INDEX 



323 



Swallow, bank (Clivicola riparia), 



eggs of, 65. 

 Swallow, barn (Chelidon erythrogas- 



ter), 166, 260 ; nest and eggs of, 



65, 69, 70, 260. 

 Swallow, chimney, or chimney swift 



(Cficetura pelagica), flight of, 69 ; 



nest and eggs of, 65, 68, 69. 

 Swallow, cliff (Petrochelidon luni- 



frons), eggs of, 65. 

 Swallow, white - bellied or tree 



( Tachycineta bicolor), eggs of, 65. 

 Swallows, hibernating of, 251, 252. 

 Swift, chimney. See Swallow, 



chimney. 

 Swift, European, eggs of, 65. 



Table Mountain, 43. 



Tanager, scarlet (Piranga erythro- 

 melas), eggs of, 64. 



Tanager, summer. See Red-bird, 

 summer. 



Terrapin, or land turtle, 196. 



Thoreau, Henry David, a woman's 

 view of, 107 ; 156, 204 ; his Wai- 

 den, 208 ; his Journals, 208-210 ; 

 as an observer, 208-210 ; 253 ; quo- 

 tation from, 208, 209. 



Thrasher, brown (Harporhynchus 

 rufus), an unfortunate pair, 185- 

 187 ; 236 ; its song sung by a robin, 

 267 ; song of, 168, 308 ; nest and 

 eggs of, 185-187. 



Thrush, Bicknell's (Turdus alicice 

 bicknelli), 46, 45 ; visiting a gar- 

 den, 300 ; song of, 46, 48, 49, 54, 

 300. 



Thrush, golden-crowned, or golden- 

 crowned accentor, or oven-bird 

 (Seiurus aurocapillus), 70, 71 ; 

 song of, 71 ; nest and eggs of, 70, 



Thrush, gray-cheeked (Turdus ali- 

 cice), 14. 



Thrush, hermit (Turdus aonalasch- 

 kce pallasii), 14; song of, 17, 46. 



Thrush, wood (Turdus muslelinus), 

 struggles with a piece of paper, 

 125, 126 ; a domestic tragedy, 184, 

 185 ; song of, 184, 185 ; nest and 

 eggs of, 125, 126, 184, 185. 



Thyme, wild, 30. 



Toad, 168 ; the young after a shower, 

 254. 



Toad-flax, 29. 



Torrey, John, 253. 



Tortoise, box, 309. 



Towhee. See Chewink. 



Tree-frog, or tree-toad, 254, 261. 



Trees, succession of forest, 91. 



Trillium, painted, 43. 

 Trout, brook, 57, 58. 

 Trout streams, beauty and purity of, 



39,40. 



Turkey, domestic, 86. 

 Turkey, wild (Meleagris gallopavo), 



101. 



Turtle, land. See Terrapin. 

 Turtle, spotted, 196. 

 Turtle-head. See Chelone. 

 Turtles, 163, 196, 210. 



Vervain, 29. 



Violet, Canada, 20. 



Violet, common, 20. 



Violet, dog's-tooth. See Adder's- 



tongue. 



Violet, small white, 20. 

 Violet, spurred, 20. 

 Vireo (Vireo sp.), a brood of young 



fed by a bluebird, 313, 314. 

 Vireo, red-eyed (Vireo olivaceus), 



289, 297 ; notes of, 297 ; nest and 



eggs of, 8, 290, 291. 

 Virginia, journey through, 221, 222. 



Warbler, black-poll (Dendroica 



striaia), on Slide Mountain, 46 ; 



song of, 46. 



Warbler, hedge, song of, 308. 

 Wasps, stingless, 269. 

 Water-lily. See Pond-lily. 

 Waxwing, cedar. See Cedar-bird. 

 Weasel (Putorius sp.), and his den, 



111-117 ; pursuing a chipmunk, 



152-154 ; 309. 



Wheat, chess grass and, 262, 263. 

 Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vocif- 



erus), 71, 72 ; protective coloring 



of, 261 ; eggs of, 71, 261. 

 White, Gilbert, 266. 

 Whitman, Walt, quotations from, 



213, 214, 247. 



Wild animal, a mythical, 174, 175. 

 Willow-herb, 16. 

 Witch-hazel, 27. 

 Wittenberg, the, 35, 38, 56, 57. 

 Wolf, gray (Canis lupus), 102, 103. 

 Wolf, prairie (Canis latrans), 102. 

 Woman, observations of an invalid, 



87-109. 

 Women, about the best lovers of 



nature, 88. 

 Woodchuck (Arctomys monax), 



friendly calls, 179; mother and 



young, 180, 181 ; a pet, 181, 182. 

 Woodcock, American (PhUohela 



minor), 219, 220. 

 Woodland Valley, 37. 

 Woodpecker, downy (Dryobate* 



