Part 27

Dove, turtle or mourning (Zenaidura macroura), 236, 299; nest and young of, 299, 300.

Duck, eider, 70.

Ducks, wild, 101, 161.

Dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria), 4.

Eel, 252.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 109, 245; quotations from, 14, 63.

Erythronium. See Adder's-tongue.

Evening primrose, 19.

Esopus Creek, 34.

Farmers, Kentucky, 226, 227.

Fear, in wild animals, 193-197; in man, 195; in domestic animals, 195; paralysis from, 255-257.

Fences, 100.

Fern. See Osmunda.

Fertility, the beauty of, 221, 222.

Finch, lark, or lark sparrow (Chondestes grammacus), 234, 235; song of, 235.

Finch, purple (Carpodacus purpureus), song of, 308; nest of, 300.

Fir, balsam, 42, 43, 47.

Fish, a small, swallowing a large fish, 131.

Fishes, flying, walking, and tree-climbing, 308.

Flicker. See High-hole.

Flowers, wild, the identification of, 31, 32.

Flycatcher, great crested (Myiarchus crinitus), 274; war with a bluebird, 274, 275; notes of, 274; nest of, 260, 272-275.

Fox, red (Vulpes vulpes, var. fulvus), tracks of, 126, 127, 303; 177, 196, 197, 277.

Frog, pickerel, 255.

Frog, wood, 261.

Frogs, spring awakening of, 163; hibernating of, 254, 255. See Bullfrog, Hyla, and Tree-frog.

Fumitory, climbing, 4, 5.

Game, on the prairie, 101, 102.