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pnbescens), 66 ; drumming of, 83, 

 145, 166 ; winter retreats of, 271- 

 273 ; attacked by a bluebird, 272. 



Woodpecker, hairy (Dry abates vil- 

 losus), 273. 



Woodpecker, red-headed (Melaner- 

 pes erythrocephalus), 238. 



Woodpecker, yellow-bellied (Sphy- 

 rapicus varius), sapsucking hab- 

 its of, 258, 259. 



Woodpeckers, eggs of, 64, 65 ; drum- 

 ming of, 83-85 ; courtship of, 83- 

 85. 



Woods, traveling through pathless, 

 50, 51 ; in Kentucky, 227-231. 



Wordsworth, William, his love of 

 nature, 204-207 ; quotations from, 

 19, 204, 205. 



Wren, Carolina (Thryothorus ludo- 

 vicianus), on the Hudson, 300- 

 302 ; a performer, 301 ; song of, 

 301, 302 ; neat of, 68. 



Wren, European, nest of, 68. 



Wren, house (Troglodytes 

 occupying orioles' nests, 65, 66; 

 war with a bluebird, 66-68 ; 92 ; 

 feeding a brood of young robins, 

 314, 315; overflowing with life 

 and activity, 315; "cock-nests" 

 built by the male, 315 ; notes of, 

 67, 68, 314 ; nest and eggs of, 65, 

 66, 68, 70, 92, 314, 315. 



Wren, long-billed marsh (Cistotho- 

 rus palustris), " cock-nests " built 

 by the male, 315; nest of, 68, 

 315. 



Wren, short-billed marsh (Cislotho- 

 rus slellaris), nest of, 68. 



Wren, winter (Troglodytes hiema- 

 lis), 41 ; song of, 41 ; nest of, 68, 

 70. 



Wryneck, eggs of, 65. 



YeUowbird. See Goldfinch. 



