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INDEX 



Water-lily. See Pond-lily. 



Water-plantain, 168. 



Water-thrush, large-billed or Loui- 

 siana, or water wagtail (Seiurus 

 motacilla), 124 ; song of, 123-125, 

 129. 



Waxwing, cedar. See Cedar-bird. 



Weasel, 19, 187. 



Webster, Daniel, 231. 



Weeds, in Great Britain and in 

 America, 170, 171. 



Westmoreland, 148-158. 



Whale, 274. 



Wheat-ear, 24, 156. 



Whin. See Furze. 



White, Gilbert, 78, 85, 89, 119-122, 

 127, 137. 



Whitethroat, song of, 86, 95, 105, 

 115, 123, 129, 137. 



Wolf, 185, 186. 



Wolmer Forest, 40, 107. 



Woodbine, 38. 



Woodcock, European, 186. 



Wood-frog, 39. 



Wood-lark, 87, 92, 140; song of, 

 125, 127, 129. 



Wood-pigeon, notes of, 86, 98. 



Woodruff, 163. 



Woods, of America, 38 ; of England, 

 38-43 ; in poetry, 42^4. 



Wordsworth, William, 43; quota- 

 tions from, 110, 119, 151, 152, 157, 

 160, 165, 167 ; the poet of those 

 who love solitude, 147 ; his house 



at Grasmere, 151; his attitude 

 toward nature, 151, 152; his 

 lonely heart, 157. 



Wren, British house, or Jenny 

 Wren, 66; notes of, 18, 40, 86, 

 116, 121, 127, 129, 138; nest of, 

 86, 189, 190. 



Wren, European golden-crested. 

 See Kinglet, European golden- 

 crested. 



Wren, golden-crowned. See King- 

 let, golden-crowned. 



Wren, house (Troglodytes aedon), 

 song of, 120, 121, 129. 



Wren, long-billed marsh (Cisto- 

 Ihorus palustris), song of, 120, 

 121. 



Wren, willow. See Warbler, wil- 

 low. 



Wren, winter (Troglodytes hiema- 

 lis) 121 ; song of, 121, 128, 129, 

 144, 145. 



Wrens, songs of, 121. 



Wryneck, 189. 



Yarrow, 17, 52. 



Yellowbird, summer, or yellow war- 

 bler (Dendroica cestira), song of, 

 120, 129. 



Yellowhammer, or yellow yite, 

 notes of, 16, 18, 127, 129, 140, 143 ; 

 nest of, 65. 



Yellow-throat, Maryland (Geolhly- 

 pis trichas), song of, 118, 120, 129. 



