Plowing, in England and Scotland, 53, 54. Polecat, 187. Polecat Hill, 88. Pond-lily, European white, 173. Poppy, 52, 165, 173, 196. Primrose, 172, 196. Privet, 19. Prunella, 16, 17, 53, 168. Quail, _or_ bob-white (_Colinus virginianus_), 190. Rabbit, European, 187, 193, 194. Railway-trains, the view from, 51. Rats, 187. Redbreast. _See_ Robin redbreast. Redstart, American (_Setophaga ruticilla_), song of, 129. Redstart, European, notes of, 129. Reed-sparrow, song of, 129. Repentance Hill, 67, 68. Road-mender, an old, 67. Robin, American (_Merula migratoria_), song of, 114, 120, 129, 136. Robin redbreast, 189; song of, 90, 98, 105, 123, 127, 129, 139, 145; nest of, 65. Rochester Castle, 21, 191. Rochester Cathedral, 21. Rogers, Samuel, 231. Rook, 191, 192; notes of, 142; nest of, 192. Rook-pie, 191, 192. Rose, wild, 17. Rothay, the river, 149, 150. Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 229. Rue-anemone, 172. _Rumex acetosa_, 170. Rydal Mount, 41. St. John's-wort, 19. St. Paul's Cathedral, 182. Salisbury Crags, 48, 49. Salmon, 188. Sandpiper, European, notes of, 40, 115, 141. Sandpiper, spotted (_Actitis macularia_), notes of, 115, 120. Scotch, the, contrasted with the English, 45; acquaintances among, 46, 47; a trait of, 47, 48; their love for Burns, 48. Scotland, first sight of, 2-7; mountains of, 6, 7, 21-25; tour through, 8; moorlands of, 25; streams and lakes of, 25, 26; plowing in, 53, 54; work of women and girls in the fields in, 54; country houses and village houses in, 62, 63; free use of paint in, 69, 70. _See_ Great Britain. Scotsbrig, 62. Scott, Sir Walter, Carlyle on, 201, 202, 225. Sea. _See_ Ocean. Sedge-warbler, song of, 85. Selbourne, 40, 103-105, 108, 109. Shackerford, 94-102. Shakespeare, quotations from, 42, 69, 78, 147, 161-164, 184; and other authors, 147, 210, 212. Shakespeare's Cliff, 14. Shawangunk Mountains, 37. Shilfa. _See_ Chaffinch. Ship-building on the Clyde, 4-6. Shottery, the fields about, 16, 17. Skylark, 80; in America, 116; at the head of a series of British song-birds, 142, 143; song of, 4, 11, 18, 86, 114, 116, 118, 119, 126, 129, 132. Snails, ants and snail, 180, 181; abundance of, in England, 195, 196. Snowbird, _or_ slate-colored junco (_Junco hyemalis_), song of, 125. Solomon's-seal, 18. Sorrel, sheep, 170. _See_ Dock. Southey, Robert, 231. Sparrow, bush _or_ wood _or_ field (_Spizella pusilla_), song of, 118, 120, 121, 127, 129, 143.