INDEX 



241 



Thistle-down, 97, 98. 



Thistles, 98, 105. 



Thoreau, Henry David, quotations 



from, 16, 129, 130 ; 21, 32, 39, 107 ; 



and wild apples, 127-130. 

 Thrush, wood {Turdus mtistelinus), 



126. 

 Thrushes, 163. 



Titlark. See Pipit, American. 

 Toad, 108. 



Tower of London, the, 154. 

 Tracks in the snow, 44, 45, 49, 50, 



52-55, 57, 59, 62, 65. 

 Trout, brook, 101 ; spawning time 



of, 110. 

 Turkey, domestic, 69, 70. 

 Turner, J. M. W., 232. 

 Turtles, 108. 



Vervain, 105. 



Vulture, turkey. See Buzzard. 



Wales, the mountains of, 137, 217, 

 218 ; a visit to, 217-220. 



Walking, in America, 23-29 ; in 

 England, 29-31 ; religion and, 30, 

 31 ; delights of, 31-34 ; companions 

 in, 34-36; an impetus necessary 

 in, 36, 37 ; importance of cultivat- 

 ing the art in America, 38, 39 ; on 

 gravel roads, 39. 



Walks, about Washington, 14-22. 



Warbler, black and white creeping 

 {Mniotilta varia)^ at sea, 132. 



Warblers, 126. 



Washington, sunlight in, 2, 3 ; fall 

 and winter in, 3-7 ; summer in, 

 4 ; buzzards in. 7-9 ; the negro in, 

 10-13 ; walks about, 14-22 ; March 

 in, 85-87, 95, 96 ; the Capitol at, 

 156, 159 ; parks in, 167. 



Wasp, 109. 



Waxwing, cedar. See Cedar-bird. 



Weeds, in September, 105 ; in haste 

 to produce their seeds, 106. 



Welsh, the, glimpses of, 218-220. 



Westminster Abbey, 161. 



Whip-snappers in Paris, 195, 196. 



Whitman, Walt, quotations from, 2, 

 105, 206. 



Wilson, Alexander, 34. 



Windsor Castle, 154. 



Winter, in Washington, 3, 5-7 ; elec- 

 tricity in, 6 ; walks in, 14-22 ; 

 beauty of the world in, 41-43 ; 

 abdication of, 65, 66. 



Witch-hazel, 101, 104. 



Woman, in England and America, 

 181-183 ; in France, 186, 187 ; in 

 Ireland, 226. 



Woodbine, 106. 



Woodchuck {Arctomys monax), 18, 

 82, 86, 108. 



Woodpeckers, 16, 93, 126. 



Wood-wagtail, or oven-bird {Seiurui 

 aurocapillus), song of, 163. 



Wren, winter (Troglodytes Memo- 

 lis), song of, 163. 



Yellow-jackets, 109, 110. 



