INDEX 



Alloway, 8, 132-134, 160. 



Anemone. See Rue-anemone. 



Angler, an English, S3-85. 



Anglo-Saxon, the, 45. 



Annan, 72. 



Annan bridge, 68, 69. 



Ants, 178-181. 



Arbutus, trailing, 164, 172, 173. 



Aretbusa, 172. 



Argyll, Duie of, on the comparative 



merits of British and American 



song-birda, 113-116, 119. 

 Arnold, Matthew, quotations from, 



78, 169 ; 212. 

 Arthur's Seat, 48, 49. 

 Ash, 19. 

 Asters, 196. 



Audubon, John James, 123, 124. 

 Avon, the Scottish river, 39. 

 Ayr, 46. 

 Azaleas, 173. 



Barrington, Daines, 119, 12B, 138. 



Beau, horse or Winchester, 169. 



Bear, black {Ufsus amerieanus), 

 186. 



Bee. See Bumblebee and Honey- 

 bee. 



Beech, European, 18, 19, 40, 41, 97. 



Beetle, ants and, 179, 180. 



Beetle, Colorado, 194. 



Ben Lomond, 24. 



Ben Nevis, 25. 



Ben Venue, 23, 24, 155. 



Birds, blue not a common color 

 among British, 93 ; voices of Brit- 

 ish, 105, 142 ; source of the charm 

 of their songs, 113 ; the Duke of 

 Argyll on the comparative merits 

 of British and American song- 

 birds, 113-116 ; the American bird- 

 choir larger and embracing more 

 good songsters than the British, 

 119-129; British more familiar, 

 prolific, and abundant than Amer- 

 ican, 125, 126 ; superior vivacity 

 and strength of voice in British, 



126 ; hours and seasons of singing 

 of British and American, 126, 127, 

 143 ; superior sweetness, tender- 

 ness, and melody in the soi^s of 

 American, 128, 143-145 ; the two 

 classes of British song-birds, 142, 

 143 ; certain localities favored by, 

 144 ; British more prolific than 

 American, 189, 190 ; warm and 

 compact nests of British, 190 ; 

 abundance of British, 190-192. 



Blackberry, 18, 52, 168. 



Blackbird, European, song of, 86, 

 90, 105, 114, 129, 136, 139, 145; 

 nest of, 66. 



Blackbird, red-winged. See Star- 

 ling, red-shouldered. 



Blackcap, or black-capped warbler, 

 87, 92 ; song of, 105, 115, 123, 129, 

 137, 140. 



Blood-root, 172. 



Bluebell. See Hyacinth, wild. 



Bluebird (Sialia sialis), notes of, 

 120, 123, 129. 



Blue-bonnet, 189. 



Blue-weed, or viper's bugloss, 168, 

 171. 



Bobolink (^Volichonyx oryzivortts), 

 song of, 118, 120, 123, 125, 129. 



Bob-white. See Quail. 



Bouncing Bet, 171. 



Boys, at Ecclefechan, 64-66 ; a God- 

 aiming boy, 92-95. 



Bridges, arched, 68, 69. 



Brig o' Doon, 26. 



Britain. See Great Britain. 



Bi^ant, William CuUen, as a poet of 

 the woods, 43. 



Bugloss, viper's. See Blue-weed. 



Building-stone, softness of British, 

 26. 



Bullfinch, notes of, 129. 



Bumblebee, 17-19, 195. 



Bunting, indigo. See Indigo-bird. 



Burns, Robert, the Scotch love of, 

 48 ; quotation from, 135 ; 225. 



Buttercup, 16, 165, 196. 



