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INDEX 



Ripple-marks, i 



Robin (Planesticus m. migra- 



torius), 21, 182, 190-193 

 Robin roost, 190-193 

 Rose, Wild (Rosa Carolina, 



R. nitida), 17, 213 



Sagamore Hill, 8, 121 

 Sagamore Pond, n6, i2i 

 Salt marshes, Ice formation in, 



I02-II0 



Sand and Ice formations, 97, 



98 

 Sand dunes. 



Days and nights In, 1-40 

 in winter, 95-101 

 Tracks in, 41-79 

 Sander, 285-287 

 Sanderling (Calidris leuco- 



phsea), 15, 69 

 Sassafras (Sassafras variifo- 



lium), 212 

 Saunders, F. A., 130, 155 

 Scaup (Marila marila), 265 

 Scoresby, Captain William, 90 



Scoters (Oidemia), 236 



Seal, Harbor (Phoca vitulina), 



70-73, 90 

 Sexual selection, 250-258 

 Shad bush (Amelanchler 



canadensis), 164, 212 

 Shell heaps, 278-281 

 Short cuts, 117 

 Shrew, Short-tailed (Blarina 



brevicauda), 30 

 Shrike, Northern (Lanius bo- 



realis), 182, 183 



Siskin, Pine (Spinus pinus), 



183 

 Skunk (Mephitis putida), 13, 



51, 69 

 Snipe, Wilson's (Gallinago 



delicata), 274, 275 

 Snow bunting (Plectrophenax 



n. nivalis), 29, 73 

 Snowfall, 8i, 82 

 Soaring, 241-247 

 Soul and body lashing, 104 

 Sparrow, 



Chipping (Spizella p. pu- 



silla), 30, 177, 185 

 Fox (Passerella iliaca), 



184 

 Henslow's (Passerherbulus 



h. henslowi), 275 

 Ipswich (Passerculus prin- 



ceps), 27 

 Savannah (P. sandwichen- 

 sis savanna), -22, 30, 

 185 

 Sharp-tailed (Passerherbu- 

 lus caudacutus), 30 

 Song (Melospiza m. me- 

 lodia), 30, 173, 177, 

 185 

 Vesper (PocEcetes g. gra- 



mineus), 30, 185 

 White-throated (Zonotri- 

 chia albicolis), 22, 184 

 271 

 Spraying of trees, 174, 175 

 Spring, early and late, 134 

 Spruce, 

 Black (Picea mariana), 170, 



211 



