Part 19

Plane-tree, European, 30.

Plantain, 19.

Plantain, narrow-leaved, 16, 17.

Plato, 225, 226.

Plowing, in England and Scotland, 53, 54.

Polecat, 187.

Polecat Hill, 88.

Pond-lily, European white, 173.

Poppy, 52, 165, 173, 196.

Primrose, 172, 196.

Privet, 19.

Prunella, 16, 17, 53, 168.

Quail, _or_ bob-white (_Colinus virginianus_), 190.

Rabbit, European, 187, 193, 194.

Railway-trains, the view from, 51.

Rats, 187.

Redbreast. _See_ Robin redbreast.

Redstart, American (_Setophaga ruticilla_), song of, 129.

Redstart, European, notes of, 129.

Reed-sparrow, song of, 129.

Repentance Hill, 67, 68.

Road-mender, an old, 67.

Robin, American (_Merula migratoria_), song of, 114, 120, 129, 136.

Robin redbreast, 189; song of, 90, 98, 105, 123, 127, 129, 139, 145; nest of, 65.

Rochester Castle, 21, 191.

Rochester Cathedral, 21.

Rogers, Samuel, 231.

Rook, 191, 192; notes of, 142; nest of, 192.

Rook-pie, 191, 192.

Rose, wild, 17.

Rothay, the river, 149, 150.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 229.

Rue-anemone, 172.

_Rumex acetosa_, 170.

Rydal Mount, 41.

St. John's-wort, 19.

St. Paul's Cathedral, 182.

Salisbury Crags, 48, 49.

Salmon, 188.

Sandpiper, European, notes of, 40, 115, 141.

Sandpiper, spotted (_Actitis macularia_), notes of, 115, 120.

Scotch, the, contrasted with the English, 45; acquaintances among, 46, 47; a trait of, 47, 48; their love for Burns, 48.

Scotland, first sight of, 2-7; mountains of, 6, 7, 21-25; tour through, 8; moorlands of, 25; streams and lakes of, 25, 26; plowing in, 53, 54; work of women and girls in the fields in, 54; country houses and village houses in, 62, 63; free use of paint in, 69, 70. _See_ Great Britain.

Scotsbrig, 62.

Scott, Sir Walter, Carlyle on, 201, 202, 225.

Sea. _See_ Ocean.

Sedge-warbler, song of, 85.

Selbourne, 40, 103-105, 108, 109.

Shackerford, 94-102.

Shakespeare, quotations from, 42, 69, 78, 147, 161-164, 184; and other authors, 147, 210, 212.

Shakespeare's Cliff, 14.

Shawangunk Mountains, 37.

Shilfa. _See_ Chaffinch.

Ship-building on the Clyde, 4-6.

Shottery, the fields about, 16, 17.

Skylark, 80; in America, 116; at the head of a series of British song-birds, 142, 143; song of, 4, 11, 18, 86, 114, 116, 118, 119, 126, 129, 132.

Snails, ants and snail, 180, 181; abundance of, in England, 195, 196.

Snowbird, _or_ slate-colored junco (_Junco hyemalis_), song of, 125.

Solomon's-seal, 18.

Sorrel, sheep, 170. _See_ Dock.

Southey, Robert, 231.

Sparrow, bush _or_ wood _or_ field (_Spizella pusilla_), song of, 118, 120, 121, 127, 129, 143.

Sparrow, English (_Passer domesticus_), 185; Carlyle on, 201.

Sparrow, fox (_Passerella iliaca_), song of, 121, 129.

Sparrow, savanna (_Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna_), notes of, 118, 129.

Sparrow, social _or_ chipping, _or_ hair-bird, _or_ chippie (_Spizella socialis_), song of, 120, 127.

Sparrow, song (_Melospiza fasciata_), notes of, 118, 120, 129, 143.

Sparrow, swamp (_Melospiza georgiana_), song of, 120.

Sparrow, vesper (_Poöcœtes gramineus_), song of, 120, 129.

Sparrow, white-crowned (_Zonotrichia leucophrys_), song of, 121.

Sparrow, white-throated (_Zonotrichia albicollis_), song of, 121.

Sparrows, songs of, 120, 121.

Speedwell, blue, 160, 167, 196.

Spring beauty. _See_ Claytonia.

Spurge, wood, 172.

Squirrel, European, 195.

Squirrel, flying (_Sciuropterus volans_), 186, 195.

Squirrel, gray (_Sciurus carolinensis_ var. _leucotis_), 39, 195.

Squirrel, red (_Sciurus hudsonicus_), 195.

Starling, European, 191; nest of, 191.

Starling, orchard. _See_ Oriole, orchard.

Starling, red-shouldered, _or_ red-winged blackbird (_Agelaius phœniceus_), notes of, 118, 120.

Stone. _See_ Building-stone.

Stork, nest of, 187.

Stratford-on-Avon, 15, 17, 19, 26, 169.

Strawberry, wild, 164.

Succory, 168.

Swallow, barn (_Chelidon erythrogaster_), 2.

Swallow, chimney, _or_ chimney swift (_Chætura pelagica_), 190; notes of, 125, 142; nest of, 186.

Swallow, cliff (_Petrochelidon lunifrons_), nests of, 178, 186.

Swallow, European chimney, 2, 142; notes of, 2; nest of, 2, 142.

Swallow, window. _See_ House-martin.

Swift, chimney. _See_ Swallow, chimney.

Swift, European, notes of, 142; nest of, 2, 191.

Swordfish, 274.

Tanager, scarlet (_Piranga erythromelas_), song of, 118, 120, 123, 127, 129.

Tarns, 153-155.

Teasel, 19.

Tennyson, Alfred, quotations from, 30, 160, 163, 166, 167; residences, 43, 81, 103; Carlyle's portrait of, 230, 231.

Thames, up the, 15.

Thistle, Scotch, 20, 171.

Thoreau, Henry D., 44.

Thrasher, brown (_Harporhynchus rufus_), notes of, 117, 120, 125, 129; nest of, 117.

Throstle. _See_ Thrush, song.

Thrush, hermit (_Turdus aonalaschkæ pallasii_), 120; song of, 123, 128, 129.

Thrush, missel, song of, 114, 129.

Thrush, song, _or_ mavis, _or_ throstle, song of, 98, 105, 114, 129, 134-136, 139, 145.

Thrush, Wilson's. _See_ Veery.

Thrush, olive-backed or Swainson's (_Turdus ustulatus swainsonii_), song of, 145.

Thrush, wood (_Turdus mustelinus_), notes of, 80, 118, 120, 123, 127, 129, 144, 145; nest of, 79, 80.

Timothy grass, 169.

Tit, great. _See_ Titmouse, great.

Tit, marsh, 189.

Titlark. _See_ Pipit, American.

Titlark, European, notes of, 129.

Titmouse, great, _or_ great tit, 189; notes of, 129.

Titmouse, long-tailed, 189.

Toad, 194.

Tomtit, nest of, 65.

Towhee. _See_ Chewink.

Tree-cricket, 194.

Trees, sturdiness and picturesqueness of English, 97. _See_ Foliage.

Trillium, painted, 172.

Trilliums, 164.

Trosachs, the, 178.

Trout, British, 84.

Turf, of England and Scotland, 20-26, 29, 31, 32.

Ulleswater, 153-155.

Uvularia, 164.

Valleys, 149.

Veery, _or_ Wilson's thrush (_Turdus fuscescens_), 120; song of, 128, 144, 145.

Vervain, 168.

Vetches, 196.

Violet, bird's-foot, 173.

Violet, yellow, 164.

Vireo, brotherly love _or_ Philadelphia (_Vireo philadelphicus_), song of, 129.

Vireo, red-eyed (_Vireo olivaceus_), song of, 118, 120, 122, 127, 129, 143.

Vireo, solitary _or_ blue-headed (_Vireo solitarius_), 120, 122; song of, 129.

Vireo, warbling (_Vireo gilvus_), song of, 122, 143.

Vireo, white-eyed (_Vireo noveboracensis_), 122; song of, 120, 122, 129.

Vireo, yellow-throated (_Vireo flavifrons_), notes of, 129.

Vireos, songs of, 122, 128.

Virgil, quotation from, 79.

Wagtail, water. _See_ Water-thrush, large-billed.

Wagtail, wood, _or_ golden-crowned thrush, _or_ golden-crowned accentor, _or_ oven-bird (_Seiurus aurocapillus_), song of, 124, 125, 127-129.

Wales, rock scenery in, 37.

Warbler, black-capped. _See_ Blackcap.

Warbler, black-throated green (_Dendroica virens_), song of, 129.

Warbler, Canada (_Sylvania canadensis_), song of, 129.

Warbler, garden, 141; song of, 105, 115, 123.

Warbler, hooded (_Sylvania mitrata_), song of, 129.

Warbler, Kentucky (_Geothlypis formosa_), song of, 123.

Warbler, mourning (_Geothlypis philadelphia_), song of, 129.

Warbler, reed, notes of, 116.

Warbler, willow, _or_ willow-wren, song of, 129, 136, 137; nest and eggs of, 66, 137, 189, 190.

Warbler, yellow. _See_ Yellowbird, summer.

Water-lily. _See_ Pond-lily.

Water-plantain, 168.

Water-thrush, large-billed _or_ Louisiana, _or_ water wagtail (_Seiurus motacilla_), 124; song of, 123-125, 129.

Waxwing, cedar. _See_ Cedar-bird.

Weasel, 19, 187.

Webster, Daniel, 231.

Weeds, in Great Britain and in America, 170, 171.

Westmoreland, 148-158.

Whale, 274.

Wheat-ear, 24, 156.

Whin. _See_ Furze.

White, Gilbert, 78, 85, 89, 119-122, 127, 137.

Whitethroat, song of, 86, 95, 105, 115, 123, 129, 137.

Wolf, 185, 186.

Wolmer Forest, 40, 107.

Woodbine, 38.

Woodcock, European, 186.

Wood-frog, 39.

Wood-lark, 87, 92, 140; song of, 125, 127, 129.

Wood-pigeon, notes of, 86, 98.

Woodruff, 163.

Woods, of America, 38; of England, 38-43; in poetry, 42-44.

Wordsworth, William, 43; quotations from, 110, 119, 151, 152, 157, 160, 165, 167; the poet of those who love solitude, 147; his house at Grasmere, 151; his attitude toward nature, 151, 152; his lonely heart, 157.

Wren, British house, _or_ Jenny Wren, 66; notes of, 18, 40, 86, 116, 121, 127, 129, 138; nest of, 86, 189, 190.

Wren, European golden-crested. _See_ Kinglet, European golden-crested.

Wren, golden-crowned. _See_ Kinglet, golden-crowned.

Wren, house (_Troglodytes aëdon_), song of, 120, 121, 129.

Wren, long-billed marsh (_Cistothorus palustris_), song of, 120, 121.

Wren, willow. _See_ Warbler, willow.

Wren, winter (_Troglodytes hiemalis_), 121; song of, 121, 128, 129, 144, 145.

Wrens, songs of, 121.

Wryneck, 189.

Yarrow, 17, 52.

Yellowbird, summer, _or_ yellow warbler (_Dendroica æstiva_), song of, 120, 129.

Yellow-hammer, _or_ yellow yite, notes of, 16, 18, 127, 129, 140, 143; nest of, 65.

Yellow-throat, Maryland (_Geothlypis trichas_), song of, 118, 120, 129.

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Transcriber's note:

Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original.

The following corrections have been made to the text:

Page 83: conscious of the train that passed[original has "paased"]

Page 103: continue my walk back to Godalming[original has "Goldalming"]

Page 204: far enough from Carlyle's sorrowing[original has "sorowing"] denunciations

Page 215: he calls the Dauphiness, is unforgettable[original has "unforgetable"]

Page 220: pillar of penitence or martyrdom[original has "martydom"]

Page 230: great composure in an inarticulate[original has "inartlculate"] element

Page 278, under "Carlyle, Thomas": residences of[subentry title added by transcriber], 49-51, 54, 55

Page 279, under "Emerson, Ralph Waldo": statement on fields[subentry title added by transcriber], 53

Page 282, under "Shakespeare": and other authors[subentry title added by transcriber], 147, 210, 212.

Page 283, under "Tennyson, Alfred": residences[subentry title added by transcriber], 43, 81, 103

The following index entries have been changed to reflect the spelling used in the main text:

Page 277: Bloodroot[original has "Blood-root"], 172.

Page 278: Cranesbill[original has "Crane's-bill"], 53.

Page 280: Goldenrod[original has "Golden-rod"], 18, 196.

Page 283: Swordfish[original has "Sword-fish"], 274.

Page 284: Yellow-hammer[original has "Yellowhammer"], or yellow yite

Punctuation has been standardized in the Index.