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Nature's invitation: Notes of a bird-gazer, North and South

Chapter 37: INDEX
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A series of observant essays and travel sketches records seasonal birdwatching and landscape impressions from New England mountains through southern swamps and western deserts. The pieces combine close natural-history notes on birds, plants, songs, and nests with vivid field impressions, weather-wrought scenes, and reflections on rural change. Short newspaper-style letters alternate with longer mountain narratives, offering botanical asides, migratory and behavioral observations, and gentle meditations on solitude, place, and the pleasures of attentive outdoor life.

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.