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INDEX 



Road-mender, an old, 67. 



Bobin, American {Merula migrato- 



ria), song of, 114, 120, 129, 136. 

 Robin redbreast, 189 ; song of, 90, 



98, 105, 123, 127, 129, 139, 145 ; 



nest of, 65. 

 Rochester Castle, 21, 191. 

 Rochester Cathedral, 21. 

 Rogers, Samuel, 231. 

 Rook, 191, 192 ; notes of, 142 ; nest 



of, 192. 

 Rook-pie, 191, 192. 

 Rose, wild, 17. 

 Rothay, the river, 149, 150. 

 Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 229. 

 Rue-anemone, 172. 

 Rumex acetosa, 170. 

 Rydal Moxmt, 41. 



St. c ihn's-wort, 19. 



St. Pi>,ul's Cathedral, 182. 



Salisbury Crags, 48, 49. 



Salmon, 188. 



Sandpiper, European, notes of, 40, 

 115, 141. 



Sandpiper, spotted {Actitis macula- 

 ria), notes of, 115, 120. 



Scotch, the, contrasted with the 

 English, 45 ; acquaintances among 

 46, 47 ; a trait of, 47, 48 ; their 

 love for Bums, 48. 



Scotland, first sight of, 2-7 ; moun- 

 tains of , 6, 7, 21-25 ; tour through, 

 8 ; moorlands of, 25 ; streams and 

 lakes of, 25, 26; plowing in, 53, 

 54 ; work of women and girls in 

 the fields in, 54; country houses 

 and village houses in, 62, 63 ; free 

 use of paint in, 69, 70. JSee Great 

 Britain. 



Scotsbrig, 62. 



Scott, Sir Walter, Carlyle on, 201, 

 202, 225. 



Sea. See Ocean. 



Sedge-warbler, song of, 85. 



Selborne, 40, 103-105, 108, 109. 



Shackerford, 94-102. 



Shakespeare, quotations from, 42, 

 69, 78, 147, 161-164, 184 ; 147, 210, 

 212. 



Shakespeare's Cliff, 14. 



Shawangunk Mountains, 37. 



Shilfa. See Chaffinch. 



Ship-building on the Clyde, 4-6. 



Shottery, the fields about, 16, 17. 



Skylark, 80; in America, 116; at 

 the head of a serit^d of British 

 song-birds, 142, 143; song of, 4, 

 11, 18, 86, 114, 116, 118, 119, 126, 

 129, 132. 



Snails, ants and snail, 180, 181 ; 



abundance of, in England, 196, 



196. 

 Snowbird, or slate- colored junco 



{Junco hyemalis), song of, 125. 

 Solomon's-seal, 18. 

 Sorrel, sheep, 170. See Dock. 

 Southey, Robert, 231. 

 Sparrow, bush or wood or field (5pt- 



zella pusilla), song of, 118, 120, 



121, 127, 129, 143. 

 Sparrow, English {Passer domesti- 



cus), 185 ; Carlyle on, 201. 

 Sparrow, fox (Passerella iliaca), 



song of, 121, 129. 

 Sparrow, savanna {Ammodramus 



sandwichensis savanna), notes of, 



118, 129. 

 Sparrow, social or chipping, or hair- 

 bird, or chippie {Spizella socialis), 



song of, 120, 127. 

 Sparrow, song {Melospiza fasciata), 



notes of, 118, 120, 129, 143. 

 Sparrow, swamp (Melospiza gear- 



giana), song of, 120. 

 Sparrow, vesper {Pooccetes gramU 



neus), song of, 120, 129. 

 Sparrow, white-crowned {Zonotri- 



chia leucophrys), song of, 121. 

 Sparrow, white-throated {Zonotri- 



chia albicollis), song of, 121. 

 Sparrows, songs of, 120, 121. 

 Speedwell, blue, 160, 167, 196. 

 Spring beauty. See Claytonia. 

 Spurge, wood, 172. 

 Squirrel, European, 195. 

 Squirrel, flying {Seiuropterus vo« 



lans), 186, 195. 

 Squirrel, gray {Sciurus carolinensis 



var. leucotis), 39, 195. 

 Squirrel, red {Sciurus hudsonicus\ 



195. 

 Starling, European, 191; nest of, 



191. 

 Starling, orchard. See Oriole, or- 

 chard. 

 Starling, red-shouldered, or red- 

 winged blackbird {Agelaius phos- 



niceus), notes of, 118, 120. 

 Stone. See Building-stone. 

 Stork, nest of, 187. 

 Stratford-on-Avon, 15, 17, 19, 26, 



169. 

 Strawberry, wild, 164. 

 Succory, 168. 

 Swallow, barn {Chelidon erythro- 



gas(er), 2. 

 Swallow, chimney, or chimney swift 



{Cho'iura pelagica), 190; notes 



of, 125, 142 ; nest of, 186. 



