INDEX 
courtship of, 101, 102; 142, 181, 
211; notes of, 3-5, 41, 129, 142, 
177, 211; nest of, 5, 106, 108. 
ten Creek, rambles about, 144-154, 
Sandford Lake, 84, 86, 90. 
Sandpiper, a young, 62. 
Sandpiper, solitary (Zotanus soli- 
tarius), 85. 
Sandpipers, 144, 218. 
Saxifrage, 146. 
Smilax, 20. 
Snake, black, attacking a catbird’s 
Test, 27-30; boy surprised by a, 
Snipes, 218. 
Snowbird, or slate-colored junco 
(Junco hyemalis), 42, 59, 69, 144, 
218 ; notes of, 8, 42, 129; nest of, 
Sparrow, bush. See Sparrow, wood. 
Sparrow, Canada, or tree sparrow, 
(Spizella monticola), 136, 212, 
220; notes of, 137. 
Sparrow, English. See Sparrow, 
house. 
Sparrow, field, or vesper sparrow, 
or grass finch (Podcetes gramt- 
neus), 14, 70, 136; habits and ap- 
pearance of, 212; notes of, 12,14, 
15, 212; nest of, 15, 212. See, 
also, Sparrow, wood. 
Sparrow, fox, (Passerella iliaca), 
21, 136, 212; notes of, 142. 
Sparrow, house, or English (Passer 
domesticus), 224. 
Sparrow, savanna (Ammodramus 
sandwichensis savanna), 212; 
notes of, 212. 
Sparrow, social, or chipping spar- 
row, or chippie, or hairbird (Spi- 
zella_ socialis), chasing a moth, 
31; 213; notes of, 8,167; nest of, 
106, 213. 
Sparrow, song (Melospiza fasciata), 
1; arrival of, 11; 136; notes of, 
Gi, 41, 129, 211, 212; nest of, 
Sparrow, swamp (Melospiza geor- 
giana), 136, 212. 
Sparrow, tree. See Sparrow, Can- 
ada. 
Sparrow, vesper. See Sparrow, 
field. 
Sparrow, white-crowned (Zonotri- 
chia leucophrys), 136, 142, 212. 
Sparrow, white-throated (Zonotri- 
chia albicollis), 70, 136, 142, 212; 
notes of, 70. 
231 
Sparrow, wood, or bush sparrow, or 
field sparrow, (Spizella pusilla), 
16,19; notes of, 16, 
Sparrows, 103 n., 218, 
Spice-bush, 20. 
Spring, its duration in the North, 1. 
Spring beauty. See Claytonia. 
Squirrel, black (Sciurus carolinen- 
sis, var. leucotts), 43. 
Squirrel, gray (Sciurus earolinen- 
sis, var. leucotis), 43. 
Squirrel red (Sciwrus hudsonicus), 
7» 13. 
Squirrels, 221. 
Starling, orchard, or orchard oriole 
(Icterus spurius), 103 n.; notes of, 
142; nest of, 116. 
Sucker, white, 161. 
Sun-dial. See Lupine. 
Sunfish, 84, 178, 179. 
Swallow, barn (Chelidon erythro- 
gaster), 141; nest of, 106. 
Swallow, chimney, or chimney swift 
(Cheetura pelagica), 141; nest of, 
106. 
Swallow, cliff (Petrochelidon luni- 
Jrons), 141, 195; notes of, 141, 
195 ; nest of, 195, 224. 
Swallow, rough-winged (Stelgidop- 
teryx serripennis), nest of, 106. 
Swallows, 1, 8, 11, 99,140, 218. 
Tanager, scarlet (Piranga erythro- 
melas), arrival of, 12; 55, 56; 
notes of, 30, 56, 142. 
Tanager, summer. See Red-bird, 
ne s jul 
‘ern, soot; terna fuliginosa 
294, 295, ee 
Terns, 225. 
Thomas’s Lake, a trouting excursion 
to, 162-187. 
Thoreau; Henry D., 37, 53, 69, 91, 
Thrush, golden-crowned, or wood- 
wagtail, or oven-bird (Seiurus, 
aurocapillus), 52, 53, 151, 219, 
at ; notes of, 52, 53, 167, 215, 219, 
Thrush, gray-cheeked (Turdus alt- 
cic), 40, 204, 215, 216. 
Thrush, hermit (Zurdus aonasch- 
kee pallasii), 18, 19, 44, 84, 148, 
211; notes of, 21-23, 41, 46-48, 
55, 68, 211. 
Thrush, olive-backed, or Swainson’s 
thrush (Turdus ustulatus swain- 
sonii), 148, 211. 
Thrush, red, or mavis, or ferrugi- 
nous thrush, or brown thrasher 
