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INDEX 



Oxen, 89. See Cattle. 

 Oxen Run, 21. 



Paria, bridges in, 144 ; parks of, 1G8, 

 199, 200 ; tirdt imprefiuioub of, 19U, 

 lUl ; contrasted witli Loudon, lUl, 

 192 ; bhe good taste of, 192-194 ; 

 theatres of, 192, 193; SiunJay hi, 

 194; whip-diiappers in, 195, 196; 

 mirrors in, 19ti, 197. Sfe ITrance. 



Parka, in L mdou, 1G7-169, 200 ; in 

 Paris, 108, 199, 200. 



Partridge, or rutted grouse {Bojiasa 

 umbdlus), tracka of, 52, 54, 55 ; 

 126 ; drumming of, 101. 



Partriiitre, European, 142. 



Perch, 86. 



Pheasant, 142, 169. 



Pigeon, piBsenger {Ectopisies mU 

 gratoriits)., 101. 



Pigweed, 105. 



Pine, yellow, 20. 



Pipit, American, or titlark {Anthus 

 pensilvanicus)y at sea, 133. 



Plover, English, 141. 



Poplar, silver. 85, 95. 



Prairie hen (Tyinpanuchus ameri- 

 canus), 87. 



Pumpkiutown, a walk to, 15-21. 



Quail, European, 142. 

 Queenstown, 226-228. 



Babbit, English, 142, 169. 



Babbit, gray (Lepus sylvaticus), 



126. 

 Baccoon, or coon {Procyon loior\ 



tracks of, 62 ; in sprintr, G2, 63 ; 



hunting with a dog, 63-65 ; 108. 

 R\gweed, 105. 

 Bailways, in England, 173, 174,215 ; 



in America, 173, 174. 

 Red-root, 105, 106. 

 Robin, American {Merula migra- 



toHa), 85, 86. 93, 101, 125. 126; 



notes of, 93. 

 Robin redbreast, 165 ; song of, 165. 

 Rook, 141. 



St. Cloud, 199, 200. 



St. Paul's Cathedral, 156, 161. 



Sea, See 0:;ean. 



Seeds sown by birds, 98. 



Seine, valley of the, 188, 189 ; beauty 



of the, 199. 

 September, weeds in, 105. 

 Shad, 85, 87. 

 Shakespeare, qnotatinns from, 25, 



30 ; birthplace of, 214. 

 Bheep, 93. 



Bhottery, 210, 211. 



Skunk {Mfpkitis mephitica), tracks 

 01, 52, 59 i h^bit:i o , 59-62 ; 108. 



Sb>iark, on Ihe South Downa, 361- 

 164 ; attempts to introduce it into 

 the United Statea, 165,226; song 

 of, 162-165. 



Sn.ipdrago^, 98. 



Snow, beauty of, 42, 43; tracks in, 

 44, 45, 49, 50, 52 55, 57, 59, 62, 

 66; melting of, 88, 89. 



Suou bird, or tlate--culored junco 

 {Junco hyenuilis), 16. 



South Downs, the, 30 ; a day on, 

 161-164, 



Sparrow, cliippinff. See Hiirbird. 



SpMTOw, song {Melospiza fasdata), 

 16. 



Sparrow, tree or Canada {Spizella 

 Tfioniicola), 16. 



Sp.irrow, vesper {Podcastes gra- 

 mineus)^ song of, 163. 



Spice-bush, 5. 



Spiders, 104, 105. 



Spring, the beginning of, 85-89, 95, 

 96 ; fall in some respects a parody 

 of, 101, 102 ; contrasted with fall, 

 102, 103. 



Squirrel, )lick {Sciurttscarolinensis. 

 var. leucotis), 57, 82. 



Squirrel, Europenn, 200. 



Sqiiirrs], flying {Sciuroptmis vo- 

 lans), 56. 



Squirrel, gray {Sciurus earolinen- 

 sis, var leucotis), tr -cks of, 55 ; 

 habits of, 55-57, 82, 109. 



Squirrel, red {Sriurus kudsonicus), 

 tracks of, 55, 57 ; activity in win- 

 ter, 55 ; habits of, 57, 58 ; snicker- 

 ing of, 109 ; 126. 



Squirrpls. 93, 126. 



Starling, orchard, or orchard oriole 

 {Icierus spurins), 125. 



Steamships, ocean, 135, 136, 228-235. 

 I Stritf nrd-on-Avon, 30 ; a visit to, 

 207-214. 



Sugar- making, 87, 89-95. 



Sumac, dwarf. 106. 



Summer, Indian. See Indian sum- 

 mer. 



Sunlight, in "Washington, 2, 3 ; in 

 morning and aftprnoon, 102, 103. 



Swallow, English, 138. 



Te'isels, 105. 



Tennyson, Alfred, quotations from. 



113, 166. 

 Tern, sooty {Sterna JxdiginosaX 



134. 

 Thaxter, Celia, 134. 



