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INDEX 



Cuckoo, Black-billed (St. Domingo), 

 190, 191; 111, 406 ; nocturnal 

 nights of, 406 and note. 



Dickcissel, 68 note. 



Dipper, 1-3, 433. 



Dove, Mourning (Turtle), 118, 119 ; 



113. 

 Dovekie (Little Auk), 7, 8. 

 Duck, Black, 36-40; 4, 14, 15, 25, 27, 



34, 60, 418. 

 Duck, Buffle-head, 44, 45 ; 2 note. 

 Duck, Wood (Summer), 40-44; 68, 



418, 432, 433. 

 Ducks, domestic, 434; 1, 2, 436. 

 Ducks, wild, (species unnamed), 45- 



51; 4, 61,408,412. 

 Dugan, of Concord, 112 and note. 



Eagle, 166 ; in captivity, 146 ; thought 



likened to, 303. 

 Eagle, Bald (White-headed), 148- 



150; 158,418. 

 Eagle, Cape, 418, 423. • 

 Ear, the, the bird and, 424. 

 East Harbor River, 17. 

 Eggs, 411. 



Election day, 326 and note. 

 Emerson. Edward W., 118, 123,128. 

 Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 357, 385. 

 Emerson, William, 393. 

 Ever-reds, the, 369, 370. 



Farmer, Jacob, 92, 102, 130 and note, 



144, 212, 327, 329. 

 Feathers, of a hawk's tail-coverts, 



143, 144. 

 Fftich; Grass. See Sparrow, Vesper. 

 Finch, Purple, 266, 267. 

 Fire, birds awakened by a, 418, 



419. 

 Flicker (Pigeon Woodpecker), 197- 



201; 406. 

 Flight, 408, 409. 

 Flint's Pond, 24, 39, 108. 

 Flocks, solidarity of, 404; rolling 



over in flight, 408, 425. 

 Flycatcher, 01ive-sided,(Pe-pe), 220. 

 Fog, bird-song in, 410, 411. 

 Fowl, domestic, 434-440 ; 231. 

 Franconia Notch, 364. 

 Fringilla hyemalis. See Junco, 



Slate-colored. 

 Frog, dreaming, 405. 

 Frost, Rev. Barzillai, 71. 



Garfield, Daniel, 132. 



Garfield, Edward, 103, 232, 423, 424. 



Garfield, Isaac, 423. 



Garfield, John, 71. 



Genius, wildness of, 145. 



Gilpin, William, quoted, 9, 10, 408. 



Golden-eye (Whistler), 24, 25, 28, 47. 



Goldfinch, American, 272-277; 387, 

 412, 431. 



Goodwin, John, 7, 43, 55, 83, 113, 235, 

 340. 



Goosander. See Merganser, Ameri- 

 can. 



Goose, Canada, 51-62 ; 4, 72. 



Goose Pond, 4, 37, 40, 48, 58. 



Goshawk, 418. 



Grackle. See Blackbird, Rusty. 



Grackle, Bronzed, (Crow Blackbird), 

 258, 269 ; 260. 



Grebe, Horned, 1, 2. 



Grebe, Pied-billed, 2, 3. See also 

 Dipper. 



Grosbeak, Pine, 265; 319; dazzling 

 beauty of, 421. 



Grosbeak, Rose-breasted, 314-317. 



Ground-Robin. See Towhee. 



Grouse, Ruffed, (Partridge), 95-109 ; 

 47, 168, 405, 413, 414, 416, 431; tracks 

 of, 234 ; drumming, 418 ; and apple- 

 buds, 432. 



Gull, Herring, 9-17; 46, 50, 61, 412, 

 413. 



Gull, Mackerel. See Tern, Common. 



Gun, the, 410. 



Hair, used in birds' nests, 349. 



Hair-bird. See Sparrow, Chipping. 



Hangbird, Fiery. See Oriole, Balti- 

 more. 



Hawk, Cooper's, 130, 131. 



Hawk, Fish, 150-162; 110,418; skel- 

 eton of, 79. 



Hawk, Marsh, (Frog Hawk, Hen- 

 harrier), 120-127; 333. 



Hawk, Red-shouldered, 138 note. 



Hawk, Red-tailed, (Hen-hawk), 131- 

 137. 



Hawk, Rough-legged, 146-148. 



Hawk, Sharp-shinned, 128- 130 ; 264. 



Hawk, Sparrow, 150. 



Hawks (species unnamed), 163- 

 168; 59, 409, 436; two at play, 150, 

 151. 



Hayden, senior, of Concord, 94. 



Heater piece, 278 note. 



