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attitude on her nest, 78, 79 ; nest 

 of, 71, 78, 79. 

 Phoebe-bird {Sayomis phoebe), 77 ; 

 young of, 78 ; in a bed of torment, 

 205; nest of, 63, 77, 78, 205. 

 Pine, the, ancient look of, 39, 40 ; the 

 tree of silence, 40 ; its friendli- 

 ness to man, 40 ; praise of, 41 ; 

 tlie tree of the hardy and domi- 

 nmt races, 41, 42. 



Pine, white, 37 ; changing its leaves, 

 39 ; uses of, 41 ; in poetry, 42-44 ; 

 favorite soil of, 44 ; stumps used 

 for fences, 45 ; second growth of, 

 45 ; the original growth, 45, 46, 

 99. 



Pine, yellow, the rooting of a, 12, 

 13; 37. 



Pines, manner of growth of, 35-37 ; 

 shedding their leaves, 38, 47. 



Plane-tree, American, or button- 

 wood, or sycamore, fruit of, 9, 

 10 ; buds of, 175. 



Pleasant Pond, camping on, 104-108, 

 112. 



Pliny, 19, 49, 174. 



Plutarch, 19 ; quotations from, 96. 



Poetry, the translation of facts into, 

 32, 33. 



Poison ivy, 51. 



Pond-lily, 112. 



Primrose, evening, 26. 



Propolis, 174. 



Quail, or bob- white {Colinus vir- 

 ginianus), 51 ; in winter, 53, 54, 

 60,93. 



Quail and snake, 215, 216. 



Rabbit, gray {Lepus sylvaticns), 



food in winter, 57, 58 ; 127 ; a 



pleasant neighbor, 128. 

 "Raisin's," 228, 229. 

 Rastreador, the, 30. 

 Rat, 87. 

 Redpoll {Acanthis linaria), 57, 134, 



438. 

 Redstart {Seiophaga ruiicilla), 74, 



75 ; nest of, 74, 75, 

 Rifleman in the woods, a, 115-117. 

 Rivers. See Streams. 

 Robin, American {Merula migra- 



toria), 60, 63, 69, 80, 83, 84; 



wintering in New York State, 



164; 168; attacked by vermin, 



205 ; notes of, 241 ; nest of, 205. 

 Roots, in diflBcult situations, 12, 



13. 

 Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, his Sea 



Limits, 158. 



Salt, the American craving for, 149, 

 150 ; the cow's fondness for, 239. 

 Saxifrage, 170. 

 Science, and nature, 20 ; the trans- 



formation of facts into, 32, 33. 

 Sea, the, salt air of, 149, 150 ; ceas- 

 less rocking of, 150-152; astro- 

 nomic aspect of, 152, 153 ; type of 

 fickleness yet unchanging, 153 ; 

 the boundary of two worlds, 153 ; 

 ships on, 153, 154 ; spirit of, 154 ; 

 voice of, 154, 155; serpentine 

 treachery of, 155, 156 ; the surf, 

 156 ; geological history of, 157 ; 

 in poetry, 157-161 ; paradoxes of, 

 181. 

 Seal, harbor {Phoca vilulina), 196. 

 Seeds, 9-11, 176. 

 Shakespeare, 157. 

 Shawangunk Mountains, 124. 

 Sheep, on the farm, 240. 

 Ships, 153, 154. 

 Shrike, 201. 

 Shrimp, fairy, 21-23. 

 Siskin, pine. See Linnet, pine. 

 Skunk {Mephitis mrphilica), 81. 

 Skunk-cabbage, 28. 

 Smilax herbacea, or carrion-flower, 



28, 29. 

 Snake, black, robbing a song spar- 

 row's nest, 208-210 ; 217. 

 Snake, striped, charmmg a song 



sparrow, 216. 

 Snakes, universal loathing of, 208 ; 

 their powers of charming, 210, 

 215-217. 

 Snow, as a covering, 94, 95 ; minia- 

 ture scenery in, 95, 96 ; geological 

 lesson from, 96; the friend of 

 man, 97 ; a coverlid for the ice, 

 190. 

 Snowbird, or slate-colored Junro 

 {Junco hijemalis), 57, 61, 135, 146 ; 

 nest of, 65, 210. 

 Snowflake. See Bunting, snow. 

 Snow-storms, the approach of, 89, 

 90 ; a typical snow-storm, 90- 

 94. 

 Sparrow, Canada or tree {Spizella 



monticol(i), 57, 61, 134. 

 Sparrow, chipping. S^r Chippie. 

 Sparrow, English {Passrr domfsti- 

 ctts), undesirable neiglibors, 133 ; 

 hardiness and prolificnesa of, 134. 

 Sparrow, fox (Piissmlla iliacit), 

 1 167 ; song of, 167. 

 ' Sparrow, social. Srr Chippie. 

 1 Sparrow, song {Mtlospizu/iisciata), 

 ' and cowbird, 74 ; battle with a 

 I snake, 208-210 ; charmed by a 



