Part 32

Ostrich, 86.

Otter, American (Lutra hudsonica), tracks of, 303, 304; habits of, 304.

Oven-bird. See Thrush, golden-crowned.

Owl, great horned (Bubo virginianus), 197; nest of, 61.

Owl, screech (Megascops asio), a brood of young, 294; notes of, 220; nest of, 61.

Owl, snowy (Nyctea nyctea), 197.

Owls, the eggs of, 62, 198.

Oxen, 99, 100.

Panther Mountain, 43, 56, 57.

Partridge. See Grouse, ruffed.

Peak-o'-Moose, 43.

Peeper. See Hyla.

Perch, 16, 212.

Phœbe-bird (Sayornis phœbe), 286, 293, 294; nest and eggs of, 62-64, 70, 249, 260, 297.

Pickerel, 16.

Pigeon, passenger (Ectopistes migratorius), 101; nest of, 62.

Pike, barred, 212.

Pink, prairie, 98.

Pitcher plant, 6.

Polygala, fringed, 20, 21.

Pond-lily, 15-18.

Porcupine, Canada (Erethizon dorsatus), 36, 37, 47, 53, 58, 309.

Prairie, the, notes from, 87-109; like the ocean, 88; life in the fifties on, 97-107; game on, 101-107; a dead level, 224.

Prairie hen. See Grouse, pinnated.

Primrose. See Evening primrose.

Proctor, Professor, 224.

Pussy-willows, 220.

Quail, or bob-white (Colinus virginianus), 101; setting, 136; young of, 137; answering a call, 175, 176; hatching of the young, 291, 292; notes of, 175, 176; nest and eggs of, 75, 135-137, 291, 292.