INDEX 



27; hibernation, 27, 28, 285; hab- 

 its, 28; and farm-dog, 29; a race 

 with a, 30, 31; winter stores of 

 fat, 46; watchfulness, 94; hole, 

 246. 



Woodchuck Lodge, life at, 24-47. 



Woodpecker, downy (Dryobatea 

 pubescens mediants), winter 

 quarters, 155, 156, 188-190, 248- 

 251. 



Woodpecker, hairy (Dryobates rt'Mo- 

 us), 251. 



Woodpecker, red-headed (Melaner- 



pes erythrocephalus), chasing a 

 red squirrel, 251, 252. 



World, the, beauty and wonder 

 of, 1, 2; and the other world, 14, 

 15; birth and growth, 16; concep- 

 tion of its sphericity, 217-221; its 

 motion in space, 221. 



Wren, house (Troglodytes a&dori), 

 song of, 256. 



Writing, object of, 5. 



Yellow-Jackets. See Hornets. 

 Youth, 11. 



