ccoon, washing food, 3, 134.

Rats, 72, 73, 106, 184, 185.

"Real and Sham Natural History," the author's article, v, vi.

Reason, an artificial light, 212.

Roberts, Charles G. D., on the porcupine, 245, 246.

Robin (_Merula migratoria_),
nests of, 4, 5, 169, 264, 265;
unusual songs of, 45, 68, 154, 155;
nesting on turn-table, 169;
and string, 246, 247;
variability of nesting-habits of, 258, 259;
closely associated with country life, 261, 262;
boring for grubs, 262, 263;
pugnacity of, 263;
at war with blue jays, crow blackbirds, and cuckoos, 263, 264;
a hustler, 264, 265.

Romanes, G. J., 15, 16, 73, 106, 142;
untrustworthiness of his _Animal Intelligence_, 147, 148.

Roosevelt, Theodore,
his _The Wilderness Hunter_, 72, 142;
quoted on teaching among animals, 84-86, 88, 103;
quoted on the moose, 142, 149;
his story of a horse, 235.

Rooster,
"teaching" a young one, 94;
calling a hen, 190.

Ruskin, John, 197.

St. John, Charles, 76;
his story of a fox, 142, 149.

Sapsucker, yellow-bellied. _See_ Yellow-bellied woodpecker.

Scallops, 129, 130.

Schoolchildren, letters from, 1.

"School of the woods," the, 99.

Scott, W. E. D., 68.

Selous, Edmund, on a song contest between nightingales, 115.

Seton, Ernest Thompson, 184, 203.

Sexual selection, 116.

Sharp, Dallas Lore, on the crested flycatcher, 18.

Shrike (_Lanius_ sp.), assisting wounded mate, 24, 250.

Skunk,
dull wits of, 4;
killing a maimed one, 203.

Skunk-cabbage, 52.

Skylark,
song of, 32-34, 37;
in America, 33, 34;
Scotchman and, 33;
Irishman and, 34;
wooing a vesper sparrow, 40;
a caged, 69.

Snake, black, 16.

Snakes, and the power of fascination, 16.

Solitude, its effect on individuality, 118, 119.

Sparrow, bush, or field sparrow (_Spizella pusilla_), nest of, 259.

Sparrow, chipping (_Spizella socialis_),
nest of, 142, 143, 259, 154;
an unusual song of, 259.

Sparrow, English (_Passer domesticus_),
singing like a canary, 68, 257;
eggs of, 120;
a case of blind instinct in, 160.

Sparrow, song (_Melospiza cinerea melodia_),
a city girl's impression of its song, 31;
a talented singer, 45;
the "Hermit's" story, 93, 94;
variability of, 259.

Sparrow, vesper (_Pooecetes gramineus_),
flight song o