Part 34

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

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

Snake, green, 131; protective coloring 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 russet or field (Spizella pusilla), 119; song of, 165, 167.

Sparrow, Canada or tree (Spizella monticola), 159.

Sparrow, English (Passer domesticus), 62, 77, 118, 119, 272, 275; a female assists a chippie in feeding a young cowbird, 315.

Sparrow, fox (Passerella iliaca), 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 fasciata), 64; building on an insecure foundation, 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 georgiana), 17; nest of, 17.

Sparrow, yellow-winged or grasshopper (Ammodramus savannarum 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 Claytonia.

Springs, in Kentucky, 232.

Spruce, 6; a grove on Slide Mountain, 41, 42, 43.

Spruce, Norway, 285.

Squirrel, flying (Sciuropterus volans), 116; habits of, 307.

Squirrel, gray (Sciurus carolinensis, var. leucotis), five 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 parachute, 306, 307.