Arthur's Seat, 48, 49. Ash, 19. Asters, 196. Audubon, John James, 123, 124. Avon, the Scottish river, 39. Ayr, 46. Azaleas, 173. Barrington, Dames, 119, 126, 138. Bean, horse _or_ Winchester, 169. Bear, black (_Ursus americanus_), 186. Bee. _See_ Bumblebee _and_ Honey-bee. Beech, European, 18, 19, 40, 41, 97. Beetle, ants and, 179, 180. Beetle, Colorado, 194. Ben Lomond, 24. Ben Nevis, 25. Ben Venue, 23, 24, 155. Birds, blue not a common color among British, 93; voices of British, 105, 142; source of the charm of their songs, 113; the Duke of Argyll on the comparative merits of British and American song-birds, 113-116; the American bird-choir larger and embracing more good songsters than the British, 119-129; British more familiar, prolific, and abundant than American, 125, 126; superior vivacity and strength of voice in British, 126; hours and seasons of singing of British and American, 126, 127, 143; superior sweetness, tenderness, and melody in the songs of American, 128, 143-145; the two classes of British song-birds, 142, 143; certain localities favored by, 144; British more prolific than American, 189, 190; warm and compact nests of British, 190; abundance of British, 190-192. Blackberry, 18, 52, 168. Blackbird, European, song of, 86, 90, 105, 114, 129, 136, 139, 145; nest of, 66. Blackbird, red-winged. _See_ Starling, red-shouldered. Blackcap, _or_ black-capped warbler, 87, 92; song of, 105, 115, 123, 129, 137, 140. Bloodroot, 172. Bluebell. _See_ Hyacinth, wild. Bluebird (_Sialia sialis_), notes of, 120, 123, 129. Blue-bonnet, 189. Blue-weed, _or_ viper's bugloss, 168, 171. Bobolink (_Dolichonyx oryzivorus_), song of, 118, 120, 123, 125, 129. Bob-white. _See_ Quail. Bouncing Bet, 171. Boys, at Ecclefechan, 64-66; a Godalming boy, 92-95. Bridges, arched, 68, 69. Brig o' Doon, 26. Britain. _See_ Great Britain. Bryant, William Cullen, as a poet of the woods, 43. Bugloss, viper's. _See_ Blue-weed. Building-stone, softness of British, 26. Bullfinch, notes of, 129. Bumblebee, 17-19, 195. Bunting, indigo. _See_ Indigo-bird. Burns, Robert, the Scotch love of, 48; quotation from, 135, 225. Buttercup, 16, 165, 196. Calopogon, 172. Campion, bladder, 171. Canterbury, 10, 11; the cathedral of, 11-13. Cardinal. _See_ Grosbeak, cardinal. Carlyle, James, father of Thomas Carlyle, 55, 59, 60, 69-71, 73. Carlyle, Mrs. James, 55, 61. Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, 221-223.