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. Gentian, closed, 26, 27, 30. Georgetown, Ky., 232. Gerardia, rose, 11. Ginger, wild, 26. Girl, a young English, 28, 29. Goethe, quotation from, 90. Goldenrod, 98. Goldenrod, mountain, 54. Goldfinch, American, _or_ yellowbird (_Spinus tristis_), 72; habits of, 73, 74; love-making festivals of, 83, 84; change of plumage, 83, 84, 166; notes of, 73, 74, 84; nest and eggs of, 72, 73. Goose, Canada (_Branta canadensis_), 101. Gopher, pocket (_Spermophilus_ sp.), 104. Grackle, purple. _See_ Blackbird, crow. Grass. _See_ Blue-grass. Grass, chess _or_ cheat, 262, 263. Green River, 243, 249. Grosbeak, pine (_Pinicola enucleator_), a visit from, 284-286; notes of, 284. Grouse, pinnated, _or_ prairie hen (_Tympanuchus americanus_), 101, 102, 106; notes of, 101; nest and eggs of, 61, 101, 102. Grouse, ruffed, _or_ partridge (_Bonasa umbellus_), courtship of, 85, 177, 201; protective coloring of, 261; her well-trained young, 262; drumming of, 85; nest of, 61. Hair-snake, 264, 265. Hardhack. _See_ Steeple-bush. Hare, northern (_Lepus americanus_, var. _virginianus_), 197, 198. Hats and bonnets, Thoreau on, 209, 210. Hawk, banqueting-hall of a, 171, 172; quickness of a, 200; and mouse, 256, 257; the smaller species as enemies of birds and chickens, 265, 266; poised in mid-air, 266. _See_ Hen-hawk. Hawk, American sparrow (_Falco sparverius_), 265. Hawk, fish. _See_ Osprey. Hawk, marsh (_Circus hudsonius_), habits and appearance of, 133; defending her nest, 134, 135; young of, 135, 137, 138; a tame young one, 138-143, 172; notes of, 134, 135, 138, 139; nest and eggs of, 133-138. Hawk, pigeon (_Falco columbarius_), caught in a shad-net, 259. Hawk, sharp-shinned (_Accipiter velox_), 266. Hawkweed (_Hieracium aurantiacum_), 8, 9, 10 and note. Hen-hawk, 133; one of the farmer's best friends, 265. Hepatica. _See_ Liver-leaf. High-hole, _or_ flicker (_Colaptes auratus_), matchmaking of, 82, 83; drumming of, 83; unbridled boring propensities, 276, 292; notes of, 82, 83, 165, 167; nest and eggs of, 72, 83, 259. Hogs of the prairie, 99.