INDEX 



Shoshone Falls, visit to, 9-14. 

 Shrike {La n his sp.), attacking a 



flock of snow buntinp:s, 181, 

 Shumagin Islands, 94, 95, 124. 

 Siberia, visit to, 107-112. 

 Silene, 122. 



Siskin, pine {Spinus piiius), 128. 

 Sitka, 54-56. 

 Skagway, 35, 36. 

 Skagway River. 36. 

 "Slabsides," the location and 

 building of, 131, 132; life at, 133- 

 156. 

 Smith Glacier, 73. 

 Snake River, 9-17. 

 Snowbird, hyperborean. See Bun- 

 ting, hyperborean snow. 

 Snowflake. See Bunting, snow. 

 Snowflake, McKay's. See Bun- 

 ting, hj7)erborean snow. 

 Snowflake, Pribilof . See Bunting, 



snow. 

 Solitaire {Myadestes soUtnrius), 

 appearance of, 2G6; notes of, 245, 

 26G, 267. 

 Southern Cross, the, 256. 

 Sparrow, English (Passer domes- 

 tints), its effect on the abun- 

 dance of native birds, 161; im- 

 posing on a do^vny woodpecker, 

 161, 162; getting rid of, 162; an 

 instance of persistence, 163. 

 Sparrow, fox ( PassereZZa iliaca), 



116. 

 Sparrow, golden-crowned {Zono- 

 trichia coronata), 37, 94; song 

 of, 52, 89. 

 Sparrow, sage {Amphispisa belli 



nevadensis), 12. 

 Sparrow, social, or chipping spar- 

 row {SplzeUa, socialis), feeding 

 young robins, 163, 16-t; nest of, 

 134. 

 Sparrow, song (Melospiza cinerea 



melodia), 134. 

 Sparrow, song (Melospiza cinerea 

 subsp.), 45; varjing tj'pes of, 

 in Alaska, 85 ; 94 ; song of, 85 ; 

 nest of, 31. 

 Sparrow, Townsend's fox, or 

 Townsend's sparrow (PowsereZZa I 



iliaca nnalaschcensis), 33, 94; 

 song of, 52. 

 Sparrow, western savanna {Pas- 

 so'ciUvs saiidwichensis alaudi- 

 niis), 45, 115. 

 Sparrow, western tree (Spizella 



monticola ochracea), 116. 

 Sparrow, white-crowned (Zono- 

 trirhia lencophrys subsp.), 23. 

 Sparrow, white-throated {Zono- 



trichia alblcollis), 205. 

 Sparrow, yellow-winged, or grass- 

 hopper sparrow {i'otiirniculus 

 savannaruin passerinus), song 

 of, 169-171; nest and eggs of, 169- 

 171. 

 Spider-webs, 209. 

 Spruce, forests about Sitka, 55. 

 Stairway G lacier, 76. 

 Starling, red-shouldered, or red- 

 winged blackbird {Agelaius 

 p)h(£niceus), song of, 150, 151. 

 Strawberries, wild, in Jamaica, 



251. 

 Strawberries, Yakutat, 125, 126. 

 Sugar-cane, a substitute for water, 



235. 

 Sugar plantation, a, 236, 237. 

 Sunflower, wild, 16. 

 Sunsets, 25, 32. 

 Swallow, barn {Hirxindo erythro- 



gastra), 62, 63, 85, 206, 

 Swallow, cliff (Petrochelidon lu- 



nifrons), 18, 160, 206. 

 Swallow, tree (Iridoprocne bico- 



lor), 206. 

 Swallow, violet-backed (Tachyci- 



neta thalassina lepida), 13. 

 Swallows, poets and, 206. 

 Swan (Olor sp.), 117. 

 Swift, chimney (Chcetura pelor 

 gica), a captured bird, 140; out- 

 riding storms, 140, 141; nest and 

 young of, 139, 140. 

 Swift, palm (Cypselus phoenico- 



bivs), 228, 

 Swift, white- throated {J'eronautei 



melayioleucus) , 13, 

 Swimming, in Jamaica, 241, 258. 



Tanager. See Quail, Spanish. 



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