404 



Wild Life in Wales 



73- 



Spring, advent of, 79, 96. 



Squirrels, 50, 76, 177, 325, 389. 



Stagshorn moss, 182. 



"Star-jelly, "387. 



Starlings, 117, 131, 195, 257. 



Stoat, 94, 106, 136, 231, 325, 330, 353, 



389- 



Stock Dove, 178, 366, 370. 

 Stonechat, 276, 282. 

 Stone- fly, 117, 283. 

 Stones used in building, huge 230 



remarkable, 102. 

 Stones, 123, 147, 200, 267. 

 Sudden change in landscape, 101. 

 Summer floods, 169. 

 Superstitions and beliefs, 95, 165, 203, 



208, 258, 307, 318, 322, 328, 



379 383- 

 Swallow, 57, 88, 117, 198, 283, 299, 



300, 304. 



Swallow and Kestrel, 57. 

 " Swallowing Stone," 379. 

 Swift, 117, 286, 292. 

 Swifts' edible nests, 313. 



Taffy was a Welshman, 123. 



" Tall stones," 102. 



Tasteful planting, 114. 



Taxin, 177. 



Tea, 2. 



Teal, 40, 54. 



Thaws and frosts, effect of, on insects, 



etc., 85. 



Thieves, 122, 127, 198, 247. 

 Threshing with flail, 15. 

 Thrush, Missel, 35, 103, 393. 



Song, 35, 103-5, 161. 

 Thrushes, 35, 103, 120, 176, 181, 258. 

 Thunder, 282, 300. 

 Tiger beetle, 237. 

 Timber, 114. 

 Tit, Coal, 135. 



Great, 286. 



Long-tailed, 286, 378. 



Marsh, 285 

 Toad, 302. 



Tongue of Woodpecker, 366. 

 Toothache, cures for, 157. 

 Tracks in snow, 137, 321, 337. 

 Tradition, 344. 

 Trapping, 124, 136, 383. 

 Trees, age of, 61. 



ancient, 375. 

 Trout, 21. 



early spawning, 24. 



large, 28. 



Rainbow, 116. 



Trout spawning in lake, 230. 



weight of, 23. 

 Try Llanwddyn Road, 143. 

 Tufted Duck, 40. 

 Twite, 161. 



Unwitching, 95. 

 Urns, British, 115. 



Vachddeiliog, 142. 

 Valuations of sheep stock, 9. 

 Vanners, 251. 

 Vaughans of Mallwyd, 236. 



of Nannaw, 60. 



of Caergai, 98. 

 Vermin, 55, 142, 186, 213, 321, 389, 



396. 



Vikings, 207. 



Village, removal of a, Il6. 

 Viper, 376. 

 Vision of animals, 353. 



of birds, 200, 297, 395. 



of bats, 309. 

 Vitality of seeds, 115. 

 Voles, 90, 159, 235, 252, 278, 329. 

 Vyrnwy, Lake, 113, 119. 



Wagtail, Grey, 161, 286. 



Pied, 161, 286, 287. 



Yellow, 1 60, 161, 286. 

 Walking-sticks, 62. 

 Wall-building a pastime, 230. 

 Warbler, Blackcap, 179, 285. 



Garden, 178, 286. 



Grasshopper, 72. 



Sedge, 286. 



Willow, 161, 178, 283. 



Wood, 178, 287. 

 Warning off a dog, 6. 

 Watchers, efficient, 44, 241. 

 Water Hen, 44, 320. 



Ouzel (see Dipper). 



Rail, 291. 



Rat, 320. 

 Water-shed, 58. 

 Water- worms, 85. 

 Waxwing, 289. 

 Weasel, 94, 137, 139, 260, 328, 384, 



389. 



Weather prognostics, 88, 251. 

 Weeping Ash, IO2. 

 Welsh ambassadors, 165. 



archers, 178. 



farmers, II. 



gamekeepers, 124. 



mutton, 7. 



