INDEX 



Shoshone Falls, visit to, 9-14. 



Shrike (Laniu^ sp.), attacking a 

 flock of snow buntings, 181. 



Shumagin Islands, 94, 96, 124. 



Siberia, visit to, lOT-112. 



Silene, 122. 



Siskin, pine (Spirals pitms), 128. 



Sitka, 54-56. 



Skagway, 35, 36. 



Skagway River, 36. 



" Slabsides," the location and 

 building of, 131, 132; life at, 133- 

 156. 



Smith Glacier, 73. 



Snake River, 9-17. 



Snowbird, hyperborean. See Bun- 

 ting, hyperborean snow. 



Snowflake. See Bunting, snow. 



Snowflake, McKay's. See Bun- 

 ting, hyperborean snow. 



Snowflake, Pribilof . See Bunting, 

 snow. 



Solitaire (Myadestes solUarius), 

 appearance of, 266 ; notes of, 245, 

 266, 267. 



Southern Cross, the, 256. 



Sparrow, English (Passer domes- 

 ticus), its effect on the abun- 

 dance of native birds, 161 ; im- 

 posing on a downy woodpecker, 

 161, 162; getting rid of, 162; an 

 instance of persistence, 163. 



Sparrow, fox (PassereJto Uiaca), 

 116. 



Sparrow, golden-crowned (Zono- 

 trichia eoronata), 37, 94; song 

 of, 52, 89. 



Sparrow, sage {Ampfvispisa belli 

 nevadensis), 12. 



Sparrow, social, or chipping spar- 

 row (Splzella socialis), feeding 

 young robins, 163, 164; nest of, 

 134. 



Span'ow, song (Melospiza cinerea 

 Tnelodia), 134. 



Sparrow, song (Melospiza cinerea 

 subsp.), 45; varying types of, 

 in Alaska, 85; 94; song of, 85; 

 nest of, 31. 



Sparrow, Townsend's fox, or 

 Townsend's sparrow {PassereUla 



Uiaca unalaschcensis), 33, 94; 

 song of, 52. 



Sparrow, western savanna (Pas- 

 sercutus sandwichenHs alaudi- 

 nus), 45, 116. 



Sparrow, western tree (Spizella 

 Tnonticola ochraeea), 116. 



Sparrow, white-crowned (Zona- 

 trichia leucophrys subsp.), 23. 



Sparrow, white-throated {Zono- 

 trichia albicollis), 206. 



Sparrow, yellow- winged, or grass- 

 hopper sparrow {Cotumiculus 

 savannarum passerinus), song 

 of, 169-171; nest and eggs of, 169- 

 171. 



Spider-webs, 209. 



Spruce, forests about Sitka, 55. 



Stairway Glacier, 76. 



Starling, red-shouldered, or red- 

 winged blackbird (Agelaiits 

 phceniceus), song of, 150, 151. 



Strawberries, wild, in Jamaica, 

 251. 



Strawberries, Xakutat, 125, 126. 



Sugar-cane, a substitute for water, 

 235. 



Sugar plantation, a, 236, 237. 



Sunflower, wild, 16. 



Sunsets, 25, 32. 



Swallow, bam (Sirundo erythro- 

 gastra), 62, 63, 85, 206. 



Swallow, cliff (Petrochelidon lu- 

 nifrons), 18, 160, 206. 



Swallow, tree (IrixLoprocne bico- 

 lor), 206. 



Swallow, violet-backed (Tachycv- 

 neta thalassina lepida), 13. 



Swallows, poets and, 206. 



Swan (Olor sp.), 117. 



Swift, chimney (Choetura pela- 

 gica), a captured bird, 140; out- 

 riding storms, 140, 141; nest and 

 young of, 139, 140. 



Swift, palm (Cypselns phosnico- 

 bius), 228. 



Swift, white-throated (^A^ronautes 

 melanoleucus) , 13. 



Swimming, in Jamaica, 241, 258. 



Tanager. See Quail, Spanish. 



