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INDEX 



tiful and conspicuous flower, 166 ; 



in poetry, 16G, 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, 



Godalming, 89, 91, 92, 101, 102. 



Goethe, 225, 227. 



Golden-rod, 18, 196. 



Goldfinch, American {Spimis tristis), 



notes of, 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. 

 Greeniinch, or green linnet, 140 ; 



notes of, 18, 86, 129, 140. 

 Greenock, Scotland, 3, 4. 

 Grosbeak, blue (Guiraea ccerulea), 



song of, 123. 

 Grosbeak, cardinal, or cardinal 



{Cardinalis cardinalis), song of, 



92, 123. 

 Grosbeak, rose-breasted {Hahia 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. 

 HarebeU, 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. 

 HelveUyn, 153-156. 

 Hepatica, 172. 

 Herb Robert, 18, 163. 

 Herring, on the coast of Scotland, 



188, 189. 

 High-hole, or flicker {Colaptes aii- 



ratus), notes of, 118, 120. 

 Hitchin, 109, 110. 

 Honey-bee, 185. 

 Honeysuckle, wild, 90. 

 House-martin, or martlet, or wtn- 



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, 

 l27 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. 

 Juuco, 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-ci'ested wren, 121, 189; 



song of, 140. 

 Kinglet, golden-crowned, or golden- 

 crowned wren {Regulus satrapa), 



song of, 121. 

 Kinglet, ruby-crowned (Regulus ca- 



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



