INDEX 



271 



parula {Compsothlypis ameriea- 



na)^ 46 ; eggs of, 212. 

 Warbler, C onnecticut ( Geothlypis 



agilis\ 211. 

 Warbler, yellow red-poll or yellow 



palm (DendroicapalmaruTn kypo- 



chrysea), appearance and habits 



of, 166 ; notes of, 166. 

 Warblers, songs of migrating, 168. 

 Wasp, 17, 19, 176. 

 Watercress, 164, 165. 

 Water-lily. See Pond-lily. 

 Water-thrusb, Louisiana {Seiurus 



motadlla), spring arrival of, 169 ; 



song of, 169. 

 Waxwing, cedar. See Cedar-bird. 

 Weasel, or ermine, or stoat (Puto- 



rius erminea). habits of, 85-87, 



206. 

 Weather signs, 5-8, 14, 15, 16. 

 White, Gilbert, 3, 16, 21, 108, 109. 

 Whitman, Walt, quotations from, 



151, 159, 160 ; 157 ; sea-salt in his 



poetry, 159-161. 

 Whittier, John Greenleaf, quota- 

 tions from, ^, 43, 92. 

 Willow, 174. 

 WUlow, golden, 179. 

 Wilson, Alexander, 143. 

 Winter, familiarity of wild creatures 



in, 128, 129 ; alternation of severe 



and mild winters, 163 ; animal life 



in open winters, 164. 

 Wolf, 49. 

 Woodbine, 134. 

 Woodpecker, downy , {Dryobates 



pubescens), a welcome neighbor, 



135 ; winter-quarters, 136-140, 

 147 ; an ungallant male, 136, 137 ; 

 drumming of, 140-142, 144, 146; 

 mating, 142, 144 ; leaving winter- 

 quarters, 146, 147 ; nest of, 147, 

 148. 



Woodpecker, hairy {Dryobaies villo- 

 sus), usurping a downy woodpeck- 

 er's hole, 147 ; notes of, 147. 



Woodpecker, pileated, or black log- 

 cock (Ceopklceus pileatus)^ 125, 

 143 ; notes of, 125. 



Woodpecker, red-bellied {Melaner- 

 pes carolinus), 143, 144. 



Woodpecker, red-headed {Melaner- 

 pes erythrocepkalus), 53 ; drum- 

 ming ou a lightning-rod, 143 ; 203. 



Woodpecker, yellow-bellied, o?" yel- 

 low-bellied sapaucker [Sphyra- 

 picus van'us), injuring fruit-trees, 



144, 145 ; tapping a maple-tree, 



145, 146. 



Woodpeckers, their fare in winter, 



51, 57 ; 83 ; drumming habits of, 



140-144 ; young of, 203. 

 Woods, struggle for life of trees in, 



47 ; autumjial beauty of mixed, 



47. 

 Woods, hard, for finishing houses, 



258-261. 

 Wordsworth, William, quotation 



from, 32. 

 Wren, house {Troglodytes a&don), 



73, 212 ; neat of, 147, 203. 



Yellowbird. See Goldfinch, Ameri- 

 can. 



