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INDEX 



tiful and conspicuous flower, 166 ; 



in poetry, 166, 167 ; 196. 

 Frederick the Great, 242. 

 Frogs, 194. 

 Froude, James Anthony, his Thomas 



Carlyle, 253, 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 (Spinustristis), 

 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, 1C5 ; weeds 

 in, 170, 171 ; prolific life of, 175- 

 197. See England, Scotland, and 

 Wales. 



Greenfinch, or green linnet, 140; 

 notes of, 18, 86, 129, 140. 



Greenock, Scotland, 3, 4. 



Grosbeak, blue (Guiraca ccerulea), 

 song of, 123. 



Grosbeak, cardinal, or cardinal 

 (Cardinal!* cardinalis), song of, 



Grosbeak, rose-breasted (Habia lu- 

 doviciana), notes of, 118,120, 123, 

 129, 144, 145. 



Grote, George, 231. 



Ground-chestnut. See Pig-nut. 



Grouse, 186. 



Grouse, ruffed (Bonasa umbe2lus), 

 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. 



Harvest-fly. See Cicada. 

 Hawk, 186. 



Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 44. 

 Haymaking in England, 80, 108, 



109, 153. 

 Hazlemere, 89. 

 Heather, 170. 

 Hedgehog, 19. 

 Hedge-sparrow, Co ; notes of, 129 ; 



nest of, 65. 



Hellebore, green, 172. 

 Helvellyn, 153-156. 

 Hepatica, 172. 

 Herb Robert, 18, 163. 

 Herring, on the coast of Scotland, 



188, 189. 

 High-hole, or flicker (Colonies au- 



ratus), notes of, 118, 120. 

 Hitchin, 109, 110. 

 Honey-bee, 185. 

 Honeysuckle, wild, 90. 

 House-martin, or martlet, or win- 

 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, 

 127, 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. 

 Junco, slate-colored. See Snow- 

 bird. 



Katydids, 194. 



Keats, John, quotations from, 111, 



166. 



Kent, walks in, 9-14. 

 Kingbird (Tyranmis lyrannus), 



notes of, 118, 121, 127. 

 Kinglet, European golden-crested, 



or golden-crested wren, 121, 189; 



song of, 140. 



Kinglet, golden-crowned, or golden- 

 crowned wren (Regulus salrapa), 



song of, 121. 

 Kinglet, ruby-crowned (Reguhis ca- 



l.ndula), 122; song of, 121, 122. 



