INDEX 



323 



Swallow, bank (Clivicola riparia), 



eggs of, 65. 

 Swallow, barn {Chelidon erythrogas- 



ter), 166, 260 ; nest and eggs of, 



65, 69, 70, 260. 

 Swallow, chimney, or chimney swift 



{Chcetura pelagica), flight of, 69 ; 



nest and eggs of, 65, 68, 69. 

 Swallow, cliff {Feirochelidon luni- 



frons), eggs of, 65. 

 Swallow, white - bellied or tree 



( Taehycineta bicolor), eggs of, 65. 

 Swallows, hibernating of, 251, 252. 

 Swift, chimney. See Swallow, 



chimney. 

 Swift, EJuropean, eggs of, 65. 



Table Mountain, 43. 



Tanager, scarlet {Piranga erythro- 

 melas), eggs of, 64. 



Tanager, summer. See Red-bird, 

 summer. 



Terrapin, or land turtle, 196. 



Thoreau, Henry David, a woman's 

 view of, 107 ; 156, 204 ; his Wal- 

 den, 208 ; his Journals, 208-210 ; 

 as an observer, 208-210 ; 253 ; quo- 

 tation from, 208, 209. 



Thrasher, brovm {Harporhynchus 

 rufus), an unfortunate pair, 185- 

 187 ; 236 ; its song sung by a robin, 

 267 ; song of, 168, 306 ; nest and 

 eggs of, 185-187. 



Thrush, Bicknell's {Turdus alicice 

 bicknelli), 46, 45 ; visiting a gar- 

 den, 300 ; song of, 46, 48, 49, 54, 

 300. 



Thrush, golden-crowned, or golden- 

 crowned accentor, or oven-bird 

 (Seiurus aurocapillus), 70, 71 ; 

 song of, 71 ; nest and eggs of, 70, 

 71. 



Thrush, gray-cheeked {Turdus ali- 

 cice), 14. 



Thrush, hermit ( Turdus aonalasch- 

 kcB pallasii), 14; song of, 17, 46. 



Thrush, wood {Turdus mustelinus), 

 struggles with a piece of paper, 

 125, 126 ; a domestic tragedy, 184, 

 185 ; song of, 184, 185 ; nest and 

 eggs of, 125, 126, 184, 185. 



Thyme, wild, 30. 



Toad, 168 ; the young after a shower, 

 254. 



Toad-flax, 29. 



Torrey, John, 253. 



Tortoise, box, 309. 



Towhee. See Chewink. 



Tree-frog, or tree-toad, 254, 261. 



Trees, succession of forest, 91. 



Trillium, painted, 43. 

 Trout, brook, 57, 58. 

 Trout streams, beauty and purity of, 



39,40. 

 Turkey, domestic, 86. 

 Turkey, wild (Meleagris gallopavo\ 



101. 

 Turtle, land. See Terrapin. 

 Turtle, spotted, 196. 

 Turtle-head. See Chelone. 

 Turtles, 163, 196, 210. 



Vervain, 29. 



"Violet, Canada, 20. 



Violet, common, 20. 



Violet, dog's-tooth. See Adder's- 



tongue. 

 Violet, small white, 20. 

 Violet, spurred, 20. 

 Vireo {Vireo sp.), a brood of young 



fed by a bluebird, 313, 314. 

 Vireo, red-eyed {Vireo olivaceus), 



289, 297 ; notes of, 297 ; nest and 



eggs of, 8, 290, 291. 

 Virginia, journey through, 221, 222. 



Warbler, black-poll {Dendroica 



striata), on Slide Mountain, 46 ; 



song of, 46. 

 Warbler, hedge, song of, 308. 

 Wasps, stingless, 269. 

 Water-lily. See Pond-lily. 

 Waxwing, cedar. See Cedar-bird. 

 Weasel {Puiorius sp.), and his den, 



111-117 ; pursuing a chipmunk, 



152-154; 309. 

 Wheat, chess grass and, 262, 263. 

 Whip-poor-will {Antrostomus vocif- 



erus), 71, 72 ; protective coloring 



of, 261 ; eggs of, 71, 261. 

 White, Gilbert, 266. 

 Whitman, Walt, quotations from, 



213, 214, 247. 

 Wild animal, a mythical, 174, 175. 

 Willow-herb, 16. 

 Witch-hazel, 27. 

 Wittenberg, the, 35, 38, 56, 57. 

 Wolf, gray {Cams lupus), 102, 103. 

 Wolf, prairie {Canis latrans), 102. 

 Woman, observations of an invalid, 



87-109. 

 Women, about the best lovers of 



nature, 88. 

 Woodchuck {Arcfomys monax), 



friendly calls, 179 ; mother and 



young, 180, 181 ; a pet, 181, 182. 

 Woodcock, American {Philohela 



minor), 219, 220. 

 Woodland Valley, 37. 

 Woodpecker, downy {Dryobates 



