INDEX 
209-248 ; little striped (Spzlogale), 
247; means of defence, 234; 
remedies supplied by, 244 ; white- 
backed (Conepatus mapurito), 
248. 
Snail (Helicarion), with fragile 
tail, 85. 
Snakes, education of, 159; nervous 
tail of, 95. 
SQUIRRELS, OUR GRAY, I-30; and 
bluejays, 20; black, 29; fox 
(Scturus niger), 28; flying (Scia- 
ropterus volucella) , 23; gray (Sci- 
urus carolinensis), 1-30; gray, 
migration of, 16; ground, 28; 
melanism and albinism in, 29; 
red (Sceiurus hudsonius), 26, 30. 
Sting-ray (Dasybatis centrurus), 89. 
Stinking badger. See Teledu. 
Surgeon-fish (Acanthurus xan- 
thopterus) , 90. 
Swifts, spiny tails of, 78, 79. 
TAILS, THE SERVICE OF, 61-96; as 
objects of attack, 85,88; pecul- 
301 
iarity of tips of, 93; prehensile, 
70,77; tufted, discussed, 76, 85, 
9I, 94; used in swimming, 79. 
Tejon ( Zaxidea berlandieri), 138. 
Teledu (M@ydaus meliceps), 137, 
248, 
Thresher-shark ( Alopias vulpes), 82. 
Tree-porcupines (Synetheres), 195. 
Tricks taught to animals unwisely, 
182, 
Wallabies. See Kangaroo, 
Wolf, barking or red. See Coyote. 
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus), 101; 
prairie (coyote), 99; mountain 
or timber, ror. 
Wolves, educated, 182. 
Woodchuck, the (Arctomys monaz), 
251-271; superstitions as to the, 
269. 
WOODLAND CODGER, A, 188-206, 
Woodpeckers, tail-supports of, 78. 
Zebra, education of, 178. 
