INDEX 



449 



Hen-harrier. See Hawk, Marsh. 

 Hen-hawks, 138-146; 418; flight of, 



408. See also Hawk, Red-tailed. 

 Hens, 231. See also Fowl, domestic. 

 Herbert, Mr., 86. 

 Heron, Great Blue, 71-79; 3, 68, 69, 



159. 

 Heron, Green, (Green Bittern), 79- 



81. 

 Heywood, George, 111. 

 Hildreth, Jonathan, 327, 328. 

 Hoar, Mr., of Concord, 88, 392. 

 Hoar, Edward, 7. 

 Hodge, Dr. C. P., 103 note. 

 Holmes, Dr. Ezekiel, quoted, 188. 

 Hosmer, Abel, 115. 

 Hosmer, Joseph, 184. 

 Huckleberry-bird. See Sparrow, 



Field. 

 Hummingbird, Ruby-throated, 213, 



214; 423. 



Indian, the, and the robin, 389. 

 Indigo-bird, 317, 318. 



Jay, Blue, 225-229 ; 163, 368, 373, 



414, 416. 

 Jones, Josh, 236, 237. 

 Junco, Slate-colored, (Slate-colored 



Snowbird, Fringilla hyemaHs), 



301-305; 260, 276, 319, 320, 323, 324, 



363, 391, 413, 428. 



Kingbird, 215-218. 

 Kingfisher, Belted, 192. 

 Kinglet, Ruby-crowned, (Ruby-crest- 

 ed Wren), 376 ; 114 note. 



Lark. See Meadowlark. 



Lark, Shore, 224, 225. 



Leaves, rustling of, 48; withered, 



like birds, 430. 

 Lightning-bug, 406. 

 Linaria. See Redpoll, Lesser. 

 Lind, Jenny, 373 note. 

 Linnaeus, quoted, 436. 

 Loon, 3-6. 



Loon, Red-throated, 7. 

 Loring, Mr., of Concord, 54. 



MacGillivray, William, quoted", 133- 



136. 

 Maine woods, in the, 105. 

 Man, the birds' fear of, 419. 

 Mann, Horace, Jr., 70, 79, 243. I 



Marshfleld, 386. 



Martin, Purple, 329; watched from 

 an attic window, 408, 409. 



Meadow-Hen. See Rail, Virginia. 



Meadowlark (Lark), 253,254; 302, 

 391, 399, 413. 



Melvin, George, 38, 105, 182, 285, 418. 



Merganser, American, (Sheldrake, 

 Goosander), 19-36; 14, 74, 423; in- 

 tensely white specks, 15 ; sunk low 

 in the water, 50, 51 ; at home on the 

 river, 50, 51. 



Merganser, Red-breasted, 33. 



Merriam, Joe, 39. 



Miles, Martial, 125 and note, 172. 



Milkweed, water, fibres of, 260, 351, 

 352. 



Minot's Ledge, 18. 



Minott, George, 37, 39, 56, 65, 69, 116, 

 117, 168, 235, 236, 299, 309, 310, 336, 

 337, 439. 



Mockingbird, 361. 



Moore, J. B., 49. 



Morning, awakening of birds in, 414, 

 415. 



Mornings, ambrosial, 407. 



Mother-Carey's-Chicken. See Pe- 

 trel, Wilson's. 



Mt. Lafayette, 265 and note, 316. 



Mt. Monadnock, 209-211, 303-305, 364 

 note, 393 and note, 432, 440 and 

 note. 



Mt. Tabor, 112. 



Mt. Washington, 363, 364, 427, 428. 



Musketicook, 80 and note. 



Myrtle-bird. See Warbler, Myrtle. 



Nature, the voice of, 426. 



Nests, adaptation in material of, 



407; to be studied in winter, 422; 



linings of, 424. 

 New Bedford, 287 and note, 434 and 



note. 

 Nighthawk, 204-211; 405. 

 Night-warbler, 356-358. 

 Northeast Carry, 105 note. 

 Nuthatch, White-bellied, 366-368; 



415, 416. 

 Nuttall, Thomas, quoted and cited, 



129, 134, 172 note, 190 note, 205, 220 



note, 265, 270, 299 note, 316. 



Oriole, Baltimore, (Golden Robin, 

 Fiery Hangbird), 264, 256; 426, 

 430. 



