244 



FROM SPRING TO FALL. 



Trout, in watercress-beds, 179 — how 

 they are lured towards the heron, 

 180, 181. 



Vermin, cause of the increase of, 168. 

 Vipers, effects of the hot weather 



upon, 59. 

 Voles. See Water-rats. 



Wasps, the nests of, 68. 

 Water-cresses, how cultivated for the 

 market, 178, 179. 



Water-rats, how they come out to 



feed, 16, 17. 

 Weasel, his appearance, habits, &c, 



197, 198. 

 Willow-wren, the small, 7. 

 Wood-grouse. See Capercailzie. 

 Woodpeckers, the green, choosing a 



nesting-place, 9, 10. 

 Wood-pigeon, 39. 

 Wood-wren, 43. 

 Wryneck, how affected by the wet 



weather, 173. 



THE END. 



PRINTED DY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS. 



