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INDEX 



Welcome odor of the woods, 131. 

 Welcome of the flowers, 30, 223. 

 White, Gilbert, quoted, 114-117. 

 White, J., 161. 

 White Mountains, 97. 

 White-tailed black wasp, 94. 

 Wiggler moth {Gramatophora trisig- 



nata), time of appearance of, 



81. 

 Wild-star cucumber, 189. 

 Witch-hazel divining-rod, 214. 

 Wolf-spiders, short-legged dodgers; 



crab - like manner of walking, 



120. 

 Wood fairies at work; their magic 



wands, 36 ; mischief-makers, 37 ; 



results of their pranks, 38. 



Woolly-bear caterpillar. See Cater- 

 pillar. 



Woolly flock, 230 ; expert in bugs, 

 231 ; what constitutes a bug, 232, 

 235 ; first appearance in June ; on 

 alders ; destruction of apple-trees ; 

 sucking-beaks, 233 ; wingless but 

 covered with woolly down, 236. 



Worm-eating warbler, vireo, 164. 



Xanthic, flowers including yellow 

 in their color, 45. 



Yellow geranium, 45. 

 Yellow larkspur, 45. 

 Yellow-jacket bee, 91. 

 Yellow-warbler, 171. 



