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INDEX 



Redpoll (Acanthis linaria), 45, 134. 



Redstart, European, nest of, 133. 



Redwing, 133. 



Restigouche River, 228. 



Riviere du Loup, 223, 228. 



Robin, American (Merula migra- 



toria), 219 ; notes of, 83, 126. 

 Robin redbreast, song of, 131. 

 Rondout Creek, 101 ; camping and 



trouting on, 150-164. 

 Rose, 4. 

 Rye, 4. 



Saguenay River, scenery of, 221- 

 St. Aiphonse, 225. 

 St. Lawrence, 191, 192 ; down the, 



221-224. 



Salmon, 225, 226, 228. 

 Sapsucker, yellow - bellied. See 



Woodpecker, yellow-bellied. 

 Scenery-hunting, 221, 222. 

 Schoolhouse, a country, 174. 

 Shakespeare, quotations from, 129, 



158 ; power and beauty in his po- 

 etry, 157, 158. 

 Shanly, C. D., his poem. The 



Walker of the Snow, 161-163. 

 Shrike (Lanius sp.), 38. 

 Shrike, northern. See Butcher- 

 bird. 



Silkweed, 6. 

 Skunk (Mephitis mephilica), den of, 



177. 



Skylark, song of, 130. 

 Snake, and catfish, 46-48. 

 Snapdragon, 6. 

 Snow, a sign of, 86. 

 Snowbird, or slate-colored junco 



(Junco hyemalis), 136, 170. 

 Snowflake. See Bunting, snow. 

 Sparrow, English (Passer domfsli- 



cus), a comedy, 28, 29 ; 130, 131, 



134 ; notes of 130, 132. 

 Sparrow, reed, song of, 130. 

 Sparrow, song (Melospiza fasciala), 



song of, 125. 

 Sparrow, white-throated (Zonotri- 



chia albicollis), song of, 198, 215. 

 Sparrows, songs of, 130. 

 Spring-beauty, 2. 

 Spruce, a Canadian forest of, 200, 



201. 

 Squirrel, gray (Sciurus carolinen- 



sis, var. leucolis), 44. 

 Squirrel, red (Sciurus hdsonicus), 



168, 169 ; playing tag, 183, 219. 

 Starling, European, notes of, 132 ; 



nest of, 133. 

 Starling, red-shouldered, or red- 



winged blackbird (Agelaius pfue- 



niceus), 97. 

 Strawberries, Dr. Parr and, 53 ; Dr. 



Boteler on, 53 ; praise of, 53-55 ; 



odor of, 55 ; Downer, 55, 56, 64 : 



Wilson, 56; wild, 57-61, 179, 180, 



196; alpine, 59; cultivation of, 



63,64. 

 Sumach, 6. 



Swallow, an albino, 37. 

 Swallows, on damp days, 38, 39. 

 Swift, European, notes of, 132. 



Tadousac, 223, 224. 



Tanager, scarlet (Piranga erythro- 

 mel(is), song of, 126. 



Thorean, Henry D., 78; quotation 

 from, 141, 142. 



Throstle, 133. 



Thrush, hermit (Turdus aonalasch- 

 kce pallasii), 115, 116 ; song of, 

 125, 220. 



Thrush, missel, 134; pugnacious- 

 ness of, 133 ; notes of, 132. 



Thrush, White's, 133. 



Thrush, wood (Turdus mustelinus), 

 song of, 125. 



Thunder-storms, 82 ; in the woods, 

 87-91. 



Titlark. See Pipit, American. 



Tree-toads, young, 78. 



Trout, brook, markings of, 93 ; of 

 the Neversink, 101; cannibals, 

 113, 114 ; of the Beaverkill, 117 ; 

 jumping, 119, 120; of Balsam 

 Lake, 120, 121 ; 152 ; spawning of, 

 154 ; of the Catskill waters, 154, 

 155 ; an unsuccessful fight with a, 

 155, 156 ; 202 ; a six-pound, 205- 

 209 ; two varieties in Jacques 

 Cartier River, 209 ; 214, 215. 



Trout-fishing, as an introduction 

 to nature, 93, 94 ; the heart the 

 proper baitin,98,99; ontheNever- 

 sink, 101-114 ; on the Beaverkill, 

 116-118; in Balsam Lake, 119, 

 120 ; pleasures and discomforts of 

 an excursion, 122, 123 ; on the 

 Rondout, 153-156; on the East 

 Branch of the Neversink, 166 ; in 

 Canada, 201, 204-219 ; catching a 

 six-pounder, 205-209. 



Trout streams, beauties of, 94 ; the 

 ideal, 97, 98 ; at the head waters 

 of the Delaware, 100, 101 ; clear- 

 ness of, 152 ; thriving only in the 

 woods, 203. 



Violets, 2, 



Vireo, song of, 125. 



