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Index 



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Sandpiper, 100, 103 



solitary, 106 



Sandpiper, spotted, 106, 175 

 Sapsucker, yellow-bellied, 91-94, 281 

 Scorpion, 245 

 Sea-urchin, 155, 156 

 Sea-worms, 159, 160 

 Seeds, moraines of, 12 

 Senses of birds, 198-201 

 Sequoia, 320, 321 

 Sheldrake, 111 

 Shrike, northern, 42, 43 

 Shrimp, 150, 158 

 Sight, sense of in birds, 199-201 

 Skunk, 291-293 



scent gland of, 200 

 Sloth, voice of, 266 



Smell, sense of in four-footed animals, 

 199 



sense of, in birds, 199 

 Snake, copperhead, 82 



garter, 83 



rattle, 82 



ring-necked, 81 



skin of, 109 

 Solitaire, 131 



Sparrow, barn, 89, 99, 107, 195, 309, 

 310 



chipping, 86 



eave, 309 



English, 41, 42, 75, 124, 313-318 



field, 86 



fox, 64, 87, 256 



song, 6, 7, 64, 86 



tree, 7, 85, 107, 287 



vesper, 193 



white-throat, 65, 105, 131 

 Sphinx moth, 39 

 Spider, 245-251 



sea, 159 

 Sponges, 300 

 Spruce tree, 328-330 

 Squid, 165, 166 

 Squirrel, gray, 53-55 

 Starfish, 155-158, 159, 162 



basket, 167 



Starfish, cf. with form of daisy, 223, 224 



serpent, 162, 167 

 Starling, English, 41, 42, 178 

 Striders, water, 120-122 

 Sunfish, life of, 47-51 

 Swamp, night music of, 183-187 

 Swift, 192, 193 



Tanager, scarlet, 129, 160, 211 

 Thrasher, brown, 255, 256 

 Thrush days, 254 



hermit, 87, 192, 255, 256 



olive-backed, 256 



water, 107 

 Tortoise, see turtle 

 Towhee, 87, 88 

 Tree, killed by sapsucker, 92, 93 



personality of, 319-334 



related to other objects in Nature, 

 319-334 



struggle for existence among, 326-334 

 Tresses, ladies', 142 

 Turkey, 111 

 Turtle, traits, 133-138 



voice of, 265 



Vireos, 106 



nests of, 311, 312 



red-eyed, 263-269 

 Voice of animals, 263-269 



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Warblers, 87, 105, 106 



black and white, 87 



black-throated green, 87, 88 



Cape May, 87 



Lawrence, 180-181 



myrtle, 87, 288 



parula, 87 



yellow, 286 



Wasps, number of legs of, 245 

 Waxwings, bohemian, 20, 21 



cedar, 19, 23, 193 





