Honey-bee, 14, 30; in a chimney, 68; working on sawdust, 158, 159, 162, 163. Horses, gentleness towards children, 97; in Kentucky, 228, 233. Houstonia, _or_ bluets, 19, 20. Hummingbird, ruby-throated (_Trochilus colubris_), probing peaches, 286; a curious statement about, 287; nest and eggs of, 65. Hunters and their victims, 277-281. Hyla, Pickering's, _or_ peeper, 166, 168, 254. Illinois, birds observed in, 235, 236. Indian cucumber root, _or_ medeola, 2, 3. Indigo-bird, _or_ indigo bunting (_Passerina cyanea_), song of, 188; nest of, 188. Invalid, observations of an, 87-109. Ironweed, 228. Jay, blue (_Cyanocitta cristata_), hoarding food, 90, 91; worried by a wren, 92, 128, 130, 236; a devourer of the eggs and young of other birds, 289; mobbed by robins, 289, 290, 293; a male feeding his mate, 298, 299, 300; notes of, 128, 299; nest and eggs of, 92, 128, 298, 299. Jefferies, Richard, a reporter of nature, 207; his _Wild Life_, 207; a sympathetic spectator of nature, not an observer, 211; his _Gamekeeper at Home_, 211; his _Amateur Poacher_, 211; his _My Old Village_, 211; quotation from, 211-213. Jewel-weed, 28, 29. Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 204, 205; on scorpions and swallows, 251. Joint-snake. _See_ Snake, glass. Journal, keeping a, 155-158. Junco. _See_ Snowbird. Kentucky, the journey into, 221-223; the blue-grass region of, 223-234; the birds of, 234-239; Mammoth Cave, 241-250. Kingbird (_Tyrannus tyrannus_), 293; nest of, 70, 259, 260. Kingfisher, belted (_Ceryle alcyon_), nest and eggs of, 65. Kingfisher, English, 65; eggs of, 65. Knott, Governor, 238. Lady's-slipper, showy (_Cypripedium spectabile_), 6-8. Lady's-slipper, stemless _or_ pink (_Cypripedium acaule_), 6, 71. Lark, shore _or_ horned (_Otocoris alpestris_) _and_ prairie horned lark (_O. a. praticola_), 163, 164, 287; in confinement, 288; notes of, 163, 164, 287, 288. Larkins, his house in the Catskills, 37, 56, 57; directions from, 38, 39; his dog, 59, 60. Licks, of Kentucky, the, 225. Lilies, scarlet, 98. Lily, meadow, 17. _See_ Pond-lily. Limestone, of Kentucky, 234. Linnæus, quotation from, 266. Lion's-foot, 30. Liver-leaf, _or_ hepatica, 14. Loon (_Urinator imber_), 309. Loosestrife, purple, 12, 29. Lynx, Canada (_Lynx canadensis_), 198. Mallow. _See_ Marsh-mallow.