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tiful and conspicuous flower, 166 ; 



in poetry, 166, 167 ; 196. 

 Frederick the Great, 242. 

 Frogs, 194. 

 Froude, James Anthony, his Thomas 



Carlyle, 258, 259. 

 Furze, or whin, 169, 170. 



Gannets, 189. 



Garlic, hedge, 172. 



Geranium, wild, 168. 



Gillyflower, 162. 



Glasgow, 2, 8, 9, 46, 47, 72. 



Globe-flower, 162. 



Goat Fell, 6, 



Godalmmg, 89, 91, 92, 101, 102. 



Goethe, 225, 227. 



Golden-rod, 18, 196. 



Goldfinch, American {Spinus tristis), 



notes 0*, 118, 120, 122, 123, 129. 

 Goldfinch, European, 140; song of, 



122, 129, 140. 

 Goose, solan, 189. 

 Grasmere, 148-151. 

 Grasshoppers, 194. 

 Graves, " extinct," 70, 71. 

 Great Britain, wild flowers of, 159- 



174, 196 ; species less numerous 



than in America but individuals 



more abundant, 164, 165 ; weeds 



in, 170, 171 ; prolific life of, 175- 



197. See England, Scotland, and 



Wales. 

 Greenfinch, or green linnet, 140; 



notes of, 18, 86, 129, 140. 

 Greenock, Scotland, 3, 4. 

 Grosbeak, blue {Guiraca ccerulea), 



song of, 123. 

 Grosbeak, cardinal, or cardinal 



{Cardinalis cardinalis), song of, 



92, 123. 

 Grosbeak, rose-breasted (Habia lu- 



doviciana), notes of, 118, 120, 123, 



129, 144, 145. 

 Grote, George, 231. 

 Ground-chestnut. See Pig-nut. 

 Grouse, 186. 

 Grouse, ruffed {Bonasa umbellus), 



39. 

 Gudgeon, 94. 

 Gulls, European, 175, 186, 189. 



Haggard falcon, 14. 



Hairbird. See Sparrow, social. 



Hamilton, Duke of, his parks, 39, 



40 193. 

 Hanger, the, 40, 41 , 104. 

 Harbledown hill, 11, 12, 

 Hare, European, 23, 188, 194. 

 Harebell, 168. 



Harvest-fly. See Cicada. 

 Hawk, 186. 



Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 44. 

 Haymaking in England, 80, 108, 



109, 153, 

 Hazlemere, 89. 

 Heather, 170. 

 Hedgehog, 19. 

 Hedge-sparrow, 65; notes of, 129; 



nest of, 65. 

 Hellebore, green, 172. 

 Helvellyn, 153-156. 

 Hepatica, 172, 

 Herb Robert, 18, 163, 

 Herring, on the coast of Scotland, 



188, 189. 

 High-hole, or flicker {Colapte* au- 



ra(us), notes of, 118, 120. 

 Hitchin, 109, 110. 

 Honey-bee, 185. 

 Honeysuckle, vdld, 90. 

 House-martin, or martlet, or win- 

 dow-swallow, 142 ; notes of, 142 ; 



nest of, 69, 142. 

 Hummingbird, ruby-throated (Tro- 



chilus colubris), notes of, 115. 

 Hunt, Leigh, 230. 

 Hyacinth, wild, or bluebell, 163, 



172, 196. 

 Hyla, 194. 



Indigo-bird, or indigo bunting {Pas- 

 serina cyanea), song of, 120, 123, 

 127 129. 



Inns, English, 96, 97, 100-103. 



Insects, music of, 194, 195. 



Ireland, the peat of, 1. 



Irving, Edward, 72, 227. 



Jackdaw, 12, 186 ; notes of, 142. 

 Jay, British, 93, 98 ; notes of, 142. 

 Jewel-weed, 173. 

 Johnson, Samuel, 225. 

 Junco, slate-colored. See Snow- 

 bird. 



Katydids, 194. 



Keats, John, quotations from, 111, 

 166. 



Kent, walks in, 9-14. 



Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus\ 

 notes of, 118, 121, 127. 



Kinglet, European golden-crested, 

 or golden-crested wren, 121, 189; 

 song of, 140. 



Kinglet, golden-crowned, or golden- 

 crowned wren {Regiilus satrapa), 

 song of, 121. 



Kinglet, ruby-crowned (Regulus ca- 

 lendula), 122 ; song of, 121, 122. 



