INDEX. 



423 



Wagtail, yellow, the, 245. 



Wald or wold, the dyers' 

 weed so called, 98. 



Want, the, 146'. 



Wasp, the common, 291 the 

 solitary, 333 its nest, ib. 



Water, stagnated and putre- 

 scent, favourable for the 

 residence of insects, 315. 



Water flea, 318. 



Water shrew, 143. 



Wheat, crops of, method of 

 saving-, 27. 



Wheatear, the, 223. 



Whirly pits, what, 373. 



Willow tree, 347- 



Winds and weather, old 

 tokens of, 253, 262 saline 

 winds a supposed cause of 

 blight, 375. 



Winter, the season of, de- 

 picted, 400. 



Woodlark, the, 269. 



Woodlouse, 314. 



Worm, the hair, 332 the 

 common, 340. 



Wren, the willow, 154 the 



golden-crested, 167- 174 



the common, instance of 

 its stratagem to preserve 

 its nest, 237. 



Wryneck, the, 196. 



Wych elm. See Elm. 



Year 1825, singular increase 

 of sex in the, 143, note 

 other peculiarities of, 382. 



Yellow weed, name given to 

 dyers 1 weed, 98 yellow 

 the prevailing colour of 

 the flowers of plants in 

 spring, 100 and in au- 

 tumn, 101. 



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