Index. 



Rail, king, abundance of, 



303. 

 Red-bird, 69. 



call of, 56, IOI. 

 Redstart, 101. 

 Rhododendrons, 58. 

 Riker, John, agility of, 152. 

 Robin, 69, 78, 82, 87, 114, 



124, 128, 281. 

 Rose-mallow, 137, 178. 



S. 



Sassafras, 57, 238, 254. 

 Savage, primeval, traces of, 



249. 



Shad, 293. 

 Shakespeare, 218. 

 Shelter, poetry of, 107. 

 Showers, summer, 109. 

 Shrew, 261. 

 Skunk, 61. 

 Snail, 144. 



Snake, garter, 195, 292. 

 Snakes, fear of, 280. 

 Snipe, English, nesting of, 



299, 303> 304- 

 Snowbirds, 20, 197, 260. 

 Sparrow, English, 45, 149, 



282. 



Sparrow, field, 71. 



song, 27, 31, 62, 69, 77, 

 124, 256. 



tree, 20, 21, 33, 38. 



vesper, 69. 



white-throated, 65. 

 Sphagnum, 252. 

 Spicewood, 73. 

 Spider, 115. 



webs, 156. 



Squirrel, gray, 60, 65. 

 Squirrels, hoarding of nuts 



by, 259. 

 Strawberry, 95. 

 Sucker, 26. 

 Sunfish, 27. 

 Sunrise, merits of, 96. 

 Swallow, bank, nest of. 281. 

 Swallows, late migration of, 



285. 



Swift, chimney, 92. 

 Sycamore, hollow, as shelter, 

 109. 



T. 



Tanager, 255. 

 Teal, 223. 



Thoreau, H. D., mentioned, 

 35, 65. 



