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INDEX 



Road-mender, an old, 67. 



Robin, American {Merula migrato- 



ria), song of, 114, 120, 129, 136. 

 Robin redbreast, 189 ; song of, 90, 



98, 105, 123, 127, 129, 139, 145 ; 



nest of, 65. 

 Rochester Castle, 21, 191. 

 Rochester Cathedral, 21. 

 Rogers, Samuel, 231. 

 Rook, 191, 192 ; notes of, 142 ; nest 



of, 192. 

 Rook-pie, 191, 192. 

 Rose, wild, 17. 

 Rothay, the river, 149, 150. 

 Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 229. 

 Rue-anemone, 172. 

 Itumez acetosa, 170. 

 Rydal Mount, 41. 



St. John's-wort, 19. 



St. Paul's Cathedral, 182. 



Salisbury Crags, 48, 49. 



Salmon, 188. 



Sandpiper, European, notes of, 40, 

 115, 141. 



Sandpiper, spotted {Actitis macula- 

 ria), notes of, 115, 120. 



Scotch, the, contrasted with the 

 English, 45 ; acquaintances among 

 46, 47 ; a trait of, 47, 48 ; their 

 love for Burns, 48. 



Scotland, first sight of, 2-7 ; moun- 

 tains of, 6, 7,21-25 ; tour through, 

 8 ; moorlands of, 25 ; streams and 

 lakes of, 25, 26 ; plowing in, 53, 

 54 ; work of women and girls in 

 the fields in, 54 ; country houses 

 and village houses in, 62, 63 ; free 

 use of paint in, 69, 70. See Great 

 Bi'itain. 



Scotsbrig, 62. 



Scott, Sir Walter, Carlyle on, 201, 

 202, 225. 



Sea. See Ocean. 



Sedge-warbler, song of, 85. 



Selborne, 40, 103-105, 108, 109. 



Shackerford, 94-102. 



Shakespeare, quotations from, 42, 

 69, 78, 147, 161-164, 184 ; 147, 210, 

 212. 



Shakespeare's Chflf, 14. 



Shawangunk Mountains, 37. 



Shilfa. See Chaffinch. 



Ship-buUding on the Clyde, 4-6. 



Shottery, the fields about, 16, 17. 



Skylark, 80 ; in America, 116 ; at 

 the head of a series of British 

 song-birds, 142, 143 ; song of, 4, 

 11, 18, 86, 114, 116, 118, 119, 126, 

 129, 132. 



Snails, ants and snail, 180, 181 ; 

 abundance of, in England, 195, 

 196. 

 Snowbird, or slate-colored junco 



{Junco hyemalis), song of, 125. 

 Solomon's-seal, 18. 

 Sorrel, sheep, 170. See Dock. 

 Southey, Robert, 231. 

 Sparrow, bush 07- wood or field {Spi- 

 zella pusilla), song of, 118, 120, 

 121, 127, 129, 143. 

 Sparrow, English {Passer domesti- 



cus), 185 ; Carlyle on, 201. 

 Sparrow, fox {Passerella iliaca), 



song of, 121, 129. 

 Sparrow, savanna {Ammodramus 

 sandicichensis savanna), notes of, 

 118, 129. 

 Sparrow, social or chipping, or hair- 

 bird, or chippie (Spizella socialis), 

 song of, 120, 127. 

 Sparrow, song {Melospiza fasciata), 



notes of, 118, 120, 129, 143. 

 Sparrow, swamp {Melospiza geor- 



giana), song of, 120. 

 Sparrow, vesper {Po'dccetes grami- 



neus), song of, 120, 129. 

 Sparrow, white-crowned {Zonotri- 



chia leucophrys), song of, 121. 

 Sparrow, white-throated {Zonotrir 



chia albicoUis), song of, 121. 

 Sparrows, songs of, 120, 121. 

 SpeedweU, blue, 160, 167, 196. 

 Spring beauty. See Claytonia. 

 Spurge, wood, 172. 

 Squirrel, European, 195. 

 Squirrel, flying {Sciuropterus VO' 



lans), 186, 195. 

 Squirrel, gray {Sciurus carolinensis 



var. leucotis), 39, 195. 

 Squirrel, red {Sciurus hudsonicus), 



195. 

 Starling, European, 191 ; nest of, 



191. 

 Starling, orchard. See Oriole, or- 

 chard. 

 Starling, red-shouldered, or red- 

 winged blackbird {Agelaius phcs- 

 niceus), notes of, 118, 120. 

 Stone. See Building-stone. 

 Stork, nest of, 187. 

 Stratford-on-Avon, 15, 17, 19, 26, 



169. 

 Strawberry, wild, 164. 

 Succory, 168. 

 Swallow, bam {Chelidon erythro- 



gaster), 2. 

 Swallow, chimney, or cliimney swift 

 {Chcetura pelagica), 190; notes 

 of, 125, 142 ; nest of, 186. 



