corvus ameri- 

 ccmus), 39, 75 ; noCes of, 38. 



Cuckoo, American, 21 ; appearance 

 and habits of, 24 ; notes of, 24. 



Cuckoo, European, in poetry, 21- 

 24 ; notes of, 23 ; 104. 



Dante, 153, 161, 175. 



Darwin, Charles, his theory of sex- 

 ual selection, IS. 



Dickens, Charles, 143. 



Dove, mourning {Zenaidura ma- 

 croura)j notes of, 103. 



Eagle, 3, 4 ; among crows, 44. 



Emerson, Ralph Waldo, his Svm- 

 ble-Bee, 31 ; his Titmouse, 31-33 ; 

 his poetry, 31 ; quotations from, 

 32, 33, 41, 74, 75, 112, 116; 129, 142 ; 

 a representative of the national 

 type, 159 ; his refinement and 

 condensation, 159-161 ; the mas- 

 ter Yankee, 162 ; his alertness, 

 162, 163 ; his epigrammatic style, 

 163, 164 ; his physiognomy, 164, 

 165 ; surprise his weapon, 166, 167 ; 

 Ms ancestry, 168, 169 ; the fruit of 

 extreme culture, 169, 170 ; on the 

 poets, 171, 174 ; his poetry, 172, 

 173 ; his limitations, 173-176 ; his 

 over-refinement, 177 ; deficient in 

 sympathy, 178-180 ; the prophet 

 and philosopher of youth and gen- 

 ius, 180-184: his refining influ- 

 ence, 203. 



Everett, Edward, 146. 

 Eye, the, in mammals and birds, 

 60, 61. 



Fish, 39. 



Flagg, Wilson, his poem, The O^Lin- 



coln Family^ quoted, 20, 21 ; 115. 

 Flicker. See High-hole. 

 Flycatcher, great crested {Myiar- 



chits crmiius), 28 ; notes of, 28, 



29. 

 Flycatchers, characteristics of, 28, 



29. 

 Frogs. See Hyla. 

 Frost, 56, 57. 



Gilder, Eichard Watson, his New 



Day, 113. 

 Goethe, 48, 55, 161. 

 Goose, Canada {Branta canadensis)^ 



a flock of, 78 ; notes of, 4. 

 Grass in April, 96. 

 Grasshopper of Greek poetry, the, 



5,6. 

 Grecian profile, the, 63, 64. 

 Greeks, their attitude towards 



beauty, 150; their practical and 



objective minds, 157. 

 Grosbeak, cardinal, or cardinal 



(Cardimalis cardioialis), notes of, 



37. 

 Grosbeak, pine (Pinicola emtclea- 



ior), 82, 83. 

 Grouse, ruffed {Bonasa umbellus), 



75, 81 ; drumming of, 95. 

 Gulls, crooning of, 4. 



Hamertoil, Philip Gilbert, 116. 



Hawk, 4. 



Heat, in winter, 57. 



Heroic sights and sounds, 52-54. 



High-hole, or yellow-hammer, or 

 golden - shafted woodpecker, or 

 nicker {Colapies auratus), 81, 

 102 ; notes of, 102. 



Hogg, James, quotation from, 13. 



Homer, 3 ; his Iliad, the great ver- 

 nal poem, 112; 141, 143, 153, 171, 

 214. 



Hood, Thomas, quotation from, 7. 



Hornets, black, a colony of, 45- 

 47. 



Horse, the, 118, 119. 



Hudson River valley, a great natural 

 highway for birds, 75. 



Hummingbird, ruby-throated {Tro- 

 chilus colubris)^ 36, 75. 



Humor, 49-51. 



Hyla, green, 97 and note. 



Hyla, Pickering's, 95-97. 



