INDEX 



239 



Onion, wild, 195. 



Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), 



158, 230. 

 Orchids, American flora rich in, 



190, 191. 

 Orchis, fringed. See Fringed- 



orchis. 

 Orchis, showy, 188, 190, 191. 

 Oriole, Baltimore {Icterus galbula), 



98 ; as a fruit-destroyer, 104 ; 



notes of, 16, 17 ; nest of, 164, 105. 

 Orpine, garden. See Live-forever. 

 Orpines, native, 206. 

 Osprey, American, or fish hawk 



{Pavdion hala'Stus carolinensis), 



feeding on the wiog, 31. 

 Otter, 142. 

 Oven-bird (Seiurits aurocapillus), 



110 ; song of, 110. 

 Owl, screech (Megasaops asio), and 



shrike, 165, 166. 

 OxUp, 84. 



Pain, in relation to the nervous sys- 

 tem, 174. 



Parsnip, wild, 202. 



Partridge. See Grouse, ruffed. 



Partridge - berry. See Mitchella 

 vine. 



Partridge Island, 32. 



Pepacton River, v, vi; a voyage 

 down, 1-33. 



Pewee, wood (Coniopus virens), 

 Trowbridge's poem on, 88, 89. 



Phoebe-bird {Sayomis i^hcebe), 138, 

 139, 152 ; notes of, 110 ; nest of, 

 22, 110, 138, 139, 155. 



Pigeon, passenger {Ectopistes mi- 

 gratorius), 88. 



Pigeons, 168, 169. 



Pigweed, 194, 202. 



Pine, loblolly, 226. 



Pinxter-fllower. See Azalea, pink. 



Pipit, American. See Titlark. 



Pitchforks. See Bidens. 



Plantain, 193, 202. 



Plantain, narrow-leaved, 209. 



Pliny, his account of an intermit- 

 tent spring, 48, 49. 



Poets, their intuitive knowledge of 

 nature, 79 ; inaccuracies and feli- 

 cities in matters of natural his- 

 tory, 79-109 ; their interpretation 

 of natu^re, 111-114. 



Pogonia, adder's-tongue, 188. 



Pokeweed, 203. 



Polygala, fringed, 191. 



Pond-lily, or sweet-scented water 

 lily (Nymphcea odoraia)^ 186, 188, 

 192. 



Pond-lily, yellow, 192. 

 Poppy, scarlet field, 203. 

 Porcupine, Canadian {Erethizon 



dorsatus), 158. 

 Potomac River, duck-shooting on, 



223-234. 

 Primrose, in poetry, 84, 

 Primrose, evening, 84, 188, 189. 

 Prince's pine, 188. 

 Purslane, 194, 202, 205. 

 Pyrola. See Wintergreen, false. 



Quail, or bob- white {Colinus vir- 

 ginianus)j 225. 



Rabbit, gray (Lepus sylvaticus\ 

 154, 158, 109, 225. 



Rabbits, 87, 88. 



Raccoon, or coon (Procyon lotor) 57, 

 131, 158, 179. 



Radish, wild, 202, 207. 



Rafting on the Delaware, 26, 27. 



Ragweed, 194; a troublesome weed, 

 201, 202. 



Rain, arboreal, 14, 15 ; summer, 21- 

 26. 



Raspberry, 192. 



Rat, wood {Neoioma Jloridana), 

 204. 



Redbird. See Cardinal. 



Redpoll {Acanthis Hnaria), notes 

 of, 218. 



Red-root, 207. 



Rhododendron, 185. 



River, a voyage down a, 1-33; lone- 

 liness of the, 4, 5. 



Roads, in England and America, 

 182. 



Robin, American {Merula migrato- 

 Ha), 57, 103, 104 ; in poetry, 110, 

 111, 137 ; in love and war, 139, 

 140 ; 152, 203, 226, 228 ; notes of, 

 16, 17, 22, 110, 111, 140 ; nest of, 

 155. 



Rondout Creek, 18. 



Roots, like molten metal, 103. 



St. John's-wort, 199, 202, 205. 



Salamander, banded (Ajnblystoma 

 opacum,), 122, 123. 



Salamander, red, 116, 123. 



Salamander, violet-colored or spot- 

 ted (Ambly stoma punctaium), 123. 



San Antonio, Texas, 42. 



Saponaria. See Boimcing Bet. 



Sapsucker, yellow - bellied. See 

 "Woodpecker, yellow-bellied. 



Sawmill, a floating, 232. 



Scott, Sir Walter, 3. 



Sedv/m telephioides, 206. 



