INDEX 



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parula (CompsotMypis amcrica- 



na), 46 ; eggs of, 212. 

 Warbler, Connecticut (Geothlypis 



agilis), 211. 

 Warbler, yellow red-poll or yellow 



palin (Dendroica palmarum hypo- 



chry.iea), appearance and habits 



of, 1C6 ; notes of, 166. 

 Warblers, songs of migrating, 168. 

 Wasp, 17, 19, 176. 

 Watercress, 164, 165. 

 Water-lily. See Pond-lily. 

 Water-thrush, Louisiana (Seiurus 



motacilla), spring arrival of, 169 ; 



song of, 169. 



Waxwing, cedar. See Cedar-bird. 

 Weasel, or ermine, or stoat (Puto- 



rius erminea), habits of, 85-87, 



206. 



Weather signs, 5-8, 14, 15, 16. 

 White, Gilbert, 3, 16, 21, 108, 109. 

 Whitman, Walt, quotations from, 



151, 159, 160 ; 157 ; sea-salt in his 



poetry, 159-161. 



Whittier, John Greenleaf, quota- 

 tions from, 42, 43, 92. 

 Willow, 174. 

 Willow, golden, 179. 

 Wilson, Alexander, 143. 

 Winter, familiarity of wild creatures 



in, 128, 129 ; alternation of severe 



and mild winters, 163 ; animal life 



in open winters, 164. 

 Wolf, 49. 

 Woodbine, 134. 

 Woodpecker, downy (Dryobates 



pubescens), a welcome neighbor, 



135 ; winter-quarters, 136-140, 

 147 ; an ungallant male, 136, 137 ; 

 drumming of, 140-142, 144, 146; 

 mating, 142, 144 ; leaving winter- 

 quarters, 146, 147 ; nest of, 147, 



Woodpecker, hairy (Dryobates villo- 

 sus), usurping a downy woodpeck- 

 er's hole, 147 ; notes of, 147. 



Woodpecker, pileated, or black log- 

 cock (Ceophlceus pileatus), 125, 

 143 ; notes of, 125. 



Woodpecker, red-bellied (Melaner- 

 pes carolinus), 143, 144. 



Woodpecker, red-headed (Melaner- 

 pes erythrocephalut), 53 ; drum- 

 ming on a lightning-rod, 143 ; 203. 



Woodpecker, yellow-bellied, or yel- 

 low-bellied sapsucker (Sphyra- 

 picus vari.us), injuring fruit-trees, 

 144, 145; tapping a maple-tree, 



Woodpeckers, their fare in winter, 

 61, 57 ; 83 ; drumming habito of, 

 140-144 ; young of, 203. 



Woods, struggle for life of trees in, 

 47; autumnal beauty of mixed, 



Woods, hard, for finishing houses, 



258-261. 

 Wordsworth, William, quotation 



from, 32. 

 Wren, house (Troglodytes aedon), 



73,212; nest of , 147, 203. 



Yellowbird. See Goldfinch, Amen- 



