INDEX 



437 



Broad-winged shrub cricket (Oecan- 

 thiis latipennis), 428. 



Brook, definition of, 430; life of, 

 283, 284. 



Brooks, on specific stability and 

 mutability, 10. 



Brotiocolous Orthoptera, 425, 426. 



Brown thrasher, 244, 245. 



Bruner 's cone-head grasshopper 

 (Conocephalus bruneri), 427. 



Bug, Ambush, or Assassin, 170-173; 

 Invisible, or Thread-legged (Erne- 

 sa longipes), 105, 106; Toad- 

 shaped (Galgulus oculatus), 414. 



Bull-bat, 246, 247. 



Bullfrog (Sana catisbiana) habitat, 

 300. 



Bumble bee, behavior at night, 

 304-306; as pollen carrier, 41, 

 276; mimicry of, by bumble- 

 flower beetle, 107-109, 127, 128; 

 Bombus amerioanorum, 58; S. 

 consimilis, 127, 128 ; B. vagans, 

 306; B. virginius, 304-306. 



Bumble-flower beetle, mimicry of 

 bumble bee, 107-109, 128. 



Bunting, indigo, 243,_ 260. 



Burdock, capturing birds, 254, 256 ; 

 seeds of, 28. 



Burr-oak, habitat of weevil, 101, 

 102. 



Burrow of Sphex wasp, 195-201. 



Butcherbird, see Shrike. 



Butterflies, distasteful to birds, 137, 

 138 ; fertilization of flowers by, 

 33 ; suctorial tongue of, 28 ; varie- 

 ties: Admiral, 84; Ajax, 41, 262; 

 Argynnids, 33, 41; Crescent spot 

 (Fhy diodes tharos), 41; Danaine, 

 126; Euvanessa antiopa, 344; 

 Limenitis, 126; Monarch, 119- 

 126, 351; Orange tip (An- 

 thocharis genwtia, or Euchloe), 

 21, 83-86; Painted lady, or 

 thistle, or cosmopolitan (Pyra- 

 meis cardui), 139-142; Skipper, 

 33; Small sulphur, 56; Snout 

 (Libythea backmanm), 64; 

 Swallowtail, 57, 58, 119, 145-150, 

 262: Papilio asterius, 119, P. 

 glaucus, 119 ; P. pharmacopliagus 

 pMlenor, 57, 58, 119, 147; P. 

 troilus, 57, 58, 119, 148, 149; P. 

 turnus, 119, 147, 262; Viceroy 

 (Basilarchia disippus), 119-126. 



Butterfly weed, pollination of, by 

 insects, 40, 41. 



Butternut, 332, 354; seeds of, 29. 



Button-bush (Cephalanthus ocdden- 

 talis), 58, 224, 282, 294, 296; and 

 the bumble bee, 304, 305. 



Cactus, prickly pear (Opuntia 

 humifusa), 300, 398. 



Canyon, definition of, 431, 



Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis), 

 43, 56-5& 



Carolina locust (Dissoteira earo~ 

 Una); characteristics, 326, 327, 

 330, 340-347, 356, 362, 422 ; habi- 

 tat, 327, 362, 422. 



Castle, O. F., observations on 

 wren's nest and white-footed 

 mice, note 251. 



Castle, W. B., on size and color 

 variation, 9, 10. 



Castle-building spider (Lyoosa 

 domifex), 186-192. 



Catbird, 229, 236, 245, 308. 



Caterpillar, defensive organs in, 

 150, 151, 153, 154; kinds rejected 

 by birds, 137, 138; Varieties: 

 Catocala larva, 99-101; Cresphon- 

 tes, 150-152; Datana, 90; Geo- 

 metrid, 93, "94, 138; Luna, 60; 

 Monarch, 121, 122; Painted lady, 

 140; Polyphemus, 60-64; Puss- 

 moth (Cerura multiscripta), 150, 

 153-156 ; Saddle-back (Sibine 

 stimulae), 142-144; Schizura 

 ipomeaef 110-114; Snake-like spe- 

 cies in U. S. A., 148; Sphinx 

 (Pholus achemon), 156-159; Ti- 

 ger butterfly, 145, 146, 148; 

 Troilus, 148, 149; Viceroy, 121, 

 122, 125; " "Woolly bear," 176, 

 177. 



Catocala larva, 99, 100. 



Cat-tails, in March at Dunes, 296. 



Cattle, hornless, example of rever- 

 sion, 10. 



Cave, definition of, 433. 



Cave camel cricket (CenthopMlus 

 stygius), 425. 



Cedar Waxwing, food of, 29, 216. 



Chapman, quoted, 263. 



Cherry, sand (Prunus pumila), 299; 

 cultivated, 309. 



Chervil, wild, 84. 



Chestnut, 29, 34. 



Chewink, or Towhee (Pipilo ery- 

 tJirophthalmus), 263, 264. 



Chiearee, or Eed squirrel, 236-239. 



Chimney swift, behavior of, 225. 



