INDEX 



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palm warbler {Dendroica palmn- 

 rum hi/poc/iri/xea), 141. 



Warbler, yi'llow-ruuiped, or myrtle 

 warbler {Dendroica coronatu), 71, 

 136, 207. 



"Warblers, colors of their legs, 65 ; 

 niigratiug through Washhigton, 

 143, 144, 148, 149 ; feeding rauges 

 of, 150 ; remarks on the family 

 aiid its representatives, 205-'207 ; 

 hoppers, 218. 



Washington, D. C, birds in, 109- 

 111; 127-156. 



Water-cress, 146, 147. 



Water-fowl, 90, 101, 107, 223. 



Water-thrush, Louisiana, or large- 

 billed {Seiurus motaciUa), 19, 

 151, 219 ; notes of, 151, 181, 214. 



Water-thrush, northern {Seiiirus 

 noveboracensis), 151, 180, 181, 

 216, 219; notes of, 180, 181, 216; 

 nest of, 180. 



Wilson, Alexander, 22, 65, 124, 203, 

 213. 



Wintergreen, false, 54. 



Woodchuck {Arctomys monax), 177, 

 178. 



Woodpecker, downy {Dryobates 

 pubescens), drumming of, 9 ; nest 

 of, 96, 97. 



Woodpecker, golden- winged, or 

 high-hole, or flicker, or yarup, or 

 yellow-hammer {Colaptes anra- 

 tus), arrival of, 7 ; habits of, 9, 10 ; 

 notes of, 7, 9, 10, 129. 



Woodpecker, red-headed {Melaner- 



pe.t erythrocephahis), 154 ; notes 

 of, 154 ; nest of, 95. 

 Woodpecker, red-shafted, or red- 

 shafted flicker {ColajHes cafer\ 



Woodpecker, yellow-bellied, or yel- 

 low-bellied sapsucker {Sphyrapi- 

 cus varius), waiting on its young, 

 97, 98 ; 99-101, 182 ; nest of, 97 - 

 100. 



Woodpeckers, nests of, 96, 103; 

 drumming of, 181, 182; hoppers, 

 218. 



Wood-wagtail. See Thrush, golden- 

 crowned. 



Wren, Carolina {Thryoikorus ludo- 

 vicianns), 130, 213. 



Wren, house {Troglodytes aedon), 

 difficulty with a pair of bluebirds, 

 195-198, 213; notes of, 190-198; 

 nest 106, 107. 



Wren, ruby-crowned. See Kinglet, 

 ruby-crowned. 



Wren, winter {Troglodytes hiema- 

 lis), 2, 18 ; habits of, 43, 44 ; 213 ; 

 notes of, 18, 43, 44, 177, 213. 



Wrens, characteristics of the fam- 

 ily, and of certain species, 213. 



Yarup. See Woodpecker, golden- 

 winged. 



Yellow-hammer. See Woodpecker, 

 golden-winged. 



Yellow-throat, Maryland {Geothly' 

 pistrichas), 19, 61, 150, W6; 

 notes of, 61. 



