Birds, simultaneous action in flight, 143, 144.
Calf, 138.
Cat, nursing a young woodchuck, 131, 132;
catching red squirrels, 137.
Chipmunk, 10;
its winter underground and reappearance in the spring, 15, 16;
courting, 16;
a solitary creature, 16, 18;
nervousness of, 16, 18;
chipping and clucking, 16, 17;
storing food, 17, 18, 23, 31, 137;
adventures with cats, 18-21;
digging its hole, 21, 22;
furnishing the house, 22;
food of, 23, 31;
an evidence of sociability, 23, 24;
an adventure with a weasel, 24-26;
attack by a shrike, 27, 28;
eating strawberries, 29, 30;
a game of tag, 30;
never more than one jump from home, 30;
shifting quarters, 31;
its fear of the weasel, 83;
its providence, 136, 137.
_Coon._ _See_ Raccoon.
Dog, the churn-dog and the woodchucks, 34-36;
farm-dog and fox, 56, 57, 64, 65;
moisture of his nose, 67, 68;
fight with a weasel, 82, 83;
encounter with a mink, 91, 92;
farm-dog and coon, 94, 95;
coon-dog and coon, 96, 97;
farm-dog and skunk, 139;
a race with a red squirrel, 141-143.
_See_ Foxhound.
Fox, gray, 71.
Fox, red, tracks in the snow, 38, 39, 53, 54, 90, 91;
bark of, 53;
gait of, 54, 126;
the author's first meeting with, 54, 55;
chased by hounds, 56, 62, 64-68;
chased by the farm-dog, 56, 57, 64, 65;
tail of, 57;
method of trapping, 58-61;
behavior when trapped, 61, 139, 140;
farm-yard depredations, 62-64;
devices for eluding the hounds, 65-68;
a method of calling, 68;
burrows and young of, 69, 70;
daylight naps of, 70;
resemblance to the dog, 70, 71;
a young one in the market, 70, 71;
and mink, 90, 91;
beauty and grace of, 126, 139;
humiliation when captured, 139, 140.
Fox, silver-gray, 67.
Foxhound, baying of, 55, 56;
the chase of the fox, 56, 62, 64-68;
moisture of his nose, 67.
Hare, northern _or_ varying, haunts of, 38, 42;
habits of, 41, 42;
tracks in the snow, 42;
two suits of fur, 42, 140;
pursuit and capture by a lynx, 141.
Lynx, 141.
Mink, eating a muskrat, 47;
tracks in the snow, 90, 91, 93;
encounter with a fox, 90, 91;
an enemy of the muskrat, 91;
an encounter with a dog and a mysterious disappearance, 91, 92;
as an eater of fish, 92;
gait of, 93.
Mouse, jumping, habits of, 120;
a captive, 121-124.
Mouse, meadow, life beneath the snow, 115, 116;
a bold swimmer, 116, 117.
Mouse, white-footed _or_ deer, beauty of, 111;
easily captured, 111;
haunts of, 111;
hoarding habits of, 111, 112;
thwarting a piratical red squirrel, 112, 113;
in the beehive, 113, 114;
reducing a shawl to its original elements, 113, 114;
seven in a trap, 114;
tunnels and tracks in the snow, 114, 115;
a female with young, 117, 118;
an attempt to assist a friend in distress, 118, 119.
Muskrat, nest-building of, 43-47;
burrows of, 47;
winter activity of, 47;
devoured by a mink, 47;
a doorway visit, 126, 127.
Opossum, 98;
tracks in the snow, 106;
extending its range, 106;
foot of, 106;
a captive, 106-108;
skin said to be fetid, 108;
young of, 108, 109;
under the study floor, 109, 110.
Partridge, 125, 126.
Porcupine, increasing in abundance, 98;
a fight with an eagle, 98;
quills as weapons of defense, 99-101;
on Slide Mountain, 101-105;
stupidity of, 103;
sound made by, 104;
propensity for gnawing, 105.
Rabbit, gray, haunts of, 38;
under the study floor, 38;
nest and young of, 39, 40;
winter fare of, 41, 125;
a captive, 132-134;
her life full of fear, 140;
a tragedy revealed by the snow, 140;
stupidity of, 141.
Raccoon, reappearance after hibernation, 94;
a fight with the farm-dog, 94, 95;
fighting qualities of, 95;
coon-hunting, 96, 97;
ravages in the corn-field, 96;
a captive, 127, 128;
courage of, 139.
Rat, pursued by a weasel, 83, 84.
Shrew, 119, 120.
Shrike, 27, 28.
Skunk, tracks in the snow, 48;
awakening from hibernation, 48;
habits of, 48-50;
as a pet, 49;
its weapon of defense, 50-52;
a plunderer of hen-roosts and birds' nests, 50, 51;
an instance of its fearlessness, 52, 98;
under the study floor, 109;
at the doorstep, 128;
not easily ruffled, 128;
fearlessness of, 139.
Snake, black, 137.
Squirrel, black, 8.
Squirrel, flying, flight of, 3, 5;
habits of, 5, 6;
nest of, 6.
Squirrel, gray, habits of, 6-8;
nest of, 7;
hiding nuts, 10, 13, 126.
Squirrel, Mexican black, 3, 4.
Squirrel, red, a bold leap, 3, 4, 6;
habits of, 9, 10;
snickering of, 9, 13, 14;
food of, 11-13;
hoarding habits of, 12, 136, 137;
his song and dance, 13, 14, 15;
a game of tag, 31;
pursued by a weasel, 88;
a piratical raid by, 112, 113;
his life full of fear, 135, 136;
frequently caught by the cat, 137;
a race with a dog, 141-143.
Squirrels, gathering chestnuts, 1, 2;
as parachutes, 2-5;
tails of, 5;
mirth and mockery of, 10.
Thrasher, brown, and weasels, 85.
Turkey, fox and, 63, 64.
Turtles, 138, 139.
Weasel, in pursuit of a chipmunk, 24-26;
carrying food to its den, 72-75;
an exploration of a weasel's hole, 74-79;
food of, 77, 80, 85;
depredations among the chickens, 80-82;
a fight with a, 81-83;
dog and, 82, 83;
its boldness and bloodthirstiness, 83, 86;
terror inspired by, 83, 86;
a fight with a man over a rat, 84;
a woman's experience, 85;
a destructive enemy of the birds, 85;
as a tree-climber, 86;
hunting in packs, 86, 87;
a contention over a mouse, 87;
cannibalism, 87;
pursuing two rats, 87, 88;
tracks its game by scent, 88;
pursuit of a red squirrel, 88.
Woodchuck, 28, 29;
haunts of, 32;
adventure with a swimming man, 32, 33;
odor of, 33;
its whistle, 33, 130;
form and motions of, 33;
a churn-dog's tactics, 34-36;
hole of, 36;
hibernation of, 36, 37;
about the house and study, 129;
a mother with her young one, 129, 130;
captives, 130-132;
a friendship with a kitten, 132.