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INDEX 



ger (Piranga rwJra), 236; song 

 of, 236. 



Rhexia. See Meadow-beauty. 



Roads, in Kentucky, 232. 



Robin, American (Merula migra- 

 toria), 72 ; courtship of, 78, 79 ; 

 duels of, 78, 79 ; 142, 190 ; sing- 

 ing a brown thrasher's song, 267 ; 

 mobbing a blue jay, 289, 290 ; a 

 brood of young fed by a wren, 

 314, 315 ; notes of, 57, 159, 163, 

 166, 167, 267 ; nest of, 15, 91, 124, 

 300, 314. 



Robin redbreast, song of, 308. 



Rocks, of the Catskills, 34, 46, 47. 



Rondout Creek, 34, 49. 



Rose, wild, 11, 98. 



Rudbeckia. See Cone-flower. 



Sapsucker, yellow-bellied. See 

 Woodpecker, yellow-bellied. 



Scorpion, 251. 



Senancour, Etienne Pivert de, quota- 

 tion from his Obermann, 214, 215. 



Shad, 15. 



Shad-bush, low, 42. 



Shakespeare, quotation from, 316. 



Shelby, Colonel, his farm, 225. 



Shrike (Lanius sp.i, and chip- 

 munk, 147, 304-306 ; song of, 303, 

 306. 



Sink-holes, 229, 230. 



Skunk (Mephitis mephitica), a nar- 

 row escape, 179 ; fearlessness of, 

 196. 



Skunk cabbage, 162, 219. 



Skylark, on the Hudson, 210 ; song 

 of, 210. 



Slide Mountain, location and de- 

 scription of, 33, 34 ; 35 ; ascent of, 

 37-42 ; on the summit, 33-54 ; de- 

 scent of, 54-56. 



Snake, black, fight with a pair, 128- 

 130 ; rifling nests, 128, 130 ; swal- 

 lowing a garter snake, 131 ; 146, 

 195, 256 ; as a rattler, 309. 



Snake, garter, 131 ; as a rattler, 309. 



Snake, glass, or joint-snake, 263, 264. 



Snake, green, 131 ; protective color- 

 ing of, 260, 261. 



Snakes, spring awakening of, 163 ; 

 their so-called power of charming, 

 255-257. See Hair-snake. 



Snow, on Slide Mt., 54; damage to 

 peach buds caused by, 160 ; tracks 

 in, 302-304. 



Snowbird, or slate-colored junco 

 (Junco hyemalis), 159. 



Snowflake. See Bunting, anow. 



Sparrow, bush or russet or field 



(Spisella pusilla), 119; song of, 

 165,167. 



Sparrow, Canada or tree (Spizella 

 monticola), 159. 



Sparrow, English (Passer domesti- 

 cus), 62, 77, 118, 119, 272, 275 ; a 

 female assists a chippie in feeding 

 a young cowbird, 315. 



Sparrow, fox (Passerella iliaca), 

 song of, 308. 



Sparrow, Henslow's (Ammodramus 

 henslowii), 296. 



Sparrow, lark. See Finch, lark. 



Sparrow, savanna (Ammodramus 

 sandwichensis savanna}, 296. 



Sparrow, social. See Chippie. 



Sparrow, song (Melospiza fasciata), 

 64 ; building on an insecure founda- 

 tion, 123, 124 ; 159 ; an interesting 

 couple, 187-189 ; song of, 169, 170, 

 187, 189 ; nest and eggs of, 15, 63, 

 64, 123, 124, 135, 187-189. 



Sparrow, swamp (Melospiza georgi- 

 ana), 17 ; nest of, 17. 



Sparrow, yellow-winged or grass- 

 hopper (Ammodramus savanna- 

 rum passerinus), 295-297 ; notes 

 of, 295, 296; nest and eggs of, 

 296. 



Spider, a Javan, 309. 



Spider, flying, 220. 



Spring, first days of, 158-160, 218- 

 220. 



Spring beauty. See Claytonia. 



Springs, in Kentucky, 232. 



Spruce, 6 ; a grove on Slide Moun- 

 tain, 41 ; 42, 43. 



Spruce, Norway, 285. 



Squirrel, flying (Sciuroplerus vo- 

 lans], 116 ; habits of, 307. 



Squirrel, gray (Sciurus carolinensis, 

 var. leucotis), five tame squirrels, 

 93-96; 177. 



Squirrel, red (Sciurus hudsonicus), 

 95, 145, 184 ; cautious habits of, 

 193, 194 ; not so provident as the 

 chipmunk, 194 ; caught by cats 

 and snakes, 194,195, 256; a race 

 with a dog, 198, 199 ; as a para- 

 chute, 306, 307. 



Squirrel corn (Dicentra canadensis), 

 5, 6. 



Starling, red-shouldered, or 

 winged blAckbir^Agelaiusp 

 ceus), notes of, 218. 



Stars, the, 215, 216. 



Steeple-bush, or hardback, 11, 



Strawberries, wild, 42, 43, 57- 



Streams, in Kentucky, 231. 



Sunflower, wild, 19. 



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