440 



INDEX. 



Woodcocks, sometimes sluggish 

 and sleepy, 144", 152 ; Scopoli's 

 assertion about, 127 ; hen with 

 egg before she leaves England, 

 139 



Wood, fossil, where found, 311 

 Worms, earth, no inconsiderable 

 link in the chain of nature, 

 some account of, 241 ; farther 

 particulars of, 381 ; glow, put 

 out their lamps between eleven 

 and twelve, ib. 



Wrens, willow, three species, 74 ; 

 wren, smallest uncrested wil- 

 low, the second early summer 

 birds, 353 



Wryneck, walks a little, 362 ; 

 account of, ib. 



Yellow-hammer, sings later in 

 the year than any other bird, 

 16 



Yeomen-prickers, their agility as 

 horsemen, 29. 



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