INDEX 



Loon (Gavia immer), 140. 

 Red-throated (G. stellata), 

 140. 

 Lyell, Charles, 222. 



Madison, President, 25. 



Main, Harry, 172. 



Maple, Red (Acer rubrum), 85, 



227. 

 Maps, 30. 



Marsh hay, 192-195. 

 Maryland yellow-throat (Geo- 



thlypis trichas), 87. 

 Maynard, C. J,, 84, 106, 107. 

 Meadowlark (Sturnella magna), 



115, 250. 

 Meadow-sweet (Spiraea latifo- 



Ua), 83. 

 Merganser, Red-breasted (Mer- 



gus serrator), 66, 67, 140- 



146, 238. 

 Mermaids, 182, 183. 

 Meunier, 141. 

 Migration period of water birds, 



123. 

 Migration, Swallow, 111-121. 

 Milk Island, 42. 

 Milkwort, Sea (Glaux mari- 



tima), 195. 

 Mink (Putorius vison lutroce- 



phalus), 54-56. 

 Mother Gary's chickens, see Pet- 

 rel. 

 Mouse, Meadow (Microtus 



pennsylvanicus), 54, 58, 59. 

 White - footed (Peromyscus 



leuoopus noveborencis), 50, 



58, 59. 

 Mud-hen (Fulica americana), 



146. 

 Mushroom, Brown (Cytocybe 



truUisata), 75. 

 Muskrat (Fiber zibethicus), 56. 

 Mussel, Edible (Mytilus eduhs), 



267. 

 Marsh (Modiola plicatula), 



268. 



Sea (Modiola modiolus), 267. 



Nesting instincts. Autumnal re- 

 vival of, 115. 

 Noah's flood, 206. 

 Norfolk Broads, 220-222. 

 North River, 215. 

 Notochord, 275. 



Oak Island, 226. 

 Oak, Red (Quercus rubra), 225. 

 Swamp white, (Q. bicolor), 212, 



225 

 Oaks, WiUiam, 157. 

 Old squaw (Harelda hyemaUs), 



147, 148. 

 Orach (Atriplex patula var. ha- 



stata), 73. 

 Orchids (Pogonia ophioglos- 



soides and Calopogon pul- 



chellus), 78. 

 Oriole, Baltimore (Icterus gal- 



bula), 191. 

 Ostracoderms, 252. 

 Oven-bird (Seiurus aurocapil- 



lus), 92. 

 Owl, Short-eared (Asio flam- 



meus), 98, 99, 250. 

 Snowy (Nyctea nyctea), 42, 



99, 100. 

 Oyster (Ostrea virginica), 224. 



Patmore, Goventry, 189. 

 Peep, see Sandpiper, Least and 



Semipahnated and Spotted. 

 Penguin, 281. 

 Periwinkle, American (Litto- 



rina rudis and L. palliata), 

 ~ 256, 266. 



European (L. Utorea), 266. 

 Petrel, Leach's (Oceanodroma 



leucorhoa), 139, 140. 

 Wilson's (Oceanites oceani- 



cus), 139, 140. 

 Phalaropes (Phalaropus, Lo- 



bipes, etc.), 285. 

 Pheasant, Ring (Phasianus tor- 



quatus), 41, 61, 62. 



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