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INDEX 



Sedum tematum^ 206. 



Shagbark, 103. 



Shairp, John Campbell, his Poetic 

 Interpretation of Nature^ 111, 113. 



Shakespeare, quotations from, 85, 

 87. 113, 167-174, 207, 231 ; his ac- 

 curacy in observation, 87, 166- 

 174. 



Shavertown, 13. 



Shawangunk Mountains, 72. 



Shepherd's purse, 202. 



Shrew, 216. 



Shrike, 165, 166, 218. 



Skunk {Mephitis mephiiica), 154, 

 158, 179. 



Skunk-cabbage, 94 n. 



Skylark, 86 ; on the Hudson, 131- 

 134 ; song of, 132-135. 



Snail, 147. 



Snake, 171. 



Snake, black, 230. 



Snow, a landscape of, 213, 214, 217 ; 

 in the woods, 215, 216, 219-221. 



Snowbird, slate-colored, or slate- 

 colored junco {Junco hyemalis), 

 in poetry, 96 ; notes of, 153. 



Snowfl^e. See Bunting, snow. 



Sodom, 20. 



Sorrel, sheep, 194, 202, 206. 



Sparrow, bush or field (Spizella pu- 

 Hlla), 163, 164. 



Sparrow, English {Passer domesti- 

 cms), manner of courtship, 137. 



Sparrow, social or chipping, or 

 "chippie " (Spisellasocialis), 137, 

 163. 



Sparrow, song (Melospiza fasciata), 

 152 ; notes of, 15-17, 22. 



Sparrow, vesper {Pooccetes grami- 

 neus), rejecting the attentions of 

 a skylark, 133, 134. 



Specularia, clasping, 208, 209. 



Spider, killing a bee, 75, 76 ; a musi- 

 cal, 117. 



Spring, sudden coming of, 151-153. 



Spring beauty. See Claytonia. 



Springs, paths leading to, 35, 36 ; 

 their universal attractiveness, 36, 

 37 ; centres of greenness, 37 ; 

 symbolism of, 38 ; locations of, 

 38, 39 ; fondness of trout for, 38, 

 39 ; physiology of, 39, 40 ; their 

 mineral elements, 40 ; large, 40- 

 43 ; as refrigerators, 44, 45 ; coun- 

 tries poor in, 45, 46 ; on moun- 

 tains, 46 ; places of worship, 46, 

 47 ; various kinds of, 47, 48 ; mar- 

 velous, 48 ; intermittent, 49 ; in 

 the Idyls of Theocritus, 50, 51, 



Squaw-berry. See Mitchella vine. 



Squirrel, flying {Sduropients vo- 



lans)^ 155. 

 Squirrel, gray {Sciurus carolinen- 



sis var. leucotis), 130, 131. 

 Squirrel, Mexican black, 156, 157. 

 Squirrel, red {Sciurus hudsoniczcs)^ 



131, 154, 156, 157, 217. 

 Squirrel com. See Dicentra. 

 Squirrels, as parachutes, 155-157. 

 Star, shooting, 84. 

 Starling, red-shouldered, or red- 

 winged blackbird, notes of, 82. 

 Stedman, Edmund Clarence, hia 



Seeking the Mayflower, 101, 102. 

 Stevenson, Robert Louis, his 



Travels with a DonJceyy 14. 

 Stick-seed, 202. 

 Stones, life under, 122. 

 Stramonium, 195, 202. 

 Strawberries, wild, 9, 23, 24. 

 Succory. See Chicory. 

 Sumac, 192. 

 Swallow, bank {Clivicola riparia). 



106. 

 Swallow, barn (Chelidon erythro- 



gaster)f 106 ; nest of, 98. 

 Swallow, chimney, or chimney 



swift (Chwiura pelagica), nest of, 



18. 

 Swallow, cliff {Petrochelidon luni- 



frons)f in poetry, 89, 106 ; nest of, 



17, 98. 

 Swallow, Europejm, 172. 

 Swallows, in poetry, 97, 106, 172. 

 Sweat-bee, 123. 



Tales, uses of, 157, 158. 



Tansy, 193. 



Tare. See Vetch. 



Teasle, 199. 



Tennyson, Alfred, quotations from, 



83, 84, 88, 97, 106, 107; a good 



observer, 106, 107. 

 Theocritus, quotation from, 60. 

 Thistle, Canada, 194, 199, 202, 205, 



210. 

 Thistle, common, 202, 204, 205. 

 Thistle, pasture, 188, 191. 

 Thistle, swamp, 205. 

 Thomson, James, quotation from, 



87, 

 Thrasher, brown {Harporhynchus 



rufus), song of, 110. 

 Thrush, hermit {Tu7'dus aonalasch- 



kce pallasii), in poetry, 104, 226 ; 



notes of 17. 

 Thrush, wood (Turffui mustelinus), 



notes of, 16. 

 Titlark, or American pipit (Anthus 



pensilvanictis), 86. 



