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INDEX 



Sedum ternatum, 206. 



Shagbark, 103. 



Shairp, John Campbell, his Poetic 

 Interpretation of Nature, 111, 113. 



Shakespeare, quotations from, 85, 

 87, 113, 167-174, 207, 231 ; his ac- 

 curacy in observation, 87, 166- 

 174. 



Shavertown, 13. 



Bhawangunk Mountains, 72. 



Shepherd's purse, 202. 



Shrew, 216. 



Shrike, 165, 166, 218. 



Skunk {Mephitis Tnephiiica), 154, 

 158, 179. 



Skunk-cabbage, 94 n. 



Skylark, 86 ; on the Hudson, 131- 

 134 ; song of, 132-135. 



Snail, 147. 



Snake, 171. 



Snake, black, 230. 



Snow, a landscape of, 213, 214, 217 ; 

 in the woods, 215, 216, 219-221. 



Snowbird, slate-colored, or slate- 

 colored junco {Junco hyemalis), 

 in poetry, 96 ; notes of, 153. 



Snowflake. See Bunting, snow. 



Sodom, 20. 



Sorrel, sheep, 194, 202, 206. 



Sparrow, bush or field (Spizella pu- 

 silla), 163, 164. 



Sparrow, English {Passer domesli- 

 cus), manner of courtship, 137. 



Sparrow, social or chipping, or 

 "chippie " {Spizellasocialis), 137, 

 163. 



Sparrow, song {Melospiza fasciaia), 

 152 ; notes of, 15-17, 22. 



Sparrow, vesper {Pooccetes grami- 

 neus), rejecting the attentions of 

 a skylark, 133, 134. 



Specularia, clasping, 208, 209. 



Spider, killing a bee, 75, 76 ; a musi- 

 cal, 117. 



Spring, sudden coming of, 151-153. 



Spring beauty. See Claytouia. 



Springs, paths leading to, 35, 36 ; 

 their universal attractiveness, 36, 

 37 ; centres of greenness, 37 ; 

 symbolism of, 38 ; locations of, 

 38, 39 ; fondness of trout for, 38, 

 39 ; physiology of, 39, 40 ; their 

 mineral elements, 40 ; large, 40- 

 43 ; as refrigerators, 44, 45 ; coun- 

 tries poor in, 45, 46 ; on moun- 

 tains, 46 ; places of worship, 46, 

 47 ; various kinds of, 47, 48 ; mar- 

 velous, 48 ; intermittent, 49 ; in 

 the Idyls of Theocritus, 50, 51, 



Squaw-berry. See Mitchella vine. 



Squirrel, fljdng (Seiuropterus vo- 



lans), 155. 

 Squirrel, gray {Sciurus carolinen- 



sis var. leucotis), 130, 131. 

 Squirrel, Mexican black, 156, 157. 

 Squirrel, red {Sciurus hudsonicus), 



131, 158, 156, 157, 217. 

 Squirrel com. See Dicentra. 

 Squirrels, as parachutes, 155-157. 

 Star, shooting, 84. 

 Starling, red-shouldered, or red- 

 winged blackbird, notes of, 82. 

 Stedman, Edmund Clarence, his 



Seeking the Mayflower, 101, 102. 

 Stevenson, Robert Louis, his 



Travels with a Donkey, 14. 

 Stick-seed, 202. 

 Stones, life under, 122. 

 Stramonium, 195, 202. 

 Strawberries, wild, 9, 23, 24. 

 Succory. See Chicory. 

 Sumac, 192. 

 Swallow, bank {Clivicola riparia), 



106. 

 Swallow, barn {Chelidon erythro- 



gaster), 106 ; nest of, 98. 

 Swallow, chimney, or chimney 



swift {Chcetura pelagica), nest of, 



18. 

 Swallow, cliff (Petrochelidon luni- 



frons), in poetry, 89, 106 ; nest of, 



17, 98. 

 Swallow, European, 172. 

 Swallows, in poetry, 97, 106, 172. 

 Sweat-bee, 123. 



Tales, uses of, 157, 158. 



Tansy, 193. 



Tare. See Vetch. 



Teasle, 199. 



Tennyson, Alfred, quotations from, 



83, 84, 88, 97, 106, 107; a good 



observer, 106, 107. 

 Theocritus, quotation from, 50. 

 Thistle, Canada, 194, 199, 202, 205, 



210. 

 Thistle, common, 202, 204, 205. 

 Thistle, pasture, 188, 191. 

 Thistle, swamp, 205. 

 Thomson, James, quotation from, 



87. 

 Tlirasher, brown {Harporhynchus 



rufus), song of, 110. 

 Thrush, hermit {Turdus aonnlnsch- 



k(e pallasii), in poetry, 104, 226 ; 



notes of 17. 

 Thrush, wood {Turdus mustelinus), 



notes of, 16. 

 Titlark, or American pipit {Anthxu 



pensilvanicus), 86. 



