WHIRLWIO. 



wiXTERACRfi. 



11M 



"If,* **.y* Mr. Nuttall, "superstition take* alarm at our familisr 

 ad simpl. specie*, what would b* thought by the ignorant of a South 

 AaMrkaa kind. Urn ai the Wood-Owl, which, in the lowly forests of 

 Deemerara, abovt mldafeat break* out, lamenting like OM im deep dta- 

 tress, and in a too* man dismal era than the painful bexachord of 



the slothful At The sounds, like the expiring sighs of some _ 

 victim, begin with a high loud note, 'ha/ha, ha ha ha ! ha ! ha ! ' 

 each tone faffing lower and lower, tfll the last syllable is scarcely 

 heard, pausing a moment or two between this reiterated tale of seem- 

 ing aidness. FOOT other species of the Goatsucker, according to 

 Waterton, also inhabit this tropical wilderness, among which also is 

 included the Whip-Poor-WilL Figure to yourself the surprise and 

 woadsi of the stranger who takes up his solitary abode for the first 

 night amid those awful and interminable forests, when at twilight he 

 begins to be assailed familiarly with a spectral equivocal bird, 

 approaching within a few yards, and then accosting him with ' who- 

 are-you ? who-who-who-are-you 1 ' Another approaches and bids him, 

 as if a slave under the lash, ' work-away, work-work-work-away ; ' a 

 third mournfully cries ' willy-come-go ! willy-willy-willy-oome-go ' ' 

 and, as you get among the highlands, our old acquaintance vociferates 

 whip-poor-will, whip-whip-whip-poor-will ! ' It is therefore not sur- 

 prising that such unearthly sounds should be considered in the light 

 f supernatural forebodings issuing from spectres in the guise of 

 birds. 4 ('Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of 



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Caatk-WUTt-Wldow (Otfrimnlfu, (A*lr**tm*<) 



WH1RLWIG. [OtnntiD.E.1 

 WHITE BEAM-TREE. [PiBCS.] 

 WHITE LEAD. [LEAD.] 

 WHITE WOOD. TALBURSUH,] 

 WHITE-THORN. [CiATJUvs.] 

 WHITEBAIT. [CLCPETDJL] 

 WHITETHROAT. [STLVIABJK.] 

 WHITIXO. [MKBLATCOS.] 

 kV-CRASS. [D*A 



WHITLOW 



WHORTLEBERRY. tVAccncim.] 



WICHTINE, a Mineral, with its cleavage parallel to the sides of a 

 rectangular prism. Scratches glass. Colour black. Fracture flat, con- 

 choids! Found at Wiehty in Finland. The analysis by Laurent gives - 



SOica 563 



Alumina 13-3 



Protoxide of Iron 13-0 



Peroxide of Iron 4-0 



Soda 35 



1. 6-0 



3-0 



. 



WIDGEON, or WIG BOX, the common name of the Hartea 

 Penelope, AMU Ptnttopr, Linn. 



This bird is the Canard Stffleur of the French ; Anistra Fischiarola, 

 Anatra Marigiaaa, and Fbchiooe, of the Italians ; Pfeifente of the 

 Germans: Smient, Fluit-eend, and Halre-eend-Vogel, of the X ether- 

 landers; Wriand of the Swedes; Blesand of the Danes; Whewer, 

 Whim. Pundle, Pundle- Whim, Whew, Pandled Whew, Easterling, and 

 Yellowhall, of the English ; and Chwiw of the Welsh. 



In the article Duco an illustration of the American Widgeon is 

 given. We bars give one of the Common Widgeon. 



Widgeon (Vmrtta Fntltff), male led female. 



WIDOW-BIRD. 



WILD BOAR. [Snn)i] 



WILD DUCK. PUCKS.] 



WILD GOOSE. [ DCCKS.] 



WILD SWAN. [CrGsiSi] 



WILLEMITE. IZixc.] 



WILLOW-HERB. [EnioBlOM.] 



WILLOW-WARBLER. [STLVLAD*] 



WILLOWS. [SALIX] 



WILLUGHBEIA, a small East Indian genus of PlanU belonging to 

 the natural order Apocynacnc, named after Francis Willugbby, F.R.S. 



ir. Edvlu, a native of Silhet and Chittagong, yield* a milky juice, 

 which concretes into an indifferent kind of elastic rubber or caoutchouc. 

 The natives of the above districts eat the fruit, and esteem it good. 

 The fruit of another species, W. Marlabana, so called from the province 

 of which it is a native, is yellow, and about the sue of an orange. 



WILSO'NIA, a genus of Plants belonging to the natural order 

 CaaeWirfaafu, named after Mr. John Wilson, of KendaL Wilson was 

 in an humble condition of life, and made great sacrifices for the pur- 

 pose of enabling him to pursue his favourite study of botany. He is 

 said to have been so anxious to possess Morison's work on punts, that 

 be was about to sell his only cow to purchase it, when a benevolent 

 lady in his neighbourhood presented bun with a copy. 



WINE. [FOOD; Vms.] 



WINE-TRAP. r&xoTHXRA.] 



WINGS. {BIRDS.] 



WINTER ACONITE. [EBAKIHU.J 



WINTER BERRY. [AgciroUAO*.] 



WINTER CHERRY. [PHT&AU*.] 



WINTER GREEN. [PraoLA; TMEKTAU&] 



WINTEHA. WnrflHLaOULj 



WINTKRAi E.E,a natural order of Exogenous Plants. This order 



than 5, in several rows ; the stamens are by pogynona, short, indefinite, 

 and distinct, arranged in a single whorl, 1 -celled ; the embryo is very 

 small and straight, and situated at the base of a fleshy albumen. The 

 order consists of small trees or shrubs, with alternate, dotted, coria- 

 ceous, persistent leaves ; convolute deciduous stipules ; and solitary, 

 sweet-scented, brown or chocolate-coloured flowers. 



This order has obtained its name, given it by Brown, from Ifinrem. 

 the old name of the Drimft Watteri. This name was given in honour 

 of William Winter, a captain in the royal navy, who sailed round the 

 world with Sir Francis Drake. It contains four genera Ittifium, 

 Temtu, Dr>my$, and Tatmmna. [ILUCICM.] 



These genera constitute the section JUicietr of the order ilaguoliaeta 

 of De Condolle, and the section Wmttrta of Lindley in the same order. 

 They differ from JfufmoHmeea in their dotted leaves, and also in their 

 aromatic qualities. There are about ten species, of which two are 

 ound in Australia, two in toe hotter parts of America, two in South 



