INDEX 
Alders, 3, 15, 26, 102 
American goldfinch (or wild 
canary or thistle bird), 173- 
175 
American mergansers, 28-30 
Anosia plexippus (monarch 
butterfly), 145-148 
Arethusa, 76 
Arrowhead, 49 
Arvicola riparius (shore mouse), 
5, 25-27 / 238 
Aster, 12, 22, 25, 74/ 132, 155/ 
159/ 239 
Balm-of-Gilead, 114 
Barn swallow, 32 
Basswood, 56, 113 
Bat, 51 
Beavers, 25, 70, 226, 227 
Beech drops, 190 
Beech nuts, 189 
Beeches, 188, 21 1, 212 
Bellwort, 59 
Birches, 4, 63, 114, 159 
Birds and struggle for existence, 
172-173 
Bittern, 50, 124 
Bittersweet, 214-216 
Black birch, 4 
Blackbird, 3, 31, 50, 128, 130- 
132, 182, 223 
Black cherry, 52 
Black-heart, 98 
Black squirrel, 2 17-2 19, 242 
Black warbler, 102 
Bluebird, 3, 11, 12, 13, 18, 31, 
57/ 199 
Blue heron, 50 
Blue jay, 240 
Bobolink, 172 
Boneset, 170 
Brown creeper, 31, 36 
Brown thrasher, 57, 81, 103, 128 
Bulbed fern, 1 1 1 
Bulrushes, 123- 125 
Bush honeysuckle, 72 
Calopogon, 170 
Canada goose, 39-41 
Canada jay, 241 
Cancer root, 190 
Cardinal lobelia, 74, 153 
Carolina rail, 124 
Catbird (or Canadian mocking- 
bird), 103, 128, 139-141 
Caterpillars, 52 
Cedar, 21, 102, no, 188, 199 
Chebec, 96 
Chickadee, 63, 113, 196, 204, 
205, 220, 242 
Chickory, 72 
Chipmunk, 50, 219 
Chipping sparrow (chippie), 82, 
105-108 
Choke-cherry, 92, 189 
Clams, 78 
Closed gentian, 49 
Cone flower, 74 
Coot, 182-184 
Cornucopia, 155 
Corpse plant, 190 
Cottontail, 5, 220 
Cowbird, 105-108, 130 
Blood-root, 37, 38, 42, 44, 
71/ 75 
Blue-bill, 189, 230 
59/ 
243 
