INDEX 



323 



Swallow, bank {CUvicola riparia)^ 



eggs of, 65. 

 Swallow, barn {Chelidonei'yihrogas- 



ter), 166, 260 ; nest and eggs of, 



65, 69, 70, 260. 

 Swallow, chimney, or chimney swift 



{Ch(siura pelagiea), flight of, 69 ; 



nest and eggs of, 65, 68, 69. 

 Swallow, cliff {Petrochelidon luni- 



frons), eggs of, 65. 

 Swallow, white - bellied or tree 



(Tachycineia bieolor)^ eggs of, 65. 

 Swallows, hibernating of, 251, 252. 

 Swift, chimney. See Swjillow, 



chimney. 

 Swift, European, eggs of, 65. 



Table Mountain, 43. 



Tanager, scarlet {Piranga erythro- 

 melas), eggs of, 64. 



Tanager, summer. See Eed-bird, 

 summer. 



Terrapin, or land turtle, 196. 



Thoreau, Henry David, a woman's 

 Tiew of, 107 ; 156, 204 ; his Wal- 

 den, 208 ; his Journals, 208-210 ; 

 as an observer, 208-210 ; 253 ; quo- 

 tation from, 208, 209. 



Thrasher, brown {Rarporhynchus 

 rufus\ an unfortunate pair, 185- 

 187 ; 236 ; its song sung by a robin, 

 267 ; song of, 168, 306 ; nest and 

 eggs of, 185-187. 



Thrush, Bicknell's (Turdus alicUB 

 bicknelli), 46, 45 ; visiting a gar- 

 den, 300 ; song of, 46, 48, 49, 54, 

 300. 



Thrush, golden-crowned, or golden- 

 crowned accentor, or oven-bird 

 (Seiurus aurocapillus), 70, 71 ; 

 song of, 71 ; nest and eggs of, 70, 

 71. 



Thrush, gray-cheeked {Turdus ali- 

 eiCE)f 14. 



Thrush, hermit (Twrdus aonalasch- 

 k(EpaUasii), 14; song of, 17, 46. 



Thrush, wood (Turdus 'mustelinus\ 

 struggles with a piece of paper, 

 125, 126 ; a domestic tragedy, 184, 

 185; song of, 184, 185; nest and 

 eggs of, 125, 126, 184, 185. 



Thyme, wild, 30. 



Toad, 168 ; the young after a shower, 

 254. 



Toad-flax, 29. 



Torrey, John, 253. 



Tortoise, box, 309. 



Towhee. See Chewink. 



Tree-frog, or tree-toad, 254, 261. 



Trees, succession of forest, 91. 



Trillium, painted, 43. 

 Trout, brook, 57, 58. 

 Trout streams, beauty and purity of, 



39, 40. 

 Turkey, domestic, 86. 

 Turkey, vrild {Meleagris gallopavo), 



101. 

 Turtle, land. See Terrapin. 

 Turtle, spotted, 196. 

 Turtle-head. See Chelone. 

 Turtles, 163, 196, 210. 



Vervain, 29. 



Violet, Canada, 20. 



Violet, common, 20. 



Violet, dog's-tooth. See Adder's- 



tongue. 

 Violet, small white, 20. 

 Violet, spurred, 20. 

 Vlreo {Vweo sp.), a brood of young 



fed by a bluebird, 313, 314. 

 Vireo, red-eyed (Vireo olivaceus)^ 



289, 297 ; notes of, 297 ; nest and 



eggs of, 8, 290, 291. 

 Virginia, journey through, 221, 222. 



Warbler, black-poll {Dendroica 



striata')^ on Slide Mountain, 46 ; 



song of, 46. 

 Warbler, hedge, song of, 308. 

 Wasps, stingless, 269. 

 Water-lily. See Pond-lily. 

 Waxwing, cedar. See Cedar-bird. 

 Weasel {Putorius sp.), and his den, 



111-117 ; pursuing a chipmunk, 



152-154; 309. 

 Wheat, chess grass and, 262, 263. 

 Whip-poor-will {Antrostomus vocif- 



erus)y 71, 72 ; protective coloring 



of, 261 ; eggs of, 71, 261. 

 White, GUbert, 266. 

 Whitman, Walt, quotations from, 



213, 214, 247. 

 Wild animal, a mythical, 174, 175. 

 Willow-herb, 16. 

 Witch-hazel, 27. 

 Wittenberg, the, 35, 38, 56, 57. 

 Wolf, gray {Canis lupus), 102, 103. 

 Wolf, prairie (Canis lairans), 102. 

 Woman, observations of an invalid, 



87-109. 

 Women, about the best lovers of 



nature, 88. 

 Woodchuck (Arcfomys monax), 



friendly calls, 179 ; mother and ' 



young, 180, 181 ; a pet, 181, 182. ; 

 Woodcock, American {Philohela '. 



minor), 219, 220. 

 Woodland Valley, 37. 

 Woodpecker, downy {Dryobafes 



