Thoreau's Notes on Birds of New England by Thoreau Henry David; Allen Francis H.;

Author:Thoreau, Henry David; Allen, Francis H.;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2019-05-19T04:00:00+00:00

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162 [A term evidently imported by Thoreau from Maine, where he learned it from the loggers and Indians. It is used to signify a little bay in the river-shore which leads nowhere and is perhaps derived from “poke” (= pouch or pocket) and “logan,” a bay-like inlet to the river. “Logan” is supposed to be a corruption of the word “lagoon.” Thoreau supposed “pokelogan” to be an Indian word, but his Indian guide told him there was “no Indian in ’em.”]

163 [This is one of Nuttall’s names for the olive-sided flycatcher. He indicated the pronunciation thus: pě-pe. Thoreau had met with the bird in the spring migrations of the two preceding years.]

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