Part 26

Plover, killdeer, 130, 131.

Porcupine, 166.

Rabbit, its protection, 166; caught by a weasel, 177, 178.

Rainbow tints, in dew, etc., 13, 14.

Rat, wood, 207 note.

Reasons, 165-67.

Redstart, 29.

Road-mending, 11.

Robin, young, 19; nest, 53-55, 64, 176; fear of man, 57, 58; fittest to survive, 175, 176; versatility, 176; a hustler, 176; danger of a plague of robins, 177; a runner, 177.

Rocks, origin of the secondary, 200.

Roosevelt, Theodore, visit to Pine Knot, Va., with, 101-08; knowledge of India, 101; opinion of Taft, 105; killing a mosquito, 105, 106; protection of the President, 106; bird-gazing, 107; letter from, 107, 108.

Salamander, orange-colored, 95, 96.

San Diego, Cal., 210-12.

Sandstone, in the Catskills, 20.

Sap, 6-8.

Sapsucker, yellow-bellied, 6.

Scorpion, 23.

Seals, hair, in California, 148-51.

Sex, the ruling, 140, 141.

Shaler, Nathaniel S., quoted, 169; on the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, 171, 172.

Shrew, 16.

Skunk, 206-08.

Snakes, 11.

Sources, original, 190, 191.

South, characteristics of the, 120, 121.

Southern Hemisphere, 171, 172.

Sparrow, story of a nest, 98, 99.

Sparrow, chipping or social, nest, 53, 54.