INDEX 



301 



209-248 ; little striped {Spllogale) , 

 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, 1-30; and 

 bluejays, 20; black, 29; fox 

 (Sciurus niger) , 28 ; flying (Sciti- 

 ropterus volucella) , 23 ; gray {^Sci- 

 urus carolinensis) , 1-30; gray, 

 migration of, 16 ; ground, 28 ; 

 melanism and albinism in, 29; 

 red {Sciurus hudsonius), 26, 30. 



Sting-ray (Dasybatis centrurus), 89. 



Stinking badger. See Teledu. 



Surgeon-fish [Acanthurus xan- 

 thoptetus) , 90. 



Swifts, spiny tails of, 78, 79. 



Tails, The Service of, 6i-g6 ; as 

 objects of attack, 85, 88 ; pecul- 



iarity of tips of, 93 ; prehensile, 

 70, 77 ; tufted, discussed, 76, 85, 

 91, 94; used in swimming, 79. 



Tejon ( Taxldea berlandleri) , 138. 



Teledu (Mydaus meliceps), 137, 

 248. 



'T'nxttsi\ex-sha.r\i(Alopias vulpes) fiz. 



Tree-porcupines (Synetheres) , 195. 



Tricks taught to animals unwisely, 

 182. 



Wallabies. See Kangaroo. 

 Wolf, barking or red. See Coyote, 

 Wolf, gray {Catiis lupus), loi ; 



prairie (coyote), 99; mountain 



or timber, loi. 

 Wolves, educated, 182. 

 Woodchuck, the {Arctomysmonax), 



251-271 ; superstitions as tg the, 



269. 

 Woodland Codger, A, 188-206. 

 Woodpeckers, tail-supports of, 78. 



Zebra, education of, 178. 



