INDEX 



Language, a necessity to thinking, 

 187, 188. 



Lark. See Skylark. 



Lark, prairie horned {Otocoris 

 alpestris praticola), spreading 

 of, 36, 37; song and song flight 

 of, 37, 38; killed by the locomo- 

 tive, 38. 



Leaves, persistent and deciduous, 

 51. 



Lion, Bostock on the training of, 



239-241. 

 Loco-weed, 83. 

 Locusts, 2. 



Loon {Gavia imber), 180, 184 ; 



under ice, 235, 236. 

 Lophius piscatorius, 107. 

 Lubbock, Sir John, on recognition 



among bees and ants, 200. 

 Lynx, Canada, incredible story of, 



183, 184. 



Maeterlinck, Maurice, on the bee, 

 15; on the dog, 192, 193 ; his Life 

 of the Bee, 201. 



Mallard, domestic, finding its way 

 home, 53-57. 



Man, progress of, 26, 27 ; the line 

 that divides him from the lower 

 orders, 80, 81 ; animal origin of, 

 229,230; instinct In, 255; learn- 

 ing through practice, 256. 



Martin, Mrs. Annie, her story of a 

 crow, 135, 136. 



Meadowlark {Sturnella magna), 

 song of, 34; flight song of, 43; 

 232, 233. 



Meadowlark, Western {Sturnella 



magna neglecta) , song of, 103. 

 Mice and traps, 23, 24. 

 Michelet, 147. 

 Mimicry, 248-250. 

 Mongoose, 72. 



Monkeys, capable of the simpler 



forms of reason, 127. 

 Moose, a habit of, 142. 

 Moral code, evolution of, 23. 

 Morgan, C. Lloyd, 143, 149; his 



experiment with his dog, 164, 



165. 



Moth, hummingbird, 249, 250. 



Mouse, white-footed, or deer 

 mouse, an incident, 163, 164. 



Muir, John, his story of his dog 

 Stickeen, 193, 194. 



Mullet, 96. 



Mushrooms, animals eating, 83. 

 Muskrat, 211. 



Mussels, ducks drowning, 180-182. 

 My Dogs of the Northland^ by 



Egerton Young, 194. 

 " My friend and neighbor through 



the year," 268. 



Natural history romancers, influ- 

 ence of, 13, 14; methods of , 16, 

 17. 



Nature, an endless experimenter, 

 24, 139; prodigality of, 27; like a 

 hunter, 27 ; bound to hit the 

 mark, 28 ; the tendency to senti- 

 mentalize, 108 ; reaches her ends 

 by devious paths, 110 ; the think- 

 ing of, 152; literary treatment 

 of, 191-208; the interpretation 

 of, 196-201, 203-205 ; wisdom of, 

 220. 



Newts, migrations of, 219. 



Nightingale, carrying nest, 15, 16; 

 song of, 35 ; song of a caged 

 bird, 35 ; a song contest, 115. 



North American Review^ an arti- 

 cle in the, 61. 



Nuthatch, 162. 



Nuts, protective colors of, 251, 252. 



Observing, rarity of accurate, 107, 



108, 238. 



Olaus, his fox and crab story, 106. 



Oriole, Baltimore {Icterus gal- 

 hula), a published account of a 

 nest, 61-63; Scott's experiment 

 with young, 68; its nest a marvel 

 of blind skill, 110; its use of 

 strings in nest-building, 247; an 

 incredible story of, 248 ; varia- 

 bility of, 259, 260 ; song of, 259, 

 260; destructive in vineyards, 

 261. 



Oriole, orchard {Icterus spurius)^ 



Osprey, 137. See also Fish hawk. 



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