INDEX 



Pheasant, Argus, 94-Q6. 

 Phoebe-bird (iSaj/orma j^uebe) , notes 



of, 36; nest of, 193, 194. 

 Pigeon, passenger, or wild pigeon 



(,Ectopiaie» migratoriva), 76. 

 Plants, apparent intelligence of, 



171-175. 

 Providences, 244, 245. 

 Ptarmigan, 64. 



Quail, or bob-white (Colinua vir- 



ffinianua), 53. 

 Quail, valley, or valley partridge 



(Lophortyx califordicut valli- 



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 alao Ajamaia, 



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 {Geocoecyx califoT' 



nianits), 54. 

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



108. 

 Robin {Merula migratoria)^ 43; 



abundance and adaptability 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 inteUigence of, 



173-175. 

 Ross, Sir John, 64. 



Science, shows man that he is not 



an ahen 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 (.Spizella eoci(Uis), 28. 



Sparrow, EngUsh, or bouse spar- 

 row iPaaser 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- 

 scehding trees, 5. 



Stone walls, 48-50. 



Stones, clearing fields of, 46-48. 



Struggle for existence, the, 276- 

 279. 



Summer, 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 (Hylocichla muate- 

 lina), 131. 



Thrushes, ground, 56. 



Toad, color of, 66. 



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