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The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
Burroughs, John
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Clouds, boat-shaped.
Clover.
Clover, white.
Cochecton Falls.
Cockle.
Colchester.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, quotation from.
Coltsfoot.
Coltsfoot, sweet.
Columbine.
Companions, outdoor.
Cone-flower.
Coon. See Raccoon.
Cormorant.
Corn, Indian.
Cowbird. See Blackbird, cow.
Cows. See Cattle.
Cowslip. See Marigold, marsh.
Cowslip, English.
Creeper, brown (CERTHIA FAMILIARIS AMERICANA), nest of.
Crickets. See Tree-crickets.
Crow American (CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS), gait of; notes of.
Cuckoo (COCCYZUS sp.), heard at night; habits of; in poetry; notes
of.
Cuckoo, European.
Cuckoo-buds.
Cuckoo-flower.
Cuckoo-pint.
Cypripedium. See Lady's-slipper.
Daffodil.
Daisy, English.
Daisy, ox-eye.
Dandelion.
Darnel.
Day, a white.
Dead-nettle.
Delaware River, Pepacton branch of. See Pepacton River.
Dentaria.
Deposit.
Dicentra, or squirrel corn.
Dock, curled-leaf.
Dock, yellow.
Doctor, the (a snake).
Dog, Cuff and the woodchucks. See Greyhound and Hound.
Dog, farm, hound and.
Dogbane.
Dove, mourning (ZENAIDURA MACROURA).
Doves.
Downsville.
Dry Brook.
Ducks, feeding.
Duck-shooting on the Potomac.
Eagle, chased by a kingbird; flight of an.
East Branch.
Elecampane.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, quotations from; his knowledge of nature.
England, bird-songs in; pedestrianism in; the footpaths of; the
highways of.
Esopus.
Eupatorium, purple.
Falcon, haggard.
Finch, purple (CARPODACUS PURPUREUS; notes of.
Fisherman, an ancient.
Fishes, spring movements of.
Fleabane, or whiteweed.
Flicker. See High-hole.
Flowers, wild, in poetry; fragrant.
Footpaths, lack of, in America; English; a schoolboy's footpath.
Forenoon, as distinguished from morning.
Fort Washington.
Fox, red, and hound,; hunting a; favorite sleeping places of; hard
fare in winter; an encounter between rivals.
Fringed-orchis, purple.
Frog. See Bullfrog.
Frog, clucking. See Wood-frog.
Frog, peeping. See Hyla, Pickering's.
Garlic.
Gentian, closed.
Gentian, fringed, 63; Bryant's poem on.
Gill.
Girls.
Goethe.
Goldenrod.
Goldfinch, American (ASTRAGALINUS TRISTIS; pairing habits of; notes
of.
Goose-foot.
Grackle, purple. See Blackbird, crow.
Grackle, rusty, or rusty blackbird (EUPHAGUS CAROLINUS), notes of.
Grass, the natural covering of the fields.
Grass, harvest.
Grass, quack.
Grass, quitch.
Green Cove Spring.
Greyhound.
Ground-nut.
Grouse, ruffed, or partridge (BONASA UMBELLUS), in poetry; drumming
of.
"Gums,".
Gum-tree.
Haggard.
Hancock.
Hare, northern.
Hares.
Harrisonburg, Va.
Harvard.
Harvest-fly. See Cicada.
Hawk, in poetry, 116. See Hen-hawk.
Hawkfish. See Osprey, American.
Hawk's Point.
Hedgehog.
Hedge-sparrow.
Hemlock, poison.
Henbane.
Hen-hawk.
Hepatica, or liver-leaf; the first spring flower; an intermittently
fragrant flower.
Hercules.
Heron.
Heron, great blue (ARDEA HERODIAS; notes of, 24, 28.
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