Part 17

Barrington, Dames, 119, 126, 138.

Bean, horse or Winchester, 169.

Bear, black (Ursus americanus), 186.

Bee. See Bumblebee and Honey-bee.

Beech, European, 18, 19, 40, 41, 97.

Beetle, ants and, 179, 180.

Beetle, Colorado, 194.

Ben Lomond, 24.

Ben Nevis, 25.

Ben Venue, 23, 24, 155.

Birds, blue not a common color among British, 93; voices of British, 105, 142; source of the charm of their songs, 113; the Duke of Argyll on the comparative merits of British and American song-birds, 113-116; the American bird-choir larger and embracing more good songsters than the British, 119-129; British more familiar, prolific, and abundant than American, 125, 126; superior vivacity and strength of voice in British, 126; hours and seasons of singing of British and American, 126, 127, 143; superior sweetness, tenderness, and melody in the songs of American, 128, 143-145; the two classes of British song-birds, 142, 143; certain localities favored by, 144; British more prolific than American, 189, 190; warm and compact nests of British, 190; abundance of British, 190-192.

Blackberry, 18, 52, 168.

Blackbird, European, song of, 86, 90, 105, 114, 129, 136, 139, 145; nest of, 66.

Blackbird, red-winged. See Starling, red-shouldered.

Blackcap, or black-capped warbler, 87, 92; song of, 105, 115, 123, 129, 137, 140.

Bloodroot, 172.

Bluebell. See Hyacinth, wild.

Bluebird (Sialia sialis), notes of, 120, 123, 129.

Blue-bonnet, 189.

Blue-weed, or viper's bugloss, 168, 171.

Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), song of, 118, 120, 123, 125, 129.

Bob-white. See Quail.

Bouncing Bet, 171.

Boys, at Ecclefechan, 64-66; a Godalming boy, 92-95.

Bridges, arched, 68, 69.

Brig o' Doon, 26.

Britain. See Great Britain.

Bryant, William Cullen, as a poet of the woods, 43.