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;
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