INDEX 



241 



Toad, 144, 147, 148 n. , 174. See Tree- 

 toad. 



Toad-flax, 192, 195, 202, 209, 210. 



Tobacco, 203. 



Tortoise, 117. 



Towhee. See Chewink. 



Tree-crickets, 135, 136. 



Tree-toad, 76, 145-150. 



Trout, brook, their fondness for 

 springs, 38, 39, 42, 44, 96 ; caught 

 with tickling, 167. 



Trout-fishing, 23, 29. 



Trowbridge, John T., his natural 

 history, 88, 89 ; quotations from, 

 89. 



Turkey, wild {Meleagris gallopavo), 

 225, 226, 228, 229. 



Turtle, 117. 



Turtle-head, 92. 



Twin-flower. See Linnsea. 



Two-teeth. See Bidens. 



Velvet-leaf. See Abutilon. 



Venus's looking-glass, 208. 



Vervain, 208. 



Vetch, or tare, 206. 



Violet, in poetry, 85. 



Violet, Canada, 93, 188 ; its fra- 



grance, 189, 190 ; 191. 

 Violet, common blue, 85, 185, 191. 

 Violet, English, 85, 185. 

 Violet, white, 85, 93, 188, 191. 

 Violet, yellow, 92-94. 

 Vireo, in poetry, 110. 

 Virgil, on honey-bees, 60, 75-77; 



quotations from, 97, 99, 200. 



Walking, in England, 176-178 ; a 



simple and natural pastime, 182, 



183. 

 Warbler, yellow-rumped, or mjrrtle 



(Dendroica coronata), 226. 

 Wasp, sand. See Hornet, sand. 

 Water-lily. See Pond-lily. 

 Waxwing, cedar. See Cedar-bird. 

 Weasel, 168. 

 Weebutook River, 44. 

 Weeds, 191 ; their devotion to 



man, 193; the gardener and' the 



farmer the best friends of, 193, 

 194; Nature's makeshift, 194- 

 196; great travelers, 196-199; 

 their abundance in America, 199, 

 200 ; native and foreign, 200-207 ; 

 the growth of, 207 ; escaped from 

 cultivation, 207 ; beautiful, 207- 

 209 ; uses of various, 209, 210 ; less 

 persistent and universal than 

 grass, 210 ; virtues of, 210. 



Well of St. Winifred, 42. 



Wheat, winter, 94, 95. 



Whip-poor-will {Antrostomus voci- 

 ferus), song of, 15. 



Whiteweed. See Fleabane. 



Whitman, Walt, a close student of 

 American nature, 107-109 ; quo- 

 tations from, 107, 108. 



Whittier, John Greenleaf , as a poet 

 of nature, 99-101; quotations 

 from, 99-101, 201. 



Winchester, Va., 41. 



Wintergreen, false, or pyrola, 188. 



Wintergreen, spotted, 188. 



Witch-hazel, 93. 



Woodchuck {Arctomys monax). 

 158-163. 



Wood-frog, 144. 



Woodpecker, in poetry, 105, 106. 



Woodpecker, downy {Dryobates pu- 

 bescens), 220. 



Woodpecker, golden-winged. See 

 High-hole. 



Woodpecker, yellow-bellied, or yel- 

 low-bellied sapsucker {Sphyrapi- 

 cus varius), drumming of, 106. 



Wood-pigeons, 88. 



Wood-sorrel, common, 206. 



Wood-sorrel, yellow, 206. 



Wordsworth, William, quotations 

 from, 113, 186. 



Wren, Carolina ( Thryothorus IvdO' 

 vicianus), notes of, 233. 



Wren, house {Troglodytes aMon)f 

 notes of, 16 ; nest of, 155. 



Yarrow, 202. 

 YeUow-jacket, 117. 

 Yew, American, 8L 



