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INDEX 



Sedum ternutum, 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. 



Shawangunk Mountains, 72. 



Shepherd's purse, 202. 



Shrew, 216. 



Shrike, 165, 166, 218. 



Skunk (Mephitis mephitica), 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 tSpizella pu- 

 silla), 163, 164. 



Sparrow, English (Passer domesti- 

 cus), manner of courtship, 137. 



Sparrow, social or chipping, or 

 " chippie " (Spizella socialis), 137, 

 163. 



Sparrow, song (Melospiza fasciata), 

 152 ; notes of, 15-17, 22. 



Sparrow, vesper (Po'6co3tes 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 Claytonia. 



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, flying (Sciuropterus vo- 



lans), 155. 

 Squirrel, gray (Sciurus carolinen- 



sis var. leucolis), 130, 131. 

 Squirrel, Mexican black, 156, 157. 

 Squirrel, red (Sciurus hudsonicus), 



131, 154, 156, 157, 217. 

 I Squirrel corn. 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. 

 Thrasher, brown (Harpo?'hynchus 



rufus), song of, 110. 

 Thrush, hermit (Turdus aonalasch- 



kce paUasii), in poetry, 104, 226 ; 



notes of 17. 

 Thrush, wood ( Turdus mustelinus), 



notes of, 16. 

 Titlark, or American pipit (Anihus 



pensilvanieus), 86. 



