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Acer rubrum, 287, 352

Adonis autumnalis, 48

Æsculus Pavia, 402

Alcedo Alcyon, 394

American Bear, 479

—— Cane, 149

—— Goldfinch, 172

—— Hare, 272

—— Pokeweed, 179

—— Redstart, 202

Anthus pipiens, 408

—— Spinoletta, 49

Autumnal Warbler, 447

Azure Warbler, 255

Baltimore Oriole, 66

Barred Owl, 242

Bay-breasted Warbler, 358

Bay-winged Bunting, 473

Bead-tree, 330

Bear, Black, 479

Bear-berry, 257

Belted Kingsfisher, 394

Betula papyracea, 449

Bewick's Wren, 96

Bignonia capreolata, 334

—— radicans, 254

Birch, Paper, 449

Bird of Washington, 58

Bitterwood, 123

Blackberry, 152

Black-billed Cuckoo, 170

Black-and-white Creeper, 452

—— Warbler, 290

Black Oak, 426

Black Walnut, 433

Black Warrior, 441

Blue-grey Fly-catcher, 431

Blue Tangles, 129

Blue-winged Yellow Warbler, 102

Blue-green Warbler, 258

Blue Yellow-backed Warbler, 78

Bombycilla carolinensis, 227

Bonaparte's Fly-catcher, 27

Boon, Colonel, 503

Broad-winged Hawk, 461

Brown Titlark, 49

Buck-eye, Dwarf, 402

Bull-frog, 367

Bunting, Henslow's, 360

—— Towhe, 150

Cactus opuntia, 475

Callicarpa americana, 259

Cane, American, 149, 458

Cane-brake, 458

Caprimulgus carolinensis, 273

—— vociferus, 422

Carolina Parrot, 135

Carolina Rose, 472

Carbonated Warbler, 308

Castanea pumila, 436

Cassia occidentalis, 181

Cedar Bird, 227

Cedar, Red, 230

Certhia varia, 452

Chestnut-sided Warbler, 306

Chicasaw Plum, 282

Children's Warbler, 180

Chinquapin, 436

Chuck-will's-widow, 273

Cinereous Eagle, 64

Cliff Swallow, 353

Cnicus lanceolatus, 176

Cockle-bur, 140

Coccyzus americanus, 18

—— erythrophthalmus, 170

Columba carolinensis, 91

—— migratoria, 319

Columbia Jay, 483

Common Crow Blackbird, 35

Cornus florida, 45, 376

Corvus Bullockii, 483

Corvus floridanus, 444

Cotton, Highland, 359

Cotton-wood, 407

Cotton-rose, 140

Cougar, 205

Cow-pen Bird, 492

Creeper, Black-and-White, 452

Crested Titmouse, 199

Cuckoo, Black-billed, 170

—— Yellow-billed, 18

Cuvier's Regulus, 288

Deer Hunting, 335

Diosporos virginiana, 446

Dogwood, 45, 376

Driving, 335

Earthquake, 239

Eagle, White-headed, 160

—— Washington, 58

Emberiza Henslowii, 360

—— erythrophthalma, 150

Falco Albicilla, 64

—— borealis, 265

—— columbarius, 466

—— Haliaetos, 415

—— Harlani, 441

—— hyemalis, 364

—— furcatus, 368

—— leucocephalus, 160

—— lineatus, 296

—— pennsylvanicus, 461

—— peregrinus, 85

—— Stanleii, 186

—— temerarius, 381

—— Washingtonii, 38

Falls of Niagara, 362

Finch, Painted, 279

—— Purple, 24

—— Sea-side, 470

Fire-light Hunting, 337

Fish Hawk, 415

Flood of the Ohio and Mississippi, 156

Flos Adonis, 48

Florida Jay, 444

—— Jessamine, 114

Fly-catcher, Bonaparte's, 27

—— Blue-grey, 431

—— Selby's, 46

—— Solitary, 147

—— Traill's, 236

—— Tyrant, 403

—— White-eyed, 328

Fringilla ciris, 279

—— cyanea, 377

—— erythrophthalma, 150

—— graminea, 473

—— hyemalis, 72

—— maritima, 470

—— melodia, 126

—— palustris, 331

—— pennsylvanica, 42

—— purpurea, 24

—— tristis, 172

Frolic, 55

Garter Snake, 371

Gleditschia triacanthos, 226

Goldfinch, American, 172

Golden-winged Woodpecker, 191

Gossipium herbaceum, 359

Grakle, Purple, 35

Grass Finch, 473

Great Carolina Wren, 399

—— Horned Owl, 313

—— footed Hawk, 85

—— Magnolia, 28

—— Pine Swamp, 52

Grouse, Ruffed, 211

Green Briar, 302

Halesia tetraptera, 123

Hare, American, 272

Harlequin Snake, 278

Hawk, Broad-winged, 461

—— Great-footed, 85

—— Pigeon, 466

—— Red-shouldered, 296

—— Red-tailed, 265

—— Stanley, 186

—— Swallow-tailed, 368

—— Winter, 364

Henslow's Bunting, 360

Hermit Thrush, 303

Hibiscus grandiflorus, 104

Hickory Pig-nut, 465

Hirundo bicolor, 490

—— fulva, 353

—— purpurea, 115

Honey Locust, 226

Hornbeam, Virginian, 204

Hospitality, 383

House Wren, 427

Huckleberry, 129

Humming Bird, 248

Hurricane, 262

Icterus agripennis, 233

—— Baltimore, 66

—— pecoris, 492

—— phœniceus, 348

—— spurius, 221

Ilex Dahoon, 257

—— Prinoides, 451

Indian Corn, 41

Indigo Bird, 377

Iris, Coppery, 80

Iron-wood Tree, 204

Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 341

Jay, Florida, 444

—— Columbia, 483

Jersey Pine, 489

Jessamine, Florida, 114

Juglans nigra, 433

—— porcina, 485

Juniperus virginiana, 230

Kalmia latifolia, 289

Kentucky Sports, 290

—— Warbler, 196

Kingsfisher, Belted, 394

Larch, Black, 454

Larix americana, 26

Lanius ludovicianus, 300

Laurel, 289

Lehigh River, 54

Le Petit Caporal, 381

Lepus americana, 278

Liquidambar styraciflua, 232

Liriodendron tulipifera, 71

Little Screech Owl, 485

Loggerhead Shrike, 300

Louisiana Flag, 80

—— Water Thrush, 99

Louisville in Kentucky, 437

Magnolia auriculata, 198

—— grandiflora, 28, 171

Maize, 41

Maple, Red, 287, 352

Marsh Blackbird, 348

—— Wren, 500

Maryland Yellow-throat, 121

Martin, Purple, 115

May apple, 322

May-bush, 309

Meadville, 182

Melia azedarach, 330

Meleagris Gallopavo, 1, 33

Methodists, camp-meeting of, 31

Miegia macrosperma, 149

Mississippi, Flood of the, 156

—— Improvements in the navigation of the, 130

Mocking Bird, 108

Moth mullein, 307

Mouse, Field, 302

Mulberry, Spanish, 259

Mullein, moth, 307

Muscadine, wild, 235

Muscicapa Bonapartii, 27

—— cærulea, 431

—— Ruticilla, 202

—— Selbii, 46

—— Traillii, 236

—— Tyrannus, 403

Nashville Warbler, 450

Naturalist, the eccentric, 455

Navigation of the Mississippi, 130

Niagara, 362

Nyssa tomentosa, 75

Oak, Black, 426

—— Swamp, 125

—— White, 261

Ohio, description of the, 29

—— floods of the, 156

Olive, Wild, 123

Orchard Oriole, 221

Oriole, Baltimore, 66

—— Orchard, 221

Osprey, 415

Ostrya virginiana, 204

Owl, Barred, 242

—— Great Horned, 313

—— Little Screech, 486

Painted Finch, 279

Painter, the original, 410

Papaw tree, 21

Partridge, Virginian, 388

Parus bicolor, 199

Parrot, Carolina, 135

Passenger Pigeon, 319

Pens for catching game, 12

Perdix virginiana, 388

Persimon, 446

Phlox aristata, 361

—— subulata, 409

Phytolacca decandra, 179

Picus auratus, 191

—— erythrocephalus, 141

—— principalis, 381

Pig-nut Hickory, 465

Pigeon Hawk, 466

Pigeon, Passenger, 319

Pine, Jersey, 489

—— White, 201

Pink Root, 361

Pinus inops, 489

—— pendula, 454

—— strobus, 201

Podophyllum peltatum, 332

Pokeweed, American, 170

Pole-cat, 310

Populus candicans, 407

Porcelia triloba, 21

Pot-pie, 39

Prairie, the, 81

Prairie Titlark, 408

—— Warbler, 76

Prickly Pear, 475

Pride of China, 330

Prothonotary Warbler, 22

Prunus Chicasa, 282

Psittacus carolinensis, 135

Purple Finch, 24

—— Grakle, 35

—— Martin, 115

Pyrus Botryapium, 309

Quercus aquatica, 125

—— Prinus, 261

Quiscalus versicolor, 35

Quercitron, 426

Rana taurina, 367

Rathbone Warbler, 333

Red Bird, 232

Red Cedar, 230

Red Larch, 26

Red Maple, 352, 287

Red-headed Woodpecker, 141

—— shouldered Hawk, 296

—— tailed Hawk, 265

—— winged Starling, 348

Redstart, American, 202

Republican Swallow, 353

Regulators, 105

Regulus Cuvierii, 288

Rice Bird, 283

Roscoe's Yellow-throat, 124

Rosa Carolina, 472

Rubus villosus, 152

Ruby-throated Humming-bird, 248

Ruffed Grouse, 211

Sarsaparilla, Wild, 380

Sawyers and Planters, 130

Sciurus cinereus, 247

Screech Owl, 485

Schisandra coccinea, 380

Scipio and the Bear, 479

Seaside Finch, 470

Selby's Flycatcher, 46

Service, 309

Shrike, Loggerhead, 300

Silver-bell Tree, 12

Smilax rotundifolia, 302

Snow-bird, 72

Snow-drop Tree, 123

Solitary Fly-catcher, 147

Song Sparrow, 126

Spanish Coffee, 181

Sparrow, Song, 126

—— Swamp, 331

—— White-throated, 42

Spider-wort, 154

Spigelia marilandica, 361

Squirrel, Grey, 247

Stanley Hawk, 186

Strix Asio, 485

—— nebulosa, 242

—— Virginiana, 313

Still Hunting, 335

Stuartia malacodendron, 95

Summer Red Bird, 232

Swallow, Republican, 353

—— White-bellied, 490

Swallow-tailed Hawk, 368

Swamp, Great Pine, 52

Swamp Oak, 125

—— Sparrow, 331

—— Spice, 451

Sweet Gum, 238

Sylvia æstiva, 476

—— Americana, 78

—— autumnalis, 447

—— azurea, 255

—— carbonate, 308

—— castanea, 358

—— Childrenii, 180

—— discolor, 76

—— formosa, 196

—— icterocephala, 306

—— maculosa, 260

—— pensilis, 434

—— Protonotarius, 22

—— rara, 258

—— rubricapilla, 450

—— Rathbonia, 333

—— Roscoe, 124

—— Solitaria, 102

—— Trichas, 12

—— vermivora, 177

—— Vigorsii, 153

Tanagra æstiva, 232

Tetrao Umbellus, 211

Thistle, Common, 176

Thrush, Hermit, 303

—— Louisiana Water, 99

—— Wood, 372

Timber, preparation of, 54

Titlark, Brown, 49

—— Prairie, 408

Towhe Bunting, 150

Traill's flycatcher, 236

Traveller and Pole-cat, 310

Trochilus colubris, 248

Troglodytes ædon, 427

—— Bewickii, 96

—— ludoviciana, 399

—— palustris, 500

Titmouse, Crested, 199

Tradescantia virginica, 154

Trumpet-flower, 254

—— Ramping, 334

Tulip-Tree, 71

Tupelo, 75

Turdus ludovicianus, 99

—— minor, 303

—— mustelinus, 372

—— polyglottus, 108

Turkey, 1, 33

Turtle Dove, Carolina, 91

Tyrant Fly-catcher, 403

Ursus Americanus, 480

Vaccinium frondosum, 129

Vireo noveboracensis, 328

—— solitarius, 147

Virginian Hornbeam, 204

—— Partridge, 388

Vitis rotundifolia, 235

Vigors's Warbler, 153

Viburnum prunifolium, 123

Warbler, Autumnal, 447

—— Azure, 255

—— Bay-breasted, 358

—— Black-and-yellow, 260

—— Blue-green, 258

—— Blue Yellow-backed, 78

—— Blue-winged Yellow, 102

—— Carbonated, 308

—— Chestnut-sided, 306

—— Children's, 180

—— Kentucky, 196

—— Nashville, 450

—— Prairie, 76

—— Prothonotary, 22

—— Rathbone, 333

—— Vigors's, 153

—— Yellow-pole, 476

—— Yellow-breasted, 121

—— Yellow-throated, 434

—— Worm-eating, 177

Washington, Bird of, 58

Weak Fish, 421

White-bellied Swallow, 490

White-eyed Fly-catcher, 328

White-headed Eagle, 160

White-tailed Eagle, 64

White Oak, 261

White Pine, 201

White-throated Sparrow, 42

Whip-poor-will, 422

Wild Turkey, 1, 33

Wilson, Mr Alexander, 438

Winter Hawk, 364

Woodpecker, Ivory-billed, 341

—— Golden-winged, 191

Woodpecker, Red-headed, 141

Wood Thrush, 372

Worm-eating Warbler, 177

Worm-grass, 361

Wren, Great Carolina, 399

—— Bewick's, 96

—— House, 427

—— Marsh, 500

Xanthium Strumarium, 140

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 18

Yellow-breasted Warbler, 121

Yellow-throat, Maryland, 121

Yellow-throat, Roscoe's, 124

Yellow-throated Warbler, 434

Zea Mays, 41

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