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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 witli London, 191, 

 192 ; the good taste of, 192-194 ; 

 theatres of, 192, 193 ; Sunday in, 

 194 ; whip-snappers in, 195, 196 ; 

 mirrors in, 196, 197. Sfe France. 



Parks, in London, 167-169, 200 ; in 

 Paris, 168, 199, 200. 



Partridge, or ruffed grouse (Bonasa 

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

 126 ; drumming of, 101, 



Partridge, European, 142. 



Perch, 86. 



Pheasant, 142, 169. 



Pigeon, passenger {Ectopistes mi- 

 graiorius), 101. 



Pigweed, 105. 



Pine, yellow, 20. 



Pipit, American, or titlark {Anthus 

 pensilvanicus), at sea, 133. 



Plover, English, 141. 



Poplar, silver, 85, 95. 



Prairie hen {Tympamichus ameri- 

 canus), 87. 



Pumpkintown, a walk to, 15-21. 



Quail, European, 142. 

 Queenstown, 226-228. 



Rabbit, English, 142, 169. 



Rabbit, gray (Lepus sylvcUicus), 



126. 

 Raccoon, or coon {Procyon lotor), 



tracks of, 62 ; in spring, 62, 63 ; 



hunting with a dog, 63-65 ; 108. 

 Ragweed, 105. 

 Railways, in England, 173, 174, 215 ; 



in America, 173, 174. 

 Red-root, 105, 106. 

 Robin, American {Merula migra- 



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. 

 Bheep, 93. 



Shottery, 210, 211. 



Skunk {Mephitis mephitica), tracks 

 of, 52, 59 ; habits ot, 69-62 ; 108. 



Skylark, on the South Downs, 161- 

 164 ; attempts to introduce it into 

 the United States, 165, 226 ; song 

 of, 102-165. 



Snapdragon, 98. 



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

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

 65 ; melting of, 88, 89. 



Snowbird, or slate-colored junco 

 {Junco hyemalis), 16. 



South Downs, the, 30 ; a day on, 

 161-164. 



Sparrow, chipping. See Hairbird. 



Sparrow, song {Melospiza fasciata), 

 16. 



Sparrow, tree or Canada {Spizella 

 moniicola), 16. 



Sparrow, vesper {Poocceies gra- 

 mineus), song of, 163. 



Spice-bush, 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 carolinensis^ 

 var. Imcoiis), 57, 82. 



Squirrel, European, 200. 



Squirrel, flying (Sciuroptems vo- 

 lans), 56. 



Squirrel, gray {Sciurus carolinen- 

 sis, var. leucotis), tracks of, 55; 

 habits of, 55-57, 82, 109. 



Squirrel, red {Sciurtis fmd^onicus), 

 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 

 {Ictenn spicritis), 125. 



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



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

 207-214. 



Sugar-making, 87, 89-95. 



Sumac, dwarf, 106. 



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 {Sterna fuliginosa), 



134. 

 Thaxter, Celia, 134. 



