see also cuckoo, American.
cuckoo, European, 6, 29, 109, 154, 157, 158, 271;
American, 282, 289.
curassow, 196.
curlew, 29; Eskimo, 14, 19.
Cygnus Americanus. See swan, sharpless.
Darwin, 191, 207, 208, 247, 249.
Daubenton, 115. daw, purple, 105,
see also grackle purple. See jackdaw,
dipper, 34, 267. See also water-ouzel.
diver, 152. See loon, grebe, etc.
dove, common, 15. See also turtledove.
duck, 12; whistling (or tree), 17;
wild, 152;
tufted, 316;
black, 326 f;
fresh-water, 363.
See also eider.
eagle, 240, 272; white-headed, 348.
Eckstein, Gustav, 83 ff.; quoted, 87 ff.
eider, nesting, 33.
Falco polyagrus, 281.
falcon, 281.
finch, ground, 247.
flamingo, American, 296, 297 ff.
flycatcher, 247, 248; “pewee,” 348 n.,
see also phoebe.
flysnapper, silky, 267, 269.
Forster, 97, 98, 99.
Franklin, Benjamin, 99, 107.
gannet, 29, 66. See also camanay.
gnatcatcher, 283.
goat-sucker, 109.
godwit, 12.
goldfinch, 120, 254.
geese, upland, 12; emperor, 33;
Canada, 330 f., 363.
Gosse, Philip Henry, 205 ff.; quoted, 210 ff.
Gould, John, 7.
grackle, 248, 350; purple, 98, 99, 105 ff., 281.
See also jackdaw.
gracula quiscula. See grackle, purple.
grebe, 12; crested, 152.
greenfinch, 161.
Grey, Edward, of Fallodon, 7, 295, 309 ff.; quoted, 312 ff.
grosbeak, cardinal, 174.
grouse, 360; prairie, 267,
see also prairie chicken.
guanay, 137, 138, 139, 140 ff.
gull, 29, 66, 67, 325; Burgomaster, 34;
Iceland, 34;
sea, 66;
black-headed, 316;
herring, 329.
Havell, Robert, 345 f.
hawk, 162 s., 179, 240, 325, 356, 367; fish, 281, 348;
hen, 332 f.
Herman, Otto, 34.
heron, 12, 152, 301; Guinea green, 194;
great blue, 281.
Hirundo fulva. See swallow, republican.
hoatzin, 189, 192, 193 ff.
Hooker, Joseph Dalton, 31, 249.
Hornaday, William T., 18 f.
Hudson, W. H., 3 ff., 34, 295; quoted, 11 ff.
hummingbird, 4, 98, 99, 190, 209, 267; ruby-throated, 101 ff.;
West Indian, long-tailed, 208, 210 ff.
ibis, 12, 66, 67, 272; giant (stork and wood), 12;
glossy, 12, 15.
indigo bird, 179.
jacana, 12.
jackdaw, 9, 20 ff., 152.
Jardine, William, 345.
jay, 159, 180; Stelier’s, 43;
pinyon, 267.
Jefferies, Richard, 6, 8, 9, 151 ff.; quoted, 156ff.
Jordan, David Starr, 31, 35.
Kalm, Peter, 51, 97ff.; quoted, 101 ff.
Kearton, Cherry, 65 ff.; quoted, 69 ff.
king’s bird, 101. See also hummingbird, ruby-throated.
king-fisher, 248, 348; racquet-tailed, 248.
kiskadees, 194.
lapwing, 158.
lark, 152, 182.
Leclerc, George Louis. See Buffon, Count de.
Lesson, 251.
Linnaeus, 47, 49, 97, 98, 99, 101, 105, 109, 114, 116, 130, 251, 259, 260.
linnet, 120;
rosy, 267.
logcock, large, 241; see also woodpecker ivory-billed;
lesser, 241.
longspur, Lapland, 33.
loon, 326 ff.
lory, 248.
MacGillivray, William, 346.
magpie, 22, 159, 267.
maize-thieves, purple, 105, see also grackle purple;
red-winged, 108,
see also stare.
manakin, South American, 259.
martin, 50; sand (or bank), 51, 54, 56 ff., 59, 152;
house, 53-8
passim, 61, 152;
purple, 281.
meadowlark, 30; western, 267.
Miller, Olive Thorne, 34.
mocker, 267. See also mockingbird.
mockingbird, 4, 97, 118, 120, 178 ff., 267.
Montbéliard, de, 113.
moor hen, 152.
Muir, John, 29 ff., 268; quoted, 36 ff.
Murphy, Robert Cushman, 135 ff.; quoted, 140 ff.
murre, 29.
See also auk.
murrelet, 268.
myna, 6.
Newton, Alfred, 7, 47, 118.
nighthawk, 30.
nightingale, 6, 115, 116, 117, 120 ff., 154, 157, 161, 178, 180, 209.
nuthatch, 323.
Nuttall, Thomas, 169 ff., 274, 325 quoted, 174 ff.
Orbigny, d’, 342.
Ord, George, 222.
oriole, Baltimore, 174 ff.
oriolus phoeniceus. See stare and starling.
ortolan, 131, 182.
Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 190.
ouzel, water-, see water-ouzel
owl, Magellanic eagle, 4; snowy, 33;
barred, 224;
burrowing, 272, 286 ff.
oyster-catcher, 66.
Paradises apoda see bird of paradise, great; _____ regia, see ibid., king;
_____ rubra see ibid., red.
parakeet, wild, 223, 224, 248. See also parrot, Carolina,
parrot, 190, 247, 248; Carolina (or Illinois), 224, 226 ff., 365.
partridge, 13, 156.
peawai, 335.
peep, 185.
peewit. See plover, green.
pelican, 268. See also alcatraz.
Pelicanus thagus. See alcatraz.
penguin, 141, 143; black-footed (Cape or jackass), 65, 66 ff., 69 ff., 74ff.
Pennant, Thomas, 50, 171.
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota. See swallow, rock.
pewee, wood, 335.
“pewee flycatcher,” 348 n. See also phoebe.
phainopepla, 267. See also flysnapper, silky.
Phalacrocorax bougainvillei. See guanay.
pheasant, 156, 190, 192.
phoebe, 342, 348 ff.
pigeon, 192, 227, 229, 247; passenger, 30, 98, 139, 140, 343 f., 360, 365 ff.;
wood, 156 f., 316, 317;
fruit, 248.
piquero, 137.
plantain-eater, 192.
plover, 4, 9 f., 12, 33; golden, 9, 13 f., 19;
upland (solitary), 17ff., 184;
spur-winged, 25;
sand, 66;
green, 158 f.
pochard, 316.
prairie chicken, 30. See also grouse, prairie.
Psaltriparus minimus, see bush-tit, least; _____ plumbeus, see ibid., plumbeous.
psittacus pertinax. See parrot, Carolina.
ptarmigan, nesting, 33; snowy, 267.
puffin, 268.
quail, Gambel’s, 267.
rail, 12, 17, 192.
raven, 240, 267, 272, 274.
red-eye, 334. See also vireo, red-eye.
redwing, 30, 350.
reedling, sedge. See sparrow, brook.
rhea, 4, 13.
rhinoceros bird, 25.
Richardson, John, 97, 183, 278.
Ridgway, Robert, 34.
road-runner, lizard-eating, 267.
robin, 6, 159, 180, 254, 312 ff., 317 f., 334; golden, see oriole, Baltimore.
roller, 248.
rook, 25.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 31, 32, 33, 295.
Sanborn, F. B., 331.
sanderling, 268.
sandpiper, 12, 43, 268; Bartram’s, see plover, upland;
buff-breasted, 14 f., 19;
pectoral, 19.
Sargent, Charles S., 31, 33.
screamer, crested, 4, 12.
Selby, P. J., 345.
shrike, 159 f.; loggerhead, 357.
skylark, 6, 29, 37, 117, 120.
snow bird, white. See snowflake.
snowflake, 181 ff.
sparrow, 182, 316, 317; white throat, 118, 325;
brook, 157;
song, 182;
house, 209.
Spheniscus demersus. See penguin, black-footed.
squirrels, grey and black, 317.
stare, 105, 108. See also starling,
starling, 13, 24 f., 158, 209;
military, 16. See also stare.
Sula nebouxi see camanay; _____ variegata, see piquero.
sun-bird, 248.
swallow, 29, 50 f., 180; rock, 11 f.;
house (or chimney), 52 ff., 56, 57, 58, 62, 152;
green, 207;
rough-winged, 267;
cliff, 272, 277 ff.;
barn, 278, 357;
republican, 357.
See also martin, sand.
swan, 113; wild, 12, 33;
trumpeter, 344, 358 ff.;
sharpless, 358, 359.
swift, Old World, 50 f., 59ff., 280; chimney, 279, 280.
tanager, scarlet, 100.
teal, 326 f.
tern, 66.
Thoreau, Henry David, 4, 33, 321 ff.; quoted, 326 ff.
thrasher, sage, 267.
thrush, 105, 247, 253, 283; water, 36,
see also water-ouzel;
hermit, 118, 325;
missel, 120, 154, 157 f., 160;
brown, 178, 180;
ground, 248;
wood, 283, 325, 334 ff.;
olive-backed, 325.
tinamu, 13. See also partridge.
tit, long-tailed, 272. See also bush-tit and wren-tit.
titmouse, 269, 275; crested, 174 f.
tody-flycatcher, yellow-breasted, 194; streaked, 194.
Torrey, Bradford, 34.
Totanus bartramius. See plover, upland.
trochilus colubris. See hummingbird, ruby-throated, 101 ff.
trogon, 190.
turkey, 97; wild, 360, 364.
turtle-dove, 157; Carolina, 374.
veery, 334.
vireo, red-eyed, 283, 334.
vulture, 195; turkey, 302.
wagtail, 159.
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 208, 247 ff.; quoted, 253 f.
warbler, 120, 160; myrtle, 325.
water-ouzel, 32, 34 f., 36 ff.
whimbrel, 12.
whippoorwill, 30, 98, 99, 109 f., 180.
White, Gilbert, 47 ff., 172, 342; quoted, 52 ff.
willet, 268.
Wilson, Alexander, 170, 171, 172, 173, 206, 221 ff., 325, 342; quoted, 226 ff.
woodhewer, 4.
See also woodpecker.
woodpecker, 162, 163, 237, 241, 255; redheaded, 30, 230;
ivory-billed, 224 f., 237ff.;
pileated, 241;
large white-backed, 242;
see also ivory-billed above.
See also woodhewer.
wren, 34, 180; willow, 160;
canyon, 267;
house, 278.
wren-tit, 34, 267 f.
yellowbird, summer, 283.
yellow-legs, 184 f.
yellow-throat, Maryland, 283.
Zenaida. See dove, common.
Donald Culross Peattie (1898-1964) was one of the most influential American nature writers of the twentieth century. Peattie was born in Chicago and grew up in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, a region that sparked his interest in the immense wonders of nature. He studied at the University of Chicago and Harvard University. After working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he decided to pursue a career as a writer. In 1925 he became a nature columnist for the Washington Star and went on to pen more than twenty fiction and non-fiction books over the next five decades. Widely acclaimed and popular in his day, Peattie’s work has inspired a modern age of nature writing.
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