INDEX 



Least (P. minutila), 152, 153, 



242. 

 Pectoral (P. maculata), 242. 

 Semipalmated (Ereunetes pu- 



sillus), 152-154, 242, 286. 

 Solitary (Helodromas solita- 



rius), 243, 244. 

 Spotted (Actitis macularius), 



243, 285. 

 Stilt (Micropalama bimanto- 



pus), 158. 

 White-rumped (Pisobia fus- 

 cicollis), 156. 

 Sand-star puffball (Geaster hy- 



drometricus), 75. 

 Sassafras (Sassafras variifo- 



Uum), 225. 

 Saxon Chronicle, 221. 

 Scoter, American (Oedemia 

 americana), 146, 147. 

 Surf (O. perspicillata), 146, 147. 

 White-winged (O . deglandi ) , 

 146, 147. 

 Shakespeare, 259. 

 Shaler, N. S., 208. 223. 

 Sea rocket, American (Cakile 



edentula), 72, 73. 

 Seal, Harbor (Phoca vitulina 



concolor), 160-187, 225. 

 Seal, Harp (Phoca groenlandica), 



161. 

 Seal, Hooded (C3^stophora cris- 



tata), 161. 

 Seals, Bounty on, 169. 

 Courtship of, 179-181. 

 Curiosity of, 184, 185. 

 Evolution of, 162, 176-178. 

 Food of, 169, 170. 

 Locomotion of, 164^166. 

 Pelage of, 163, 164. 

 Play in, 180. 181, 182. 

 Postures of, 166, 167. 

 Sleep of, 167, 174, 186. 

 Voice of, 186. 

 Young of, 174-179, 285. 

 Sea-mouse (Aphrodite aculeata), 

 256, 257. 



Sears, John H., 213. 

 Sea-squirt (Boltenia clavata), 



274, 275. 

 Sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus 



drobachiensis), 258, 259. 

 Sedge, Salt marsh (Scirpus cam- 



pestris var. paludosus), 



195. 

 Seton, Ernest Thompson, 47, 



187. 

 Sexual selection, 143. 

 Shad bush (Amelanchier cana- 

 densis), 83. 

 Shaw, John, 233. 

 Shearwater, Greater (Puffinus 



gravis), 273. 

 Sheathbill (Chionis), 2S9. 

 Sheldrake, see Merganser, Red- 

 breasted. 

 Shore hne and tidal range, 214, 



215. 

 Silver weed (Potentilla Anse- 



rina), 197. 

 Sinking of the land, 209-216. 

 Skate (Raja), 125. 

 Skimmer, Black (Rynchops ni- 

 gra), 287. 

 Skunk (Mephitis putida), 56-58, 



100. 

 Smith, Captain John, 224. 

 Snail, Black-footed (Melampus 



lineatus), 61. 

 Great sea (Poljmices heros), 



259, 264, 265. 

 Purple (Purpura lapillus), 266. 

 Snow bunting (Plectrophenax 



nivalis), 52, 102-104, 250. 

 Snow in the dunes, 32, 33. 

 Sparrow, Acadian sharp-tailed 



(Passerherbulus nelsoni sub- 



virgatus), 249, 250. 

 English (Passer domesticus), 



105, 106, 282, 283, 299. 

 Fox (Passerella iliaca), 104. 

 Ipswich (Passerculus prin- 



ceps), 103-110, 250, 291, 



300, 301. 



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