Index. 



339 



Romanes, J. G. (quoted), 199. 

 Rooks, 117-118, 149, 332-333- 

 Rope, Mr. G. T. (quoted), 61 not: 

 Rothbury, 290, 292, 293, 297. 

 Roseneath Hill, 210. 

 Rushes, 190. 



St. John, Charles, 67, 69. 



Salmon loups, 22 1. 



Samarras of the sycamore, 47-48. 



Sand-martins, 120. 



Sawbill, the, 256. 



Scaup, the, 256. 



Scott, Sir Water, 272, 3^-313. 



Seabirds' eggs, 266. 



Sea-pie, the, 259. 



Sedges, 193, 194, 244. 



Seed-eaters and fruit-eaters, 33. 



Siege, a, 21. 



Shag, the (cormorant), 259. 



Shairp, Principal (quoted), 226. 



Sheldrake, the, 255. 



Shepherd at early morn, 126. 



Shoveller, the, 255. 



Shrews (water), 80-81. 



Smiles, Dr. S., 62. 



Smith, Alexander (quoted), 152. 



" Smoked-out," 22, 23. 



" Smoking allowed, No," 92. 



Snails in beehive, 197. 



"Snipe, summer," 61 ; rain indi- 

 cators, 62. 



Solan geese, 262. 



"Son of the Marshes" (quoted), 

 222. 



Southesk, the, 212. 



Southey, Robert (quoted), 100. 



Sparrows, 19, 21, 113, 114, 116. 



Spate on Scottish stream, a, 214. 



Speedwell, the, 97. 



Spey, the, 212, 213. 



Spiders', webs, 165, used by birds 

 in nest-building, 41, 331. 



Spruce, the, 139. 



Squirrels, 70, 89, 128. 



Stanley, Dr., Bishop of Norwich, 



55- 

 Starling, the, 29, 30, 31, 32. 

 Sterne's starling, 31. 

 Sticklebacks, 161, 162 ; their 



nests, 163, 241. 

 Still water, 205. 



Sting 6f bee really a trowel, 264. 

 Story, Shepherd-poet, 314. 

 Stour, the, 181. 

 Suffolk stand-up wheat, 156. 

 Sultan Solyman, 145, 'Ui. 

 Sunderland Bridge, 284. 

 Sunrise in summer, 109-110. 

 Sunset on my pond, 51. 

 Surrey Hills, the, 167. 

 Swallows, 19, 21, 119. 

 Sycamore or plane-tree, 45-46, 97, 



101 ; the Samarras, 47-48. 



Tankervixle Arms;, Wooler, 



3°7- 

 Tay, the, 212. 



Taylor, Dr. J. E. (quoted), 15. 

 Teal, the, 253, 255. 

 Tennyson, Lord (quoted), 45, 47, 



65, 86, 151, 152, 153, 156, 238, 



240. 

 Thaxter, Celia (quoted), 44. 

 Thistles, 17. 

 Thoreau, 171. 

 Thorn-trees, 11, 138. 



hedges, 97. 



Thrum Mill, the, 293. 



Thrush, fearlessness of, when 



brooding, 63. 

 "Thrush, the wise," 99, in, 112, 



113, 115, 284. 

 Till, the, 223-225. 

 Tit, the blue, 26, 27, 40, 113, 116. 

 Todsted Farm, 297. 

 Tomlinson, Mr. W. W., 292, 303, 



316. 

 Tongue of woodpecker, 330-331. 

 Tosson, great,'290. 



