INDEX 



Pheasant, Argus, 94-96. 

 Phoebe-bird (Sayomia pluAe) ; notes 



of, 36; nest of, 193, 194. 

 Pigeon, passenger, or wild pigeon 



(Ectopistea migratoriua), 76. 

 Plants, apparent intelligence of, 



171-175. 

 Providences, 244, 245. 

 Ptarmigan, 64, 



Quail, or bob-white (Colinue vir- 



ginianus), 53. 

 Quail, valley, or valley partridge 



{LopJwrtyx califordicits vdUi- 



cola), 57. 



Raccoon, its habit of washing its 



food, 180, 181. 

 Bays of Ught in openings in clouds, 



20, 21. 

 Reason, the dawn of, 165-169; the 



appeal to, 253. See also Animals, 



the reasoning powers of. 

 Religion, the truth in, 251, 252. 

 Reproductive instinct, its influ- 

 ence on the colors of animals, 87, 



88, 91-100. 

 Road-runner {Geococcyx califor' 



nianua), 54. 

 Roberts, Charles G. D., 113, 114, 



198. 

 Robin {Merula migratoria), 43; 



abundance and adaptabiUty of. 



84, 85; food of, 85; baffled and 



delayed in nest-building, 130, 



131; courtship of, 135. 

 Roosevelt, Theodore, bear stories 



told by, 128, 129, 142, 143; 



quoted on antelope, 147, 148; 



and a frightened deer, 149. 

 Roots, apparent intelligence of, 



173-175. 

 Ross, Sir John, 64. 



Science, shows man that he is not 



an aUen in nature, 280. 

 Scott, Sir Walter, and nature, 9. 



10. 

 Seal, fur, 148. 

 Selection, sexual, 92-100. 

 Sharp, Dallas Lore, his tame coon, 



181. 

 Sheep, laying out paths, 156, 157. 



Sight; the beginning of the sense 

 of, 168. 



Simple life, the, 241, 242, 260, 

 261. 



Skunk, carrying one by the tail, 

 103. 



Snake, swallowing young, 18. 



Soil, the, the grist of the gods, 

 the medium through which all 

 things pass, 199-209, 212; the 

 divine, 203, 215-240. 



Soul, the, physical origin of, 233, 

 234. 



Sparrow, chipping, or social spar- 

 row {SpizeUa aodcdia), 28. 



Sparrow, English, or house spar- 

 row (Paaaer domeaiicua), court- 

 ship of, 98, 135; an instance of 

 blind instinct in, 187. 



Spencer, Herbert, 149. 



Spider, trap-door, 183, 184. 



Spider, wolf, the den of a, 14, 15. 



Spiritual, the, has its roots in the 

 carnal, 221. 



Spring, beginning of, 25. 



Squirrel, red, harvesting butter- 

 nuts, 17, 18; playing, 149, 150; 

 and a drain pipe, 180. 



Squirrels, position of feet in de- 

 scending trees, 5. 



Stone walls, 48-50. 



Stones, clearing helds of, 46-48. 



Struggle for existence, the, 276- 

 279. 



Slimmer, beginning of, 25-32; the 

 bridal day of, 27, 28. 



Sundew, 158. 



Tennyson, Alfred, quoted, 26. 



Thomson, J. Arthur. See Patrick 

 Geddes. 



Thoreau, Henry D., as an ob- 

 server, 6, 22; and the farm, 38; 

 and the " woodcock's evening 

 hymn," 121; his eye more re- 

 liable than his ear, 121, 122; his 

 instinct, for the truth in nature, 

 122; his use of the imagination, 

 122, 123; quoted, 38. 



Thrush, wood {Hylodchla muate- 

 lina), 131. 



Thrushes, ground, 56. 



Toad, color of, 66. 



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