INDEX 



235 



Vireo, red-eyed (Vireo olivaceut), 

 scmg of, 167. 



Walker of the Snow, The, by C. D. 

 Shanly, 161-163. 



Walking, benefits of. 175. 



Wallkill River, 101. 



Warbler, Blackburnian (Dendroica 

 blackburnia), 186. 



Warbler, black-throated blue (Den- 

 droica carulescens), 165 ; finding 

 the nest and young of, 180-186 ; 

 notes of, 181, 182, 184 ; nest of, 

 180-186. 



Warbler, Canada (Sylvania cana- 

 densis), 165, 186. 



Warbler, chestnut-sided (Dendroica 

 pensylvanica), 165, 186. 



Warbler, mourning (GeotMypis 

 Philadelphia), 107, 186. 



Warbler, yellow-rumped or myrtle 

 (Dendroica coronata), rescue of 

 a, 122 ; 215. 



Water, its importance in nature and 

 in the life of man, 69-71. 



Water-wagtail, small, or water- 

 thrush (Seiurus noveboracensis), 

 107. 



Waxwing, Bohemian (Ampelit gar- 

 rulus), 143, 144. 



Waxwing, cedar. See Cedar-bird. 



Weather, the, the farmer's depend- 

 ence on, 65 ; human changeable- 

 ness of, 65, 66 ; getting into a rut, 



66, 67 ; in literature, 67, 68 ; tho 

 law of alternation in, 68 ; dry, 72- 

 75 ; laws of, 83-87. See Kain and 

 Thunder-storms. 



Weather-breeders, 84, 85. 



Weather-wisdom, 84-87. 



Wheat, 4. 



Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vocif- 

 erus), mother, eggs, and young, 

 40-42 ; an awkward walker, 41, 42 ; 

 nest of, 40. 



White, Gilbert, 130, 133. 



Whitethroat, 134 ; notes of, 132. 



Whitman, Walt, quotation from, 71. 



Wilson, Alexander, quotation from, 



Woodchuck, or marmot (Arctomyt 

 monax), 42, 179; hole of, 177, 

 179. 



Wood-grouse, 134. 



Woodpecker, downy (Dryobates pu- 

 bescent}, 48. 



Woodpecker, golden-shafted. See 

 High-hole. 



Woodpecker, yellow-bellied, or yel- 

 low-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapi- 



Wordsworth,' William, quotations 

 from, 128, 157 ; the poet of the 

 mountains, 158. 



Wren, European, song of, 130. 



Wren, winter (Troglodytes fiiema- 

 to), 165. 



Wrens, songs of, 130. 



