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Verdiere. — French name for a Green Finch of Europe, but transferred to 

 the Black-throated Green Warbler (probably). It is used by Lescarbot 

 without data for identification, but as there is no green Finch in Acadia, 

 and as the Black-throated Green Warbler is an extremely common bird 

 which could not have escaped notice, its identity seems thereby de- 

 termined. 



Vigne. — French name for the Vine, without distinction of species, but espe- 

 cially those bearing edible fruit. Used first by Cartier, in 1534, in this 

 form, and by others thereafter. Both Champlain and Denys speak of 

 the Wild Vines of Canada as Lambruches de vignes, Lambruches or 

 Lambrusques being the French name for Wild Vines. 



Walnut. — See Noyers. 



Wapiti. — See Cerf. 



Whitethorn. — See Aubépine. 



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i/Vhoptes, or Bieberries of Captain Whitbourne, in Newfoundland, were, of 

 course, Blueberries. See Hurts and Blue. 



Wilkes. — See Bregaux. 



Yff.— See If. 



ADDITIONAL NOTE. 



This paper has had the advantage of a reading in page proof by Dr. C. W. 

 Townsend, of Boston, and by Mr. Walter Deane and Professor M. L. i:<'ernald, 

 of Cambridge, Mass., to all of whom I wish to express my grateful acknowl- 

 edgement. Most of their suggestions, though not all, I have been able to 

 Incorporate into the proofs. I am pleased to find that many of the identifica- 

 tions of birds given in this work are confirmed by the persistence of the old 

 names in Southern Labrador, as recorded in Dr. Townsend's paper mentioned 

 among the authorities in the Introduction. As this work is in page proof. 

 Professor Fernald's paper on the plants of Wineland the Good has appeared. 

 It proves that tho wild wheat of the Norse Sagas was the Elymus arenarius 

 of the strands, and that the Wineberry, commonly translated Grape, was the 

 Reck Cranberry or Yaccinium Vitis-Idœa. This paper is not only of vast im- 

 portance historically, but it illustrates to perfection the type of expert 

 research which must be applied to these problems of identification before even 

 reasonable certainty can be reached. 



I find that I have omitted from this work Alexander's Encouragement to 

 Colonies, which should be included, while Cartwright's Journal, while belong- 

 ing much later, might also well be added. 



