Anemone.
Angler, a born; eagerness of the.
Arbutus.
Asters.
Audubon, John James.
Aurora borealis, an.
Balsam Lake.
Barrington, Daines, his table of English song-birds.
Basswood, _or_ linden.
Bear, black.
Beaverkill, the; trouting on.
Bee. _See_ Bumblebee _and_ Honeybee.
Berries.
Berrying.
Big Ingin River.
Birch, yellow.
Birds, eyes of; imperfect singers among; human significance of; songs
of English; relative pugnaciousness of English and American; species
common to Europe and America; small and large editions of various
species of; their ingenuity in the concealment of their nests.
Birds of prey.
Biscuit Brook.
Blackbird, European; notes of.
Blackbird, red-winged. _See_ Starling, red-shouldered.
Bloodroot.
Bluebird (_Sialia sialis_), struggling with a cicada; courting; cares
of housekeeping; and screech owl; notes of; nest of.
Blunder-heads.
Bobolink (_Dolichonyx oryzivorus_); song of.
Boy.
Brooks. _See_ Trout streams.
Buckwheat.
Bumble-bee.
Bunting, European, notes of.
Bunting, indigo. _See_ Indigo-bird.
Bunting, snow, or snowflake (_Passerina nivalis_).
Butcher-bird, or northern shrike (_Lanius borealis_); appearance and
habits of; notes of. _See_ Shrike.
Buttercup.
Camp, a thunder-storm in; in the rain; books in.
Camp-fire, the.
Camping, by trout stream and lake; in a log stable; pleasures and
discomforts of; in the Catskills; thoughts of the camper; in Canada.
Canada, an excursion in; dwelling-houses in; churches in.
Cape Eternity.
Cape Trinity.
Caribou.
Catbird (_Galeoscoptes carolinensis_), song of.
Catfish and snake.
Catnip.
Catskill Mountains, camping in.
Cattle, in Canada.
Cedar-bird, _or_ cedar waxwing (_Ampelis cedrorum_), a small edition of
the Bohemian waxwing; plumage of; notes of.
Chickadee (_Parus atricapillus_); notes of.
Chipmunk, frightened by a shrike; stealing strawberries; playing tag;
never more than one jump from home.
Clouds, natural history of; rain-clouds and wind-clouds.
Clover, red.
Clover, white.
Coon. _See_ Raccoon.
Corn, Indian.
Corydalis.
Crossbills.
Crow, American (_Corvus brachyrhynchos_); notes of.
Crow, fish (_Corvus ossifragus_), a sneak thief.
Cuckoo (_Coccyzus_ sp.), parents, eggs, and young; breeding habits of;
appearance and habits of; notes of; nest of.
Cuckoo, European; in literature; notes of.
Daisy, ox-eye.
Dandelion.
Deer, Virginia.
Delaware River.
Dove, mourning (_Zenaidura macroura_).
Drought.
Ducks, wild, voices of.
Eagle, bald (_Haliaëtus leucocephalus_); nest of.
Esopus Creek.
Eyes, of man; of birds.
Farmer, an observing.
Farmers, their dependence on the weather; weather-wisdom of.
Fieldfare; notes of.
Finch, purple (_Carpodacus purpureus_), the alter ego of the pine
grosbeak; song of.
Fishing. _See_ Trout-fishing.
Flicker. _See_ High-hole.
Flies, black.
Flycatcher, great crested (_Myiarchus crinitus_); nest of.
Forest, a spruce; a burnt.
Fox, red, bark of.
French Canadians.
Ghost story, a.
Girl’s voice, a.
Goethe, on the weather.
Goldenrod.
Goldfinch, American (_Astragalinus tristis_), a shrike in a flock of.
Goose, wild _or_ Canada (_Branta canadensis_), notes of.
Grande Brûlure, La.
Greenfinch.
Grosbeak, blue (_Guiraca cærulea_), its resemblance to the indigo-bird;
song of; nest of.
Grosbeak, pine (_Pinicola enucleator leucura_); appearance and habits
of; song of.
Grouse, ruffed. _See_ Partridge.
Grouse, spruce _or_ Canada (_Canachites canadensis canace_).
Guide, a Canadian.
Hawk, worried by the kingbird. _See_ Hen-hawk.
Hawk, chicken, a provident.
Hawk, fish, _or_ American osprey (_Pandion haliaëtus carolinensis_).
Hen-hawk, a love passage; in cubating habits.
Hepatica.
Highfall Brook.
High-hole, _or_ golden-shafted woodpecker, _or_ flicker (_Colaptes
auratus luteus_), a household of; a tame young one; nest of.
Honey, as an article of food; with the ancients and in mythology; of
various countries.
Honey-bee, gathering honey and pollen; wax-making; life of the drone;
life of the queen; democratic government; description of queen and
drone; swarming; wildness of; favorite hives; mortality of; acuteness
of sight.
Honey-locust.
Horse-fly.
Hummingbird, ruby-throated (_Trochilus colubris_), strange death of a;
nest of.
Hyla, Pickering’s, in the woods.
Indigo-bird, or indigo bunting (_Cyanospiza cyanea_), a petit duplicate
of the blue grosbeak; song of; nest of.
Jackdaw, nest of.
Jacques Cartier River, trouting on.
Jay, blue (_Cyanocitta cristata_); worrying a screech owl.
Jay, Canada (_Perisoreus canadensis_).
Jay, European, notes of.
Junco, slate-colored. _See_ Snowbird.
Kingbird (_Tyrannus tyrannus_), worrying hawks.
Kingfisher, belted (_Ceryle alcyon_); notes of; nest of.
Kinglet (_Regulus sp._).
La Chance.
Lake, nature as seen from a; life in and about a.
Lake Jacques Cartier, Great; an excursion to.
Lake Jacques Cartier, Little; trout-fishing in.
Lake Memphremagog.
Lake St. John.
Lark. _See_ Skylark.
Lark, shore _or_ horned (_Otocoris alpestris_).
Ledges, the fascination of.
Lily, spotted.
Linden. _See_ Basswood.
Locusts, as an article of food.
Longspur, Lapland (_Calcarius lapponicus_).
Loon (_Gavia imber_); laughter of.
Maiden, a backwoods.
Maple, red.
Maple, sugar.
Marigold, marsh.
Marmot. _See_ Woodchuck.
Meadowlark (_Sturnella magna_).
Metapedia River.
Midges.
Mockingbird (_Mimus polyglottos_); song of.
Montmorenci, Falls of.
Moose.
Morancy River.
Mountains, poetry of.
Mouse, common house.
Neversink River, trouting on; trouting on the East Branch of.
New Brunswick, journey through; streams of.
Nightingale, notes of.
Observation, powers and habits of.
Oriole, Baltimore (_Icterus galbula_), nest of.
Osprey, American. _See_ Hawk, fish.
Ouzel, ring.
Oven-bird (_Seiurus aurocapillus_).
Owl, screech (_Megascops asio_), worried by other birds; in captivity;
wail of.
Panther, American, cry of.
Partridge, _or_ ruffed grouse (_Bonasa umbellus_).
Peakamoose.
Pewee, wood (_Contopus virens_), notes of.
Phœbe-bird (_Sayornis phœbe_); nest of.
Pigeon, passenger (_Ectopistes migratorius_); nests of.
Pipit, American, _or_ titlark (_Anthus pensilvanicus_).
Porcupine, Canada, adventure with a; description of; his armor of
quills; at Balsam Lake.
Porpoise, white.
Quebec.
Raccoon, or coon, voice of; den of.
Rain, waves and pulsations of; history of; relaxing effect of;
necessary to the mind; after drought; importance to man of an
abundance; curious things reported to have fallen in; the formation of;
storms; effect of electricity on; in winter and spring; signs of; in
camp. _See_ Thunder-storms and Weather.
Raspberry, red.
Rat.
Rat, wood.
Redpoll (_Acanthis linaria_).
Redstart, European, nest of.
Redwing.
Restigouche River.
Rivière du Loup.
Robin, American (_Merula migratoria_); notes of.
Robin redbreast, song of.
Rondout Creek; camping and trouting on.
Rose.
Rye.
Saguenay River, scenery of.
St. Alphonse.
St. Lawrence; down the.
Salmon.
Sapsucker, yellow-bellied. _See_ Woodpecker, yellow-bellied.
Scenery-hunting.
Schoolhouse, a country.
Shakespeare, quotations from; power and beauty in his poetry.