Under the Maples

by John Burroughs

INDEX

• Agassiz, Louis, [168], [169].
• Air, light and heavy, [72], [73].
• Albatross, [38].
• Animal life, abundance, [11], [12].
• Antlers, [201].
• Ants, [11].
• Army trucks, [110], [111].
• Arum, [196].
• Automobile trip, [109]-26.
• Bacon, Francis, [186].
• Barton, W. Va., [119].
• Bee, honey, spirit of the hive, [152], [158]-62;
• • intelligence, [156], [157];
  • communication, [159], [160];
  • their world, [161];
  • sting, [165].
• Bee, leaf-cutter, [14], [15].
• Beech, autumn color, [3].
• Birds, living with, [31];
  • flight, [32]-38;
  • and cats, [56];
  • nesting near houses, [54]-59;
  • home sense, [59];
  • nests of most species built by the females, [64], [65];
  • and dead trees, [84], [85];
  • song, [86];
  • at Pine Knot, Va., [102]-05;
  • of southern California, [129]-32;
  • community of mind in flocks, [153], [154].
• Birds' nests, finding, [79]-81.
• Bluebird, endearing qualities, [43];
  • nesting, [43], [44], [54];
  • experience with a pair, [44]-48.
• Bobolink, song flight, [38], [85].
• Bolar Springs, [117].
• Brain, as organ of the mind, [22], [23].
• Buffon, Georges Louis Le Clerc, [157].
• Bumble-bee, carpenter, [36].
• Bunting, indigo, nesting, [90], [91].
• Bunting, painted, [114].
• Butterflies, flight, [34]; flocking, [155].
• Butterfly, monarch, [34], [35], [155].
• Buzzard, turkey, [32]-34.
• Cacti, [143]-48.
• California, southern, observations in, [127]-51;
• • coast, [127];
  • mountains, [127], [128];
  • climate and soil, [128];
  • bird-song, [128], [129];
  • birds, [129]-32;
  • change of climate in, [210]-12.
• Cambium layer, [5], [6].
• Carpenter, W. B., quoted, [194].
• Catbird, [30];
  • stealthiness, [60], [67], [68];
  • experience with a pair, [60]-66;
  • fondness for butter, [66];
  • theatrical, [68];
  • notes, [87].
• Caterpillars, [91]-94.
• Causes, [165]-67.
• Cedar-bird, [65].
• Chance, in animal life, [208], [209].
• Cheat River, W. Va., [116].
• Chipmunks, two in a den, [11];
  • storing currants, [17];
  • carrying provender, [96], [97].
• Chippie. See Sparrow, chipping.
• Chlorophyll, [190], [191].
• Chrysalis, [12].
• Condor, [33], [34].
• Connellsville, Pa., [113].
• Cormorant, [132].
• Cosmos, the, order and harmony of, [191]-93.
• Cow, [205].
• Crow, flight, [37];
  • needs no great wing-power, [180].
• Crow, fish, [55], [56], [68].
• Cuckoo, [71], [72], [87];
  • solemnity, [88];
  • nesting, [88], [89];
  • young, [89];
  • nest, [90];
  • food, [90].
• Cuckoo, black-billed, notes, [87], [88];
  • nesting-habits, [88].
• Cuckoo, yellow-billed, [87].
• Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., at San Diego, [210], [211].
• Darwin, Charles, quoted, [5], [17], [18], [33];
• • his eager study of natural history, [17], [18];
  • observations during the voyage of the Beagle, [18], [19];
  • failure of his theory, [147], [167]-69;
  • his mind, [173];
  • treated man as an animal, [174].
• Darwin, George Howard, on the tides, [169], [170].
• Darwinism, a cause of the World War, [172]-75.
• Death, an analogy of, [185], [186].
• Desert, vegetation of the, [143]-48.
• Dove, mourning, or turtle-dove, [86].
• Earth, the, quiverings of the surface, [169]-71;
• • the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, [171], [172].
• Edison, Thomas A., [114], [119];
  • contrasted with Mr. Ford, [122]-25.
• Elm, autumn color, [3].
• Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quoted, [69], [165], [186].
• Erosion, as sculpture, [181]-83.
• Fabre, Jean Henri, [162];
• • quoted, [139].
• Far-away, the, [39].
• Fear in animals, [58], [59], [154], [155], [209].
• Fireflies, [19].
• Firestone, H. S., [119], [125].
• Fish, schools of, [154].
• Fleas, [210].
• Flies, intelligence, [156], [157].
• Foraminiferæ, [194].
• Ford, Henry, [113], [114], [119], [120];
  • contrasted with Mr. Edison, [122]-24.
• Foxes, [180].
• Frog, wood, [94], [95].
• Germans, Darwinism, and the World War, [172]-75.
• Giraffe, [200].
• Girls, two West Virginia, [115].
• Gnatcatcher, blue-gray, [103].
• God, man appropriating, [199].
• Goldfinch, flight, [37], [42];
• • chorus singing, [40]-42;
  • notes, [42];
  • notes of young, [43];
  • nesting, [43].
• Grand Cañon, [182], [194].
• Grass, the wonder of, [74], [75].
• Grasshoppers, [155].
• Great Smoky Mts., [109].
• Greensborough, Pa., [112].
• Grosbeak, rose-breasted, nesting, [65].
• Grouse, ruffed, [166].
• Gull, herring, [131].
• Gulls, flight, [38].
• Hawk, red-tailed, [32].
• Hawks, flight, [35].
• Haymaking, [69]-76.
• Hen-hawk, flight, [35].
• Hornets, [163].
• Horns, [201], [202].
• Horse, [205], [206].
• Horseshoe Run, W. Va., [114].
• Hummingbird, ruby-throated, [64];
• • bathing in dew, [13];
  • nest, [79];
  • a fairy bird, [94].
• Hurley, Edward N., [113].
• Huxley, Thomas Henry, [27];
  • quoted, [8], [25].
• Ibis, white, [32], [153], [154].
• Insects, their world, [23]-25, [162];
• • senses, [24];
  • reaction to heat,
  • cold, and vibrations, [25];
  • antennæ, [25];
  • the ruling sex among, [140], [141].
• Interpretation, [186]-90.
• Ironweed, [116].
• James, William, [22].
• Jay, blue, notes, [87].
• Joe-Pye-weed, [116].
• Junco, young, [19], [20];
• • nesting, [81];
  • abundance, [82].
• Kepler, Johann, [169].
• Killdeer, [130], [131].
• Kingbird, flight, [37];
• • and bees, [156].
• Leaves, autumn, [1]-3.
• Lemmings, [152], [153].
• Life, origin of, [194], [195].
• Life, human, analogies, [25]-27.
• Lightning-bugs. See Fireflies.
• Lowell, James Russell, quoted, [5].
• Lubbock, Sir John, quoted, [156].
• McCarthy, Denis Aloysius, quoted, [157].
• Maeterlinck, Maurice, quoted, [23], [162];
• • on the bee, [156]-63.
• Man, and Darwinism, [174];
  • a part of nature, [184]-86;
  • interpretation of nature and of himself, [186]-90;
  • mystery of his evolution, [216].
• Maple, sugar, susceptibility to atmospheric changes, [72], [73].
• Maples, autumn color, [3].
• Marcus Aurelius, quoted, [185].
• Meadowlark, song flight, [37].
• Measuring-worm, [91], [92].
• Mice, wild, [16]; barking trees, [27], [28].
• Microphone, [170], [171].
• Microseisms, [170].
• Mind, community of, [152]-55.
• Mockingbird, [68].
• Moose, [200].
• Mosquitoes, [210].
• Moth, luna, [97].
• Mouse, jumping, [166], [167].
• Mouse, white-footed, [166].
• Mullets, [154].
• Natural history about home, [39], [40].
• Nature, her methods unlike ours, [179]-81, [199];
• • interpreting, [186]-90;
  • lavishness and parsimony, [195], [196], [209];
  • puzzling and contradictory, [201], [202];
  • all-seeing, [212]-14;
  • her movements circular, [214]-16.
• Nighthawk, [104].
• Nonpareil, or painted bunting, [114].
• North Carolina, a countryman of, [121].
• Northern Hemisphere, [171], [172].
• Oak, autumn color, [3].
• Odd and even numbers, [163]-65.
• Oriole, Baltimore, [30], [56];
• • nest, [48]-52, [64].
• Oriole, Bullock's, nest, [52].
• Oriole, orchard, nest, [52].
• Osborn, Henry Fairfield, on the origin of life, [194], [195].
• Ostrich, [200].
• Owl, screech, [45]-47.
• Pacific Ocean, [127].
• Pain, [209].
• Pear-trees, autumn color, [1].
• Pelican, California brown, [131], [132].
• Pennsylvania, motor trip through, [109]-13.
• Pewee, wood, nest, [52], [64];
• • its plaint, [87].
• Phœbe, flight, [37];
  • nest, [52]-54, [56], [59], [60], [64], [79], [80].
• Pigeon, wild, [103], [104].
• Pine Knot, Va., visit to, [101]-08.
• Pipit, American, [129];
  • nest, [129], [130].
• Pittsburgh, [111].
• Plover, killdeer, [130], [131].
• Porcupine, [166].
• Rabbit, its protection, [166];
• • caught by a weasel, [177], [178].
• Rainbow tints, in dew, etc., [13], [14].
• Rat, wood, [207] note.
• Reasons, [165]-67.
• Redstart, [29].
• Road-mending, [11].
• Robin, young, [19];
  • nest, [53]-55, [64], [176];
  • fear of man, [57], [58];
  • fittest to survive, [175], [176];
  • versatility, 176;
  • a hustler, 176;
  • danger of a plague of robins, 177;
  • a runner, [177].
• Rocks, origin of the secondary, [200].
• Roosevelt, Theodore, visit to Pine Knot, Va., with, [101]-08;
  • knowledge of India, [101]
  • opinion of Taft, [105];
  • killing a mosquito, [105], [106];
  • protection of the President, [106];
  • bird-gazing, [107];
  • letter from, [107], [108].
• Salamander, orange-colored, [95], [96].
• San Diego, Cal., [210]-12.
• Sandstone, in the Catskills, [20].
• Sap, [6]-8.
• Sapsucker, yellow-bellied, [6].
• Scorpion, [23].
• Seals, hair, in California, [148]-51.
• Sex, the ruling, [140], [141].
• Shaler, Nathaniel S., quoted, [169];
• • on the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, [171], [172].
• Shrew, [16].
• Skunk, [206]-08.
• Snakes, [11].
• Sources, original, [190], [191].
• South, characteristics of the, [120], [121].
• Southern Hemisphere, [171], [172].
• Sparrow, story of a nest, [98], [99].
• Sparrow, chipping or social, nest, [53], [54].
• Sparrow, song, song flight, [37];
  • nesting, [54];
  • singing, [85], [86].
• Sparrow, vesper, nesting, [80]-84;
  • its names, [82];
  • appearance and habits, [82], [83];
  • courted by a skylark, [83].
• Species, origin of, an insoluble problem, [167]-69, [199].
• Spider, trap-door, [132]-43.
• Spiders, [12], [23];
  • genius of, [136].
• Spider-webs, rainbows in, [13], [14].
• Squirrel, gray, caught by a weasel, [178].
• Squirrel, red, chased by a weasel, [178].
• Strawberry-vines, wild, [212]-14.
• Struggle, [203], [204].
• Sunrise, [197], [198].
• Survival of the fit, [201], [203].
• Swallow, bank, [78].
• Swallow, barn, [71];
  • parental anxiety, [76], [77];
  • notes, [76], [77];
  • pleasing qualities, [77], [78].
• Swallow, cliff, [77].
• Swallow, tree, [78].
• Swallows, feeding, [15], [16];
  • hibernation, [78].
• Swift, chimney, [36].
• Sycamore, autumn color, [3].
• Taft, William Howard, [105].
• Telepathy, [155].
• Thistle, Canada, [202].
• Thorns, the use of, [143]-48.
• Thrasher, brown, [67], [68].
• Thrush, Alaska hermit, [129].
• Thrush, hermit, song, [87].
• Thrush, olive-backed, [30].
• Thrush, Wilson's. See Veery.
• Thrush, wood, [30], [64];
• • manners, [67], [68].
• Tides, the, [169], [170], [193], [194].
• Titlark. See Pipit.
• Trees, leaves, [1]-3;
  • mechanism of growth, [4]-8;
  • roots and rootlets, [4]-6;
  • what man has in common with, [9], [10].
• Tree-toad, [71].
• Turnip, Indian, [196].
• Turtle-dove. See Dove, mourning.
• Uniontown, Pa., [113].
• Universe. See Cosmos.
• Van Dyke, John C., on desert plants, [145], [146].
• Veery, nesting, [97], [98].
• Vireo, nest, young, and mother, [99], [100].
• Vireo, red-eyed, [86], [100].
• Vireo, yellow-throated, [30].
• Vital principle, [8], [9].
• Warbler, Audubon's, [129].
• Warbler, Canada, [29].
• Warbler, mourning, [29], [31].
• Wasp, a solitary, [12], [13].
• Water-thrush, or water accentor, [79].
• Waxwing, Bohemian, [21].
• Weasel, catching rabbits and squirrels, [177], [178];
• • an inspirer of terror, [178], [179].
• Weather, prophesying the, [20]-22.
• West Virginia, motor trip through, [114]-19.
• Whitman, Walt, quoted, [9], [193].
• Wolf Creek, [117].
• Woodcock, flight song, [32], [37].
• Woodpecker, yellow-bellied, [6].
• Woodpeckers, flight, [37].
• World War, Darwinism a cause of the, [172]-75.
• Wren, Bewick's, [103].
• Wren, house, [86];
  • and nesting-box, [29].
• Wren, winter, nest, [79].

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