INDEX 



231 



courtship of, 101, 102; 142, 181, 

 211 ; notes of, 3-5, 41, 129, 142, 

 177,211; nest of, 5, 106, 108. 

 Rock Creek, rambles about, 144-154, 

 204. 



Sandford Lake, 84, 86, 90. 



Sandpiper, a young, 62. 



Sandpiper, solitary {Totanus toli- 

 iariiis), 85. 



Sandpipers, 144, 218. 



Saxifrage, 146. 



Smilax, 20. 



Snake, black, attacking a catbird's 

 nest, 27-30 ; boy surprised by a, 

 193. 



Snipes, 218. 



Snowbird, or slate-colored junco 

 (Junco hyemalis), 42, 59, 69, 144, 

 218 ; notes of, 8, 42, 129 ; nest of, 

 42, 109. 



Sparrow, bush. See Sparrow, wood. 



Sparrow, Canada, or tree sparrow, 

 {Spizella monticola), 136, 212, 

 220 ; notes of, 137. 



Sparrow, English. See Sparrow, 

 house. 



Sparrow, field, or vesper sparrow, 

 or grass finch {Poocceies graml- 

 netis), 14, 70, 136 ; habits and ap- 

 pearance of, 212 ; notes of, 12, 14, 

 15, 212; nest of, 15, 212. See, 

 alxo, Sparrow, wood. 



Sparrow, fox, {Passerella iliaca), 

 21,136,212; notes of, 142. 



Sparrow, house, or English {Passer 

 domesticus), 224. 



Sparrow, savanna (Ammodramus 

 sandwichensii savanna), 212 ; 

 notes of, 212. 



Sparrow, social, or chipping spar- 

 row, or chippie, or hairbird {Spi- 

 zella socialis), chasing a moth, 

 31 ; 213 ; notes of, 8, 167 ; nest of, 

 106, 213. 



Sparrow, song {Melospiza fasciata), 

 1 ; arrival of, 11 ; 13() ; notes of, 

 6, 11, 41, 129, 211, 212; nest of, 

 106. 



Sparrow, swamp {Melospiza geor- 

 giana), 136, 212. 



Sparrow, tree. See Sparrow, Can- 

 ada. 



Sparrow, vesper. See Sparrow, 

 field. 



Sparrow, white-crowned {Zonotri- 

 chia leucophrys), 136, 142. 212. 



Sparrow, white-throated {Zonofri- 

 chia albicollis), 70, 136, 142, 212 ; 

 notes of, 70. 



Sparrow, wood, or bush sparrow, or 



field sparrow, {Spizella pusilla\ 



16, 19 ; notes of, 16. 

 Sparrows, 103 n., 218. 

 Spice-bush, 20. 



Spring, its duration in the North, 1. 

 Spring beauty. See Claytonia. 

 Squirrel, black {Sciurus carolinen- 



sis, var. leucotis), 43. 

 Squirrel, gray {Sciurus carolinen- 



sis, var. leucotis), 43. 

 Squirrel red {Sciurus hudsonicus), 



43, 73. 

 Squirrels, 221. 

 Starling, orchard, or orchard oriole 



{Icterus spurius), 103 n.; notes of, 



142 ; nest of, 116. 

 Sucker, white, 161. 

 Sun-dial. See Lupine. 

 Sunfish, 84, 178, 179. 

 Swallow, bam {Chelidon erythro- 



gaster), 141 ; nest of, 106. 

 Swallow, chimney, or chimney swift 



{Chcetura pelagica), 141; nest of , 



106. 

 Swallow, cliff {Petrochelidon luni- 



from), 141, 195; notes of, 141, 



195 ; nest of, 195, 224. 

 Swallow, rough-winged {Stelgidop- 



teryz serripenni^), nest of, i06. 

 Swallows, 1, 8, 11, 99, 140, 218. 



Tanager, scarlet {Piranga erythro- 

 mela-s), arrival of, 12; 55, 56; 

 notes of, 30, 56, 142. 



Tanager, summer. See Red-bird, 

 summer. 



Tern, sooty {Sterna fuliginosa), 

 224, 225. 



Terns, 225. 



Thomas's Lake, a trouting excursion 

 to, 162-187. 



Thoreau, Henry D., 37, 53, 69, 91, 

 223. 



Thrush, golden-crowned, or wood- 

 wagtail, or oven-bird {Seiurus 

 aurocapillus), 52, 53, 151, 219, 

 220 ; notes of, 52, 53, 167, 215, 219, 

 220. 



Tlirush, gray-cheeked {Turdus ali- 

 cicp), 40, 204, 21,'), 216. 



Thrusli, liermit {Turdus aonascJi- 

 kre pallnsii), 18, 19, 44, 84, 148, 

 211 ; notes of, 21-23, 41, 46-48, 

 55, 68, 211. 



Thrush, olive-backed, or Swainson's 

 thrush {Turdus ustulatus swain- 

 sonii), 148, 211. 



Thrush, red, or mavis, or ferrugi- 

 nous thrush, or brown thraaber 



