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INDEX 



Oxen, 89. See Cattle. 

 Oxen Run, 21. 



Paris, bridges in, 144 ; parks of, 168, 

 199, 200 ; first impressions of, 190, 

 191 ; contrasted with London, 191, 

 19'2 ; the good taste of, 192-194 ; 

 theatres of, 192, 193; Sunday in, 

 194 ; whip-snappers in, 195, 19G ; 

 mirrors in, 191!, 197. 6V(^ France. 



Parks, in London, 1G7-1G9, 200 ; in 

 Paris, ICS, 199, 200. 



Partridge, or rutted grouse (Bo7iasa 

 umbellus), tracks of, 52, 54, 55 ; 

 12G ; drumming of, 101. 



Partridge, European, 142. 



Perch, 86. 



Plieasant, 142, 169. 



Pigeon, passenger {Eciopistes mi- 

 (jratorins), 101. 



Pigweed, 105. 



Pine, yellow, 20. 



Pipit, American, or titlark {Anthus 

 pensilvanicus), at sea, 133. 



Plover, English. 141_. 



Poplar, silver, 85, 95. 



Prairie hen {Ty nipanuchus ameri- 

 cfi)ui.<!), 87. 



Pumpkintown, a walk to, 15-21. 



Quail, European, 142. 

 Queenstown, 226-228. 



Rabbit, English, 142, 169. 



Rabbit, gray {Lepus sylvaticus), 



126. 

 Rai'coon, or coon {Procyon lolor), 



tracks of, 62 ; in sprins?, 62, 63 ; 



hunting with a dog, 63-65 ; 108. 

 R igvveed, 105. 

 Railways, in England, 173, 174, 215 ; 



in America, 173, 174. 

 Red-root, 105, 106. 

 Robin, American {Meriila rrJgra- 



toria), 85, 86, 93, 101, 125. 126; 



notes of, 93. 

 Robin redbreast, 165 ; song of, 165. 

 Rook, 141. 



St. Cloud, 199, 200. 



St. Paul's Cathedral, 156, 161. 



Sea. See Ocean. 



Seeds sown by birds, 98. 



Seine, valley of the, 188, 189 ; beauty 



of the, 199. 

 September, weeds in, 105. 

 Shad, 85, 87. 

 Shakespeare, quotations from, 25, 



30 ; birthplace of, 214. 

 Sheep, 93. 



Shottery, 210, 211. 



Skunk {3fephitis mephitica), tracks 



of, 52, 59 ; habits ot, 59-62 ; 108. 

 Skylark, on the South Downs, 161- 

 104 ; attempts to introduce it into 

 the United States, 165, 226 ; song 

 of, 162-165. 

 Snapdragon, 98. 



Snow, beauty of, 42, 43 ; tracks in, 

 44, 45, 49, 50, 52-55, 57, 59, 62, 

 65 ; melting ot, 88, 89. 

 Snowbird, or slate-colored junco 



{Jimco kyeinalis), 16. 

 South Downs, the, 30 ; a day on, 



161-164. 

 Sparrow, chipping. See Hairbird. 

 Sparrow, song {Melospiza J'asciata), 



16. 

 Sparrow, tree or Canada {Spizella 



monticola), 16. 

 Sparrow, vesper {Pooccetes gra- 



mhieus), song of, 163. 

 Spice-busl), 5. 

 Spiders, 104, 105. 



Spring, the beginning of, 85-89, 95, 



96 ; fall in some respects a parody 



of, 101, 102 ; contrasted with fall, 



102, 103. 



Squirrel, black {Sciurus carolinensiSf 



var. Inicotis)^ 57, 82. 

 Squirrel, European, 200. 

 Squirrel, flying (Sciuropterus vo- 



lans), 56. 

 Squirrel, gray {Sciurus carolinen- 

 sis, var leucotis), tricks of, 55; 

 liabits of, 55-57, 82, 109. 

 Squirrel, red {Sciurus hudsojiicus), 

 tracks of, 55, 57 ; activity in win- 

 ter, 55 ; habits of, 57, 58 ; snicker- 

 ing of, 109 ; 126. 

 Squirrels, 93, 126. 

 Starling, orchard, or orchard oriole 



{Icterus spurius), 125. 

 Steamships, ocean, 135, 136, 228-235. 

 Stratford-on-Avon, 30; a visit to, 



207-214. 

 Sugar-making, 87, 89-95. 

 Sumac, dwarf, 100. 

 Summer, Indian. See Indian sum- 

 mer. 

 Sunlight, in Washington, 2, 3 ; in 

 morning and afternoon, 102, 103. 

 Swallow, English, 138. 



Teasels, 105. 



Tennyson, Alfred, quotations from, 



113, 166. 

 Tern, sooty {Sterria Juliginosa\ 



134. 

 Thaxter, Celia, 134. 



