— what dependent on man, 151 — what independent, 152 — usefulness of, to man, 153 — affection of, to their young, 176 — mercy to, a scriptural command, ibid. Ant, the black, 212 — the red, 213 — the yellow, ibid. Apples injured by aphides, 235 — spottings on, how occasioned, 255. Ash trees, 267. Atmospheric influences, 249 — observations, 269 — experiments, 275. Augerworms, 203. Autumn, pleasure of a morning’s walk in, 83. Aust ferry, 9. Bee, the carpenter, 53. Beetle, the rose, 53 — the dorr, 217 — the great water species, 224, 232. Birds, partiality of the author to, 109, 120 — migration of, 110, 145 — injurious to trees, 114 — various food of, ibid. — song and voices of, 119, 178. 189 — nests of, 121, 122, 123, 124 — great destroyers of insects, 124 — species of, diminishing in number, 137 — labor of, to feed their young, 140 — friendship of, 147 — eggs of, 156, 182 — dislike of, to man, 160 — stratagem of one, 163 — early rising of, 164 — boldness of, 176 — solitary and congregating ones, 178 — language of, unvarying, 185 — pleasure afforded by, to man, 189 — For the different kinds, see their respective English names. Blackbird, song of the, 188. Blackcap, the, 159. Blight, 236 — some trees not affected by, ibid. — manner in which this insect propagates itself, 237 — whence derived, uncertain, 238 — saline winds a supposed cause of, 254. Bombylius, the, 211. Bones of horses and human beings dug up, conjecture respecting, 11. Bouquets, wearing of, not in use, 57. Bramble, the common, almost an evergreen, 77 — lines on its leaves, ibid. — its uses, 78. Bull-finch, the, 113. Bunting, peculiar practice of the, 173. Burnet, conjecture as to its lasting verdure, 63. Butcher-bird, the, 134. Butterfly, the sulphur, 74 — the argus, 195 — the phlæas, 196 — the azure, ibid. — the painted lady, 198 — the marble, 199 — the meadow brown, ibid. Caloric, effects of, on bodies, 271. Chaffinch, the, 116. Changes in nature, 221. Cheese, cheap kind of, 22. Christmassing, 246. Chrysalides of insects, 191. Chrysalis, singular one, 186. Cleanliness of animals, 219. Clematis, the wild, 81 — sticks of, used by boys for smoking, 82. Clocks, name given to the great dorr beetle, 217. Cockchaffer, 220. Coins dug out of the earth, 10. Color, probably reflected light, 60. Coral polypi, 15. Crossbill, the, 128. Cruelty, a vice of the ignorant, 96. Dandelion, the, 74. Day’s eye, the, 74. Death’s-head moth, 222. Digestion, power of, in birds, 146. Dog, usefulness of, to man, 153. Dogsbane destructive to insects, 61. Dry-rot, the, 88. Dyers, capricious in their art, 59. Dyers’ broom, 58 — gathering of, 59 — uses of, ibid. — dyers’ weed, 72. Earth-worm, the common, 231. Elm tree, the wych, a singularly beautiful one, 46 — value of, 47 — uses of, ibid. — soon decays, 48