INDEX 



AccENTOH, golden-crowned. See 



Thrush, golden-crowned. 

 Adder 's-tongue, or yellow erythro- 



nium, or dog's-tooth violet, 23-26. 

 Albertus Magnus, 252. 

 Alexander, Colonel, his stock farm, 



225, 226, 228, 229. 

 Ants, 255. 

 Apple-trees, 165, 169, 209; old trees 



bear the most birds, 271 ; bird life 



in an old tree, 271-276. 

 April, a natal month, 162, 163 ; a 



perfect day in, 165. 

 Arbutus, trailing, 14, 15, 167. 

 Arethusa, 3, 4. 

 Arnold, Matthew, 214. 

 Ash, black, 6, 17. 

 Azalea, white, 6. 



Balsam. See Fir. 



Bass, 16. 



Bear, black (Ursus americanus\ 41, 

 58, 163, 173, 174. 



Beardslee, Mrs., 109 n. 



Beaver (Castor Jiher), 309. 



Beaverkill, the, 34. 



Bee. See Bumblebee and Honey- 

 bee. 



Bee-balm. See Monarda. 



Big Ingin Valley, 37. 



Birch, yellow, 42. 



Birds, colors of eggs, 64, 65 ; lining 

 materials for nests, 70 ; shapes of 

 eggs, 72 ; courtship, 77, 85 ; hu- 

 man traits of, 85, 86 ; fickle-mind- 

 edness of, 91 ; sense of taste, 96 ; 

 their sympathy with each other, 

 119 ; gregarious and solitary, 120 ; 

 local attachments of, 172, 173 ; 

 sing at a distance from their nests, 

 188 ; concert of action among, 200, 

 201, 266; earth baths and water 

 baths, 210 ; variations in songs 

 according to localities and during 

 a series of years, 239 ; their keen- 

 ness of sight, 277 ; removal of 

 egg-shells from the neat, 288, 289 ; 



the young leaving the nest, 292 ; 

 continuation of the family life 

 after the nest is left, 293, 294; 

 the male feeding his mate, 298 ; 

 the females more active than tlie 

 male in caring for the young, 312, 

 313 ; the male broader in his sym- 

 pathies and affections than the 

 female, 313-315. 



Blackbird, crow, or purple grackle, 

 (Quiscalus quiscula), notes of, 

 167. 



Blackbird, red-winged. See Starling, 

 red -shouldered. 



Black Pond, gathering pond-liliea 

 in, 16-18. 



Blood-root, 5, 13, 14, 168. 



Bluebird (Sinlia sialis), war with a 

 wren, 66-68 ; courtship of, 79 ; 

 jealousy and a duel, 80-82 : 91 ; 

 arrival of, 158, 159 ; 160 ; imagi- 

 nary rivals, 189-191 ; and downy 

 woodpecker, 272 ; war with a 

 great crested flycatcher, 274, 275 ; 

 jealousy and courage of, 275 ; and 

 English sparrow, 275, 292, 293; 

 feeding a family of vireos, 313, 

 314; notes of, 79-82, 158, 159, 

 163 ; nest and eggs of, 15, 64, 66, 

 68, 79-82, 189, 191, 275. 



Blue-grass, 223, 227, 228, 234. 



Blue-grass region, the, 223-234. 



Bluets, ^ee Houstonia. 



Blue-weed. Sfe Bugloss, viper's. 



Bobolink {Dolichonyx oryzivorus)^ 

 188, 239 ; song of, 239 ; nest of, 

 188. 



Bob-white. See Quail. 



Boneset, climbing, 31. 



Boswell, James, 251. 



Botany, the study of, 27, 28 ; a need- 

 ed aid in, 31, 32. 



Bowlders, refusing to stay down, 

 100, 101. 



Brooks. See Trout streams. 



Bugloss, viper'sj or blue-weed, 29, 

 30. 



