INDEX 



235 



Vireo, red-eyed {Vireo oUvaceus)^ 

 Boug of, 167. 



Walker of the Snow^ The. by C. D. 

 Shanly, 161-163. 



"Walking, benefits of, 175. 



WaUkill River, 101. 



Warbler, Blackbumian {Dendroiea 

 blackbumicB), 186. 



Warbler, black-throated blue (Ben- 

 droica ccBruleseens)^ 165 ; finding 

 the nest and young of, 180-186 ; 

 notes of, 181, 182, 184 ; nest of, 

 180-186. 



Warbler, Canada {Sylvania cana- 

 densis), 165, 186. 



Warbler, chestnut-sided {Dendroica 

 pensylvanica), 165, 186. 



Warbler, mourning {Geoihlypis 

 Philadelphia)^ 107, 186. 



Warbler, yellow-rumped or myrtle 

 {Dendroiea coronata), rescue of 

 a, 122 ; 215. 



Water, its importance in nature and 

 in the life of man, 69-71. 



Water-wagtail, sm^, or water- 

 thrush X^eiurus noveboracensis), 

 107. 



Waxwing, Bohemian (Ampelis gar- 

 rulus), 143, 144. 



Waxwing, cedar. See Cedar-bird. 



Weather, the, the farmer's depend- 

 ence on, 65 ; human changeable- 

 ness of, 65, 66 ; gettinginto a rut, 



66, 67 ; in literature, 67, 68 ; the 



law of alternation in, 68 ; dry, 72- 



75 ; laws of, 83-87. See Rain and 



Thunder-storms. 

 Weather-breeders, 84, 85. 

 Weather-wisdom, 84-87. 

 Wheat, 4. 

 Whip-poor-will (Antrosiomus voeif- 



erus), mother, eggs, and young, 



40-42 ; an awkward walker, 41 , 42 ; 



nest of, 40. 

 White, Gilbert, 130, 133. 

 Whitethroat, 134 ; notes of, 132. 

 Whitman, Walt, quotation from, 71. 

 Wilson, Alexander, quotation from, 



42. 

 Woodchuck, or marmot {Arctomys 



monax), 42, 179; hole of, 177, 



179. 

 Wood-grouse, 134. 

 Woodpecker, downy (Dryobates pu- 



bescens), 48. 

 Woodpecker, golden-shafted. See 



High-hole. 

 Woodpecker, yellow-bellied, or yel- 

 low-bellied sapsucker {Sphyrapi- 



cus varius), 167. 

 Wordsworth, William, quotations 



from, 128, 157 ; the poet of the 



mountains, 158. 

 Wren, European, song of, 130. 

 Wten, winter {Troglodytes hiemO' 



lis), 165. 

 Wrens, songs of, 130. 



