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INDEX 



Redpoll {Acanthis Hnaria), 45, 134. 



Redstart, European, nest of, 133. 



Redwing, 133. 



Restigouche River, 228. 



Rivifere du Loup, 223, 228. 



Robin, American {Merula migra- 



ioria), 219 ; notes of, 83, 126. 

 Robin redbreast, eong of, 131. 

 Rondout Creek, 101 ; camping and 



trouting on, 150-164. 

 Rose, 4, 

 Rye, 4. 



Saguenay River, scenery of, 221- 



227. 

 St. Alphonse, 225. 

 St. Lawrence, 191, 192 ; down the, 



221-224. 

 Salmon, 225, 226, 228. 

 Sapsucker, yellow - bellied. See 



Woodpecker, yellow-bellied. 

 Scenery-hmiting, 221, 222. 

 Schoolliouse, a country, 174. 

 Shakespeare, quotations from, 129, 



158 ; power and beauty in his po- 

 etry, 157, 158. 

 Shanly, C. D., his poem. The 



Walker of tJte Snow, 161-163. 

 Shrike {Lanius sp. ), 38. 

 Shrike, northern. See Butcher- 

 bird. 

 Silk weed, 6. 

 Skunk (^Mephitis mephitica), den of, 



177. 

 Skylark, song of, 130. 

 Snake, and catfish, 46-48. 

 Snapdragon, 6. 

 Snow, a sign of, 86. 

 Snowbird, or slate-colored junco 



(Junco hyemcdis), 136, 170. 

 Suowflake. See Bunting, snow. 

 Sparrow, English {Passer domesii- 



cus), a comedy, 28, 29 ; 130, 131, 



134; notes of 130, 132. 

 Sparrow, reed, song of, 130. 

 Sparrow, song {Melospiza fasdaia), 



song of, 125. 

 Sparrow, white-throated (Zonoiri- 



chia albicollis), song of, 198, 215. 

 Sparrows, songs of, 130. 

 Spring-beauty, 2. 

 Spruce, a Canadian forest of, 200, 



201. 

 Squirrel, gray (Sciurus carolinen- 



sis, var. leucotis), 44. 

 Squirrel, red {Sciurus hudsonicus), 



168, 169 ; playing tag, 183, 219. 

 Starling, European, notes of, 132 ; 



nest of, 133. 

 Starling, red-shouldered, or red- 



winged blackbird {Agelaius phce- 



niceus), 97. 

 Strawberries, Dr. Parr and, B3 ; Dr. 



Boteler on, 53 ; praise of, 53-55 ; 



odor of, 55 ; Downer, 55, 56, 64 ; 



"Wilson, 56 ; wild, 57-61, 179, 180, 



196 ; alpine, 59 ; cultivation of, 



63,64. 

 Sumach, 6. 



Swallow, an albino, 37. 

 Swallows, on damp days, 38, 39. 

 Swift, European, notes of, 132. 



Tadousac, 223, 224. 



Tanager, scarlet (Piranga erythrO' 



7nelas)j song of, 126. 

 Thoreau, Henry D., 78; quotation 



from, 141, 142. 

 Throstle, 133. 

 Thrush, hermit (Turdiis aonalascTi- 



kcB pallasii), 115, 116 ; song of, 



125, 220. 

 Thrush, missel, 134 ; puguacioua- 



nesB of, 133 ; notes of, 132. 

 Thrush, White's, 133. 

 Thrush, wood {Turdus mustel'mus)^ 



song of, 125. 

 Thunder-storms, 82 ; in the woods, 



87-91. 

 Titlark. See Pipit, American. 

 Tree-toads, young, 78. 

 Trout, brook, markings of, 93 ; of 



the Neversink, 101 ; cannibals, 



113, 114 ; of the Beaverkill, 117 ; 



jumping, 119, 120 ; of Balsam 



Lake, 120, 121 ; 152; spawning of, 



154 ; of the Catskill waters, 154, 



155 ; an unsuccessful fight with a, 

 155, 156 ; 202 ; a six-pound, 205- 

 209 ; two varieties in Jacques 

 Cartier River, 209 ; 214, 215. 



Trout-fishing, as an introduction 

 to nature, 93, 94 ; the heart the 

 proper bait in, 98, 99; on'theNever- 

 sink, 101-114 ; on the Beaverkill, 

 116-118; in Balsam Lake, 119, 

 120 ; pleasures and discomforts of 

 an excursion, 122, 123 ; on the 

 Rondout, 153-156; on the East 

 Branch of the Neversink, 166 ; in 

 Canada, 201, 204-219 ; catching a 

 six-pounder, 205-209. 



Trout streams, beauties of, 94 ; the 

 ideal, 97, 98 ; at the head waters 

 of the Delaware, 100, 101 ; clear- 

 ness of, 152 ; thriving only in the 

 woods, 203. 



Violets, 2, 



Vireo, song of, 125. 



