Shrike (_Lanius_ sp.).
Shrike, northern. _See_ Butcherbird.
Silkweed.
Skunk, den of.
Skylark, song of.
Snake, and catfish.
Snapdragon.
Snow, a sign of.
Snowbird, _or_ slate-colored junco (_Junco hyemalis_).
Snowflake. _See_ Bunting, snow.
Sparrow, English (_Passer domesticus_), a comedy; notes of.
Sparrow, reed, song of.
Sparrow, song (_Melospiza einerea melodia_), song of.
Sparrow, white-throated (_Zonotrichia albicollis_), song of.
Sparrows, songs of.
Spring-beauty.
Spruce, a Canadian forest of.
Squirrel, gray.
Squirrel, red; playing tag.
Starling, European, notes of; nest of.
Starling, red-shouldered, _or_ red-winged blackbird (_Agelaius
phœniceus_).
Strawberries, Dr. Parr and Dr. Boteler on; praise of; odor of; Downer;
Wilson; wild; alpine; cultivation of.
Sumach.
Swallow, an albino.
Swallows, on damp days.
Swift, European, notes of.
Tadousac.
Tanager, scarlet (_Piranga erythromelas_), song of.
Thoreau, Henry D.; quotation from.
Throstle.
Thrush, hermit (_Hylocichla guttata pallasii_); song of.
Thrush, missel; pugnaciousness of; notes of.
Thrush, White’s.
Thrush, wood (_Hylocichla mustelina_), song of.
Thunder-storms; in the woods.
Titlark. _See_ Pipit, American.
Tree-toads, young.
Trout, brook, markings of; of the Neversink; cannibals; of the
Beaverkill; jumping; of Balsam Lake; spawning of; of the Catskill
waters; an unsuccessful fight with a; a six-pound; two varieties in
Jacques Cartier River.
Trout-fishing, as an introduction to nature; the heart the proper bait
in; on the Neversink; on the Beaverkill; in Balsam Lake; pleasures and
discomforts of an excursion; on the Rondout; on the East Branch of the
Neversink; in Canada; catching a six-pounder.
Trout streams, beauties of; the ideal; at the headwaters of the
Delaware; clearness of; thriving only in the woods.
Violets.
Vireo, song of.
Vireo, red-eyed (_Vireo olivaceus_), song of.
_Walker of the Snow, The_, by C. D. Shanly.
Walking, benefits of.
Wallkill River.
Warbler, Blackburnian (Dendroica blackburniæ).
Warbler, black-throated blue (_Dendroica cærulescens_); finding the
nest and young of; notes of; nest of.
Warbler, Canada (_Wilsonia canadensis_).
Warbler, chestnut-sided (_Dendroica pensylvanica_).
Warbler, mourning (_Geothlypis philadelphia_).
Warbler, yellow-rumped or myrtle (_Dendroica coronata_), rescue of a.
Water, its importance in nature and in the life of man.
Water-wagtail, small, _or_ water-thrush (_Seiurus noveboracensis_).
Waxwing, Bohemian (_Ampelis garrulus_).
Waxwing, cedar. _See_ Cedar-bird.
Weather, the, the farmer’s dependence on; human changeableness of;
getting into a rut; in literature; the law of alternation in; dry; laws
of. _See_ Rain and Thunder-storms.
Weather-breeders.
Weather-wisdom.
Wheat.
Whip-poor-will (_Antrostomus vociferus_), mother, eggs, and young; an
awkward walker; nest of.
White, Gilbert.
Whitethroat; notes of.
Whitman, Walt, quotation from.
Wilson, Alexander, quotation from.
Woodchuck, or marmot; hole of.
Wood-grouse.
Woodpecker, downy (_Dryobates pubescens medianus_).
Woodpecker, golden-shafted. _See_ High-hole.
Woodpecker, yellow-bellied, _or_ yellow-bellied sapsucker (_Sphyrapicus
varius_).
Wordsworth, William, quotations from; the poet of the mountains.
Wren, European, song of.
Wren, winter (_Olbiorchilus hiemalis_).
Wrens, songs of.