474 



OUTDOOR LIFE IN ENGLAND 



Wagtail, white, The, 175 



yellow, The, 176 

 Warbler, garden, The, 161 

 reed, The, 166 

 sedge, The, 166 

 willow, The, 165 

 Warblers, British, Common, 156 



common, Classification of the, 



158 

 Difficulty in distinguishing certain, 



*5 6 

 Warde Fowler, ' A Year with the 



Birds,' by, 157 

 Watercress-farming, 460 

 Water ouzel, The, 295 



rail, The, 250 

 Wheatear, The, 196 

 Whimbrel, The, 304 

 Whinchat, The, 195 

 Whitethroats, The, 159 

 Widgeon, The, 326 

 Wild animals, British varieties of, 73 

 Birds Protection Act, 89 

 duck, The, 321 



ducks, herons and, Destructive- 

 ness of, in fisheries, 114 

 flowers, Autumnal, 391, 417 



commoner, Beauty of some 



of the, 412 

 rarer, Gradual extinction of, 



411 

 Waste of, 410, 412 



Wild geese, British, 313 

 Willow-herb, greater, The, 418, 442 



lesser, The, 418 



Wires, Poachers' and keepers', 28 

 Woodcock, Drawing a, 276 



first, My, 272 



flushed, returning to same spot, 

 276 



snipe and, Shooting and taking, 



23? 



carrying their young, 277 

 Woodcock's feathers, Uses of, 277 

 Woodcocks, Migration of, 273 

 Woodlark, Skylark and, 144 

 Woodpecker, greater spotted, The, 



134 



green, The, 132 



lesser barred, The, 134 

 Woodpeckers, The, 131 



British varieties of, 132 



in Devonshire, 133 



wrynecks and, Observations on, 



136 



Wood sorrel, The, 459 

 Wren, golden-crested, The, 186 

 Wryneck, The, 136 



Eggs of the, 137 



neck of, Peculiar structure of, 137 



Plumage of the, 137 



Yarrow, The, 419 



Y. 



THE END. 



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