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INDEX 



snake, 216 ; nest of, 68, 69, 74, 

 208, 209. 



Sparrow, white-crowned {Zono- 

 trichia leucophrys), 167. 



Sparrow, white-throated {Zono- 

 iricMa albicollis), 167 ; notes of, 

 167. 



Spider, 176. 



Spring, the first stirrings of life in, 

 23, 24, 165, 166; the English 

 spring much earlier tlian ttiat of 

 New England and New York, 169 ; 

 landscapes of early spring, 171- 

 173 ; full streams of, 177-180. 



Spruce, 36, 99. 



Spruce, Norway, manner of growth 

 of, 37, 38. 



Squirrel, flying {Sciuropterus vo- 

 lans), 57. 



Squirrel, gray (Scmrns carolinen- 

 sis, var. hucotis), 53, 56. 



Squirrel, red {Sciuriis hudsonicus), 

 46 ; winter food of, 54, 55 ; hoard- 

 ing nuts, 55 ; gnawing butternuts, 

 56 ; 65, 78, 81 ; as a destroyer of 

 the eggs and young cf birds, 84, 

 207 ; chased by a weasel, 87 ; 127, 

 217. 



Starling, red-shouldered, or red- 

 winged blackbird {Agelaius phce- 

 niceus), 63, 179 ; notes of, 179. 



Steamer Sunnyside, loss of, 195. 



Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 159. 



Stoat. See Weasel. 



Stone, quarr3ring, 255-258. 



Storms, signs of, 5-8. 



Streams, their fullness in spring, 177- 

 180 ; their fullness in the early 

 geologic ages, 180, 181 ; different 

 attractions of large and small, 

 183, 184. 



Sugar-berry, or tree-lotus, or celtis, 

 10. 



Sugar-making, 240-24VJ. 



Sumac, M, 175. 



Sumac, poison, 51. 



Sumac, smooth, 28. 



Susquehanna River, 180. 



Swallow, barn {Chelidon erythro- 

 gaster), spring arrival of, 166. 



Swallow, chimney, or chimney swift 

 {ChcBtiira pelagica), 203. 



Swallow, European, 169. 



Swallows, as weather prophets, 6, 

 7 ; hibernating of, 16. 



Swan, whistling {Olor columbia- 

 nus), 2. 



Swift, chimney. See Swallow, 

 chimney. 



Sycamore. See Plane-tree. 



Tanager, scarlet {Piranga erythro- 



melas), 167 ; nest of, 71. 

 Taylor, Bayard, 159. 

 Tennyson, Alfred, 157. 

 Thoreau, Henry D., his Walden, 3; 



20 ; searching for the first sign of 



spring, 23 ; quotations from, 23, 



184, 187. 

 Thrasher, brown {Harporhynchxis 



rufzts), 77, 80, 85; notes of, 76, 



77 ; nest of, 76, 77. 

 Threshing, 227. 

 Thrush, hermit {Turdus aonalasch- 



kce pallasii), notes of, 167 ; nest 



of, 80. 

 Thrush, Wilson's. See Veery. 

 Thrush, wood {Turdus mustelinus), 



80, 84, 167 ; notes of, 81 ; nest of, 



80, 81, 207. 

 Toothwort, or pepper-root {Denta- 



ria), 165. 

 Towhee. See Che wink. 

 Tree-lotus. See Sugar-berry. 

 Trillium, 170. 



Trillium, purple, or birthroot, 29. 

 Trout, brook, of Pleasant Pond, 



104, 105 ; of Moxie Lake, 112-114, 



126. 

 Trout-fishing, in Pleasant Pond, 104, 



105 ; in Moxie Lake, 113-115, 126 ; 



a new trick in, 114, 115. 



Veery, or Wilson's thrush {Turdus 



fuscescens), nest of, 80. 

 Vermin, sufferings of birds from, 



204, 205. 

 Violet, 28. 



Violet, arrow-leaved, 25, 26. 

 Violet, blue, 170. 

 Violet, Canada, 25. 

 Violet, dog's-tooth, 26. 

 Violet, English, 109. 

 Violet, great-spurred, 170. 

 Violet, round-leaved yellow, 26. 

 Violet, white, 25. 

 Vireo, red-eyed {Vireo olivaceus), 



nest of, 71, 72. 

 Vireo, warbling ( Vireo gilvus), nest 



of, 71. 

 Virgil, quotations from, 7, 174 ; 18, 



28. 



Walls, stone, 243, 244. 



Walnut, black, 55. 



Warbler, Blackburnian {Dendroica 

 blackburnice), 46. 



Warbler, black-throated blue {Den- 

 droica ccerulescens), a faithful 

 mother, 75, 76 ; nest of, 74-76. 



Warbler, blue yellow-backed or 



