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INDEX. 



Waxwmg, habits in the snow, 311. 



Waxwing, Nest and eggs of, 312. 



Wax wing, points of distinction, 218. 



Waxwing, The, 201. 



Waxwing, Visits of the, 278. 



Waxwing, Young of, 313. 



Weasel chasing rabbits, 307. 



Weaver Birds, Nests of, 81. 



Weavers, 80. 



Wheat, Among the, 143. 



Wheat ear, Arrival of, n. 



Wheatear, Departure of, 172. 



Wheatear, Desert, points of distinction, 

 216. 



Wheatear, Desert, The, 199. 



Wheatear, Winter home of, 243. 



Where the migrants go, 240. 



Whinchat, Departure of, 172, 177. 



Whinchat, Nest and eggs of, 24. 



Whinchats, Note and habits of, 1 10. 



Whinchats, Notes of, 23. 



Whinchat, Winter home of, 242. 



Whitethroat, Arrival of, 16. 



Whitethroat, Common, Winter home 

 of, 244. 



Whitethroat, Nest of, 82. 



Wigeon, American, points of distinc- 

 tion, 229. 



Wigeon, American, The, 210. 



Willow Wren, Arrival of, 12. 



Willow Wren, Song of, 57. 



Willow Wren, Song of, after moult, 



121. 



Willow Wren, Winter home of, 242. 

 Willow Wren, Yellow-browed, points of 



distinction, 217. 



Willow Wren, Yellow-browed, The, 200. 

 Wings, Display of colour on, 253, 254. 

 Winter, 263. 



Winter, Among the birds in, 272. 

 Winter and Spring, The struggle 



between, 270. 



Winter and Summer range, Overlapping 



of, 243. 



Winter, Calendar for, 335. 

 Winter, Habits of birds in, 322. 

 Winter morning, Habits of birds on, 287. 

 Winter quarters of migratory birds, 240. 

 Winter quarters, Unknown, 242. 

 Winter, Some birds of the, 309. 

 Winter, The terrors of the, 263. 

 Wolley and the Waxwing, 312. 

 Woodcock, Footprints of the, 305. 

 Woodcock, Nesting of, 22. 

 Woodcocks, Arrival of, 175. 

 Woodcocks, Solitary habits of, 281. 

 Wood Cutters, 77. 

 Wood Larks, 285. 

 Woodpecker, Green, Nest of, 77. 

 Woodpeckers, Habits of, in Winter, 276. 

 Woodpeckers, Tracks left by, 305, 306. 

 Wood Pigeons, Autumn flights of, 174. 

 Wood Pigeons, Roosting of, 174. 

 Woods, The, in Autumn, 175. 

 Wood Wren, Arrival of, 17. 

 Wood Wren, Departure of, 177. 

 Wood Wren, Winter home of, 243. 

 Wren, Autumn song of, 1 70. 

 Wren, Favourite roosting-place of, 329, 



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Wren, Late building of, 119. 

 Wren, Nest of, 80. 

 Wren, Song of, 18. 

 Wryneck, Note of, 21. 

 Wryneck, Shamming death by, 128. 

 Wryneck, Winter range of, 243. 



Yellow-browed Willow Wren, 200, 217. 

 Yellow Bunting, Late broods of, 120. 

 Yellow Bunting, Pugnacity of, 57. 

 Yellow Bunting, Song of, 192. 

 Yellow Wagtail, 106, 244. 



Zones of winter quarters, 240. 



CHARLES DICKENS AND EVANS, CRYSTAL PALACE PRESS. 



