An hour before I had never seen a sandhill crane in its native wildness (a creature nearly or quite as tall as myself), and behold, here was the sky full of them. And what a judgment-day trumpeting they made! Angels and archangels, cherubim and seraphim! Perhaps I did not enjoy it,—there, with the white gravestones standing all about me. After all, there is something in mere volume of sound. If it does not feed the soul, at least it stirs the blood. And that is a good thing, also. I wonder if Michelangelo did not at some time or other see and hear the like.
INDEX
INDEX
Adder’s-tongue, [19], [29].
Anemone, [6].
Azalea, Lapland, [36].
Bayberry, [101].
Bellwort, [6].
Birch, yellow, [15], [72].
Bittern, least, [126].
Blackbird, Brewer’s, [202].
crow, [129].
red-winged, [86], [124], [139].
rusty, [66].
Bluebird, [8], [54], [65], [76], [86], [132], [150], [156].
chestnut-backed, [181], [186].
Western, [279].
Butterfly, clouded-sulphur, [61].
red admiral, [28].
Buzzard, turkey, [86], [95], [124].
Cactus, giant, [199].
Callicarpa, [99].
Catbird, [86], [100], [107], [129], [130].
Chewink, Arctic, [178].
red-eyed, [108], [140].
white-eyed, [140], [146].
Chickadee, black-capped, [21], [64], [66], [79], [86], [139].
Hudsonian, [37].
Chuck-will’s-widow, [154].
Clintonia, [4].
Coccoloba, [118].
Cocoa plum, [115], [122].
Cormorant, Florida, [84], [124].
Coyote, [224].
Cranberry, mountain, [23].
Crane, sandhill, [293].
Creosote bush, [200], [206].
Crescentia, [112].
Crinum, [126].
Crossbill, red, [63], [78].
Crow, American, [79], [157].
carrion, [86], [124].
fish, [85], [97], [129].
Cypress, [122].
Diapensia, [35].
Dove, ground, [86], [130].
Dutchman’s-breeches, [19], [29].
Eagle, bald, [141].
golden, [220].
Evening primrose, [200], [247].
Eyebright, [35].
Ficus aurea, [99].
Finch, Lincoln, [74], [192].
purple, [8], [66], [78].
Flicker, [85], [86], [129].
red-shafted, [178].
Flycatcher, Arizona crested, [271].
crested, [108], [130].
olive-sided, [63].
scissor-tailed, [259].
vermilion, [266], [286].
Gallinule, Florida, [149].
Gnatcatcher, blue-gray, [85], [86], [108].
plumbeous, [219].
Goldfinch, American, [41], [61], [78].
Goldfinch, Mexican, [178].
Grackle, boat-tailed, [85], [129], [130].
Grosbeak, cardinal, [87], [104], [107], [108], [129], [130], [134], [139], [149], [156].
rose-breasted, [5], [10], [21].
Grouse, [11], [21], [70], [78].
Gumbo-limbo, [100].
Hawk, desert sparrow, [184], [292].
sharp-shinned, [38], [41], [69].
sparrow, [41], [94].
Western red-tailed, [219].
Heron, great blue, [141].
Louisiana, [124].
Hickory, [148].
Hornbeam, [145].
House finch, [180], [188], [199].
Huisache, [162].
Hummingbird, black-chinned, [284], [291].
Costa, [234].
ruby-throated, [86], [130].
Jay, blue, [67], [79], [86], [108], [130].
Florida, [93], [140].
Jessamine, yellow, [137], [149].
Junco, intermediate, [185].
Kingfisher, [124].
Kinglet, golden-crowned, [64], [71].
ruby-crowned, [65], [66], [78], [107], [130], [238].
Lark bunting, [191], [194].
Lupine, [200], [247].
Mangrove, [98], [121].
Martin, purple, [124].
Meadow lark, [156], [183].
Mockingbird, [85], [86], [87], [95], [100], [104], [107], [109], [129], [130], [139], [156].
Western, [254], [292].
Moon-flower, [88].
Morning-glory, [88], [97].
Nonpareil, [105], [108], [129], [130], [131], [134].
Nuthatch, brown-headed, [150], [156].
Canadian (red-breasted), [7], [41], [60], [62], [64], [66], [71], [79].
Carolina (white-breasted), [123].
Ocotillo, [199].
Orchids, [98].
Oriole, Baltimore, [130].
Osprey, [124], [141].
Oven-bird, [21], [107].
Pavonia, [111].
Pelican, brown, [140].
Phainopepla, [276], [289].
Phlox, Drummond, [137], [153].
Phœbe, [86], [87], [104], [108], [130], [131].
black, [196], [240].
Say’s, [181], [255].
Pithecolobium, [98].
Plover, killdeer, [124].
Poppy, California, [247], [249].
Porcupine, [27].
Pyrrhuloxia, Arizona, [185], [274].
Texas, [274].
Rabbits, [227].
Rail, Carolina, [149].
Raven, [212].
white-necked, [182], [191], [211], [219], [221].
Redstart, [64].
painted, [286].
Road-runner, [163], [259], [284].
Robin, [8], [54], [66], [78], [86].
Western, [279].
Rose, Cherokee, [136], [154].
Sandwort, Greenland, [23].
Sapsucker, yellow-bellied, [59], [110].
Seven-year apple, [116].
Shrike, loggerhead, [95], [109].
Siskin, [21], [63], [78].
Snowbird, [21], [41], [62], [65], [66], [69], [78].
Solitaire, [289].
Sparrow, Cassin, [263].
chipping, [66].
desert, [210].
pine-wood, [156].
sage, [211].
savanna, [9].
song, [54], [65], [66], [75], [78], [138].
vesper, [75], [78].
white-crowned, [14], [74], [78], [192].
white-throated, [5], [8], [11], [22], [26], [58], [62], [64], [65], [66], [139].
Swallow, barn, [8].
tree, [86], [95], [124].
Sweet-bay, [146].
Sweet-gum, [136], [145].
Swift, white-throated, [273].
Tanager, summer, [155].
Thrasher, Bendire, [252], [255].
brown, [138], [156].
crissal, [254].
Palmer, [209], [251], [255].
sage, [207], [255].
Thrush, Bicknell’s, [21], [37].
hermit, [8], [66], [78], [130].
Swainson’s, [21], [27].
Titmouse, tufted, [139].
Trema, [100].
Trillium, painted, [6], [19].
purple, [29].
Vaccinium cæspitosum, [49].
Verdin, [172], [239], [257], [291].
Violet, round-leaved, [4], [11], [19], [29].
Selkirk’s, [30].
Vireo, blue-headed (solitary), [21], [86], [108], [129].
red-eyed, [147], [155].
yellow-throated, [129], [130].
white-eyed, [86], [104], [108], [130], [140], [147].
Warbler, Bachman’s, [134].
bay-breasted, [21].
black-and-white, [107], [129], [156].
Blackburnian, [21].
black-throated blue, [21].
black-throated green, [21].
Lucy, [292].
myrtle, [21], [26], [41], [65], [66], [76], [86], [101], [107], [129], [130], [156].
palm, [86], [107], [129], [130].
parula, [21], [107], [129], [133], [134], [140], [155].
pileolated, [292].
pine, [86], [156].
prairie, [107], [129], [133], [156].
yellow palm, [78].
yellow-throated, [129], [130], [133], [134], [156].
Woodpecker, downy, [110], [129].
hairy, [18], [59], [63], [110].
ivory-billed, [110].
pileated, [79], [109], [150].
red-bellied, [86], [110], [129], [131], [149].
red-cockaded, [110].
red-headed, [110], [129].
Wood pewee, [63].
Wren, Baird, [255].
cactus, [207], [251], [255].
canyon, [255], [280], [289], [292].
Carolina, [107], [139], [147], [156].
house, [105], [107], [129].
interior tule, [255].
rock, [198], [255], [291].
winter, [21], [59], [62], [64], [66].
Yellow-throat, Florida, [86], [105], [107].
Maryland, [57].
FOOTNOTES:
[1] 1900.
[2] It may have been some species of Pellia, to judge by the plate in Gray’s Manual.
[3] And if New Hampshire people will call the mountain “Moose Hillock,” as, alas, they will, then we have here another proof of the degeneracy which follows the white man’s addiction to the punning habit.
[4] And so it was; for though I felt sure, I wanted to be sure, and submitted it to an expert.
[5] One was living in the greenhouse connected with the big hotel. The gardener told me that it had come in of itself, and persisted in staying. He had tried in vain to get rid of it. Tossed out of doors, it would at once return and make itself at home.