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INDEX 



ger {Piranga rwfira), 236; song 

 of, 236. 



Bbexia. See Meadow-beauty. 



Roads, in Kentucky, 232. 



Kobin, American {Merula migra- 

 toria)j 72 ; courtship of, 78, 79 ; 

 duels of, 78, 79 ; 142, 190 ; sing- 

 ing a brown thrasher's song, 267 ; 

 mobbing a blue jay, 289, 290 ; a 

 brood of young fed by a wren, 

 31 i, 315; notes of, 57, 159, 163, 

 166, 167, 267 ; nest of, 15, 91, 124, 

 300, 314. 



Kobin redbreast, song of, 308. 



Kocks, of the Catskilla, 34, 46, 47. 



Rondout Creek, 34, 49. 



Rose, wUd, 11, 98. 



Budbeckia. See Cone-flower. 



ker, yellow-bellied. See 

 Woodpecker, yellow-bellied. 



Scorpion, 251. 



Senancour, Etienne Pivertde,quota^ 

 tion from his ObermanUt 214, 215, 



Shad, 15. 



Shad-bush, low, 42. 



Shakespeare, quotation from, 316. 



Shelby, Colonel, his form, 225. 



Shrike {Lanius sp.), and chip- 

 munk, 147, 304^306; song of, 303, 

 306. 



Sink-holes, 229, 230. 



Skunk {Mephitis mephitica), a nar- 

 row escape, 179 ; fearlessness of, 

 196. 



Skunk cabbage, 162, 219. 



Skylark, on the Hudson, 210 ; song 

 of, 210. 



Slide Mountain, location and de- 

 scription of, 33, 34 ; 35 ; ascent of, 

 37-42 ; on the summit, 33-54; de- 

 scent of, 54-56. 



Snake, black, fight with a pair, 128- 

 130 ; rifling nests, 128, 130 ; swal- 

 lowing a garter snake, 131 ; 146, 

 195, 256 ; as a rattler, 309. 



Snake, garter, 131 ; as a rattler, 309. 



Snake, glass, or joint-snake, 263, 264. 



Snake, green, 131 ; protectiTe color- 

 ing of, 260, 261. 



Snakes, spring awakening of, 163 ; 

 their so-called power of charming, 

 255-257. See Hair-snake. 



Snow, on Slide Mt., 54 ; damage to 

 peach buds caused by, 160 ; tracks 

 in, 302-304. 



Snowbird, or slate-colored junco 

 {Junco hyemalis), 159. 



Snowflake. See Bunting, snow. 



Sparrow, bush or ruisset or field 



(Spisella pusilla)f 119 ; Bong of, 

 165, 167. 



Sparrow, Canada or tree {SpizeUa 

 moniieola), 159. 



Sparrow, English (Passer domesii- 

 cus), 62, 77, 118, 119, 272, 275 ; a 

 female assists a chippie in feeding 

 a young cowbird, 315. 



Sparrow, fox {Passerella Uiaca)^ 

 song of, 308. 



Sparrow, Henslow's {Ammodramus 

 henslowii), 296. 



Sparrow, lark. See Finch, lark. 



Sparrow, savanna {Ammodramus 

 sandwichensis savanna), 296. 



Sparrow, social. See Chippie. 



Sparrow, song {Melospiza fasdafa), 

 64 ; building on an insecure founda- 

 tion, 123, 124 ; 159 ; an interesting 

 couple, 187-189 ; song of, 169, 170, 

 187, 189 ; nest and eggs of, 15, 63, 

 64, 123, 124, 135, 187-189. 



Sparrow, swamp {Melospiza georgi- 

 ana), 17 ; nest of, 17. 



Sparrow, yellow-winged or grass- 

 hopper {Ammodramus savanna- 

 rum passerinus), 295-297 ; notes 

 of, 295, 296 ; nest and eggs of, 

 296. 



Spider, a Javan, 309. 



Spider, flying, 220. 



Spring, first days of, 158-160, 218- 

 220. 



Spring beauty. See Claytonla. 



Springs, in Kentucky, 232. 



Spruce, 6 ; a grove on Slide Moun- 

 tain, 41 ; 42, 43. 



Spruce, Norway, 285. 



Squirrel, flying {Sciuropterus vo- 

 lans), 116 ; habits of, 307. 



Squirrel, gi-ay {Sciurus carolinensiSj 

 var. leueotis), flve tame squirrels, 

 93-96; 177. 



Squirrel, red {Sciurus hudsonicus), 

 95, 145, 184 ; cautious habits of, 

 193, 194 ; not so provident as the 

 chipmunk, 194 ; caught by cats 

 and snakes, 194, 195, 256 ; a race 

 with a dog, 198, 199 ; as a para- 

 chute, 306, 307. 



Squirrel corn {Dicenira canadensis)^ 

 5,6. 



Starling, red-shouldered, or red- 

 winged hla,ckhiTd{Agelaiusphceni' 

 ceus), notes of, 218. 



Stars, the, 215, 216. 



Steeple-bush, or hardback, 11. 



Strawberries, wild, 42, 43, 57. 



Streams, in Kentucky, 231. 



Sunflower, wild, 19. 



