Part 26

Chipmunk (Tamias striatus), 140; spring awakening of, 145, 163; breeding habits of, 146; manners and conversation of, 146; enemies of, 146, 147; nervous, impetuous ways of, 147, 148; a hermit, 148, 152; adventures with cats, 148-150; the digging and furnishing of the den, 150, 151; food for the winter, 115, 152, 194; sociability, 152; pursued by a weasel, 152-154.

Chippie, or social sparrow (Spizella socialis), 72; a curious mishap, 124, 125; and young cowbird, 315, 316; nest and eggs of, 64, 124.

Claytonia, or spring beauty, 42, 43.

Clintonia, 42.

Clover, red, 42.

Clover, sweet, or melilotus, 29.

Columbine, 13.

Condor, 309.

Cone-flower, or rudbeckia, 98.

Contentment, 87-90.

Coon. See Raccoon.

Corydalis, 13.

Cowbird, or cow-bunting (Molothrus ater), desecrating a vireo's nest, 290, 291; the young bird and its foster-parent, 315-316.

Crane, sandhill (Grus mexicana), 105-107; nest and eggs of, 105, 106.

Crickets, field, hibernating of, 255.

Crow, American (Corvus americanus), their fellow-feeling and courtesy towards each other, 119, 120; suspiciousness of, 121, 122, 164, 171, 265, 298; the male feeding his mate, 312; notes of, 163; nest of, 312.

Cuckoo, European, 316.

Cypripedium. See Lady's-slipper.

Daffodil, 19.

Dandelion, 104, 105.

David, a guide in the Catskills, 39, 40.

Deer, Virginia (Cariacus virginianus), 41, 277-279.

Dicentra. See Dutchman's breeches and Squirrel corn.

Dickcissel. See Bunting, black-throated, 239.

Dipper, European, eggs of, 65.

Dog, a, detected in stealing, 58, 59; a red squirrel's race with a, 198, 199, 256.

Dog-toes, 98.

Double-Top, 43.