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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1916 Excerpt: ... INDEX Alders, 3,15, 26,102 American goldfinch (or wild canary or thistle bird), 173-A 175-American mergansers, 28-30 Anosia plexippits (monarch butterfly), 145-148 Arethusa, 76 Arrowhead, 49 Arvicola riparius (shore mouse), 5, 25-37, 238 Aster, 12, 22, 25, 74. I33- 155. 159, 239 Balm-of-Gilead, 114 Barn swallow, 32 Bass wood, 56, 113 Bat, 51 Beavers, 25, 70, 226, 227 Beech drops, 190 Beech nuts, 189 Beeches, 188, 211, 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, 217-219, 242 Black warbler, 102 Blood-root, 37, 38, 42, 44, 59, Bluebird, 3, n, 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, in 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, _io5-io8, 130 Coween, 230 Crossbills, 113 Crow, 5, 21, 88,89,95,102,138, 181,341 Dandelion, 25, 59-61 Deer, 114 Divining rod, 163 Dodder, 48 Dogbane, 72 Dog-tooth violet, 43, 44, 71 Dogwood, 36, 70, 72 Downy convolvulus, 72 Downy woodpecker, 5, 31, 31, 204 Ducks, 28, 231 Eel fly, 67, 96 Elm, 15, 35, 56, 70, no, 159 Epipactis viridiflora, 169-171 Evening grosbeaks, 19 Evening pr..