INDEX 
Wasps, solitary, ways of, 116-118; 
instinct in, 158, 159; intelligence 
of, 164. 
‘Wasps, stinging instinct in sting- 
less, 169, 170. 
Waxwing, cedar. See Cedar-bird. 
‘Weasel, rescuing young, 24. 
White, Gilbert, on the swallow’s 
nest-building, 167, 168; 203; his 
account of his old tortoise, 207. 
Whitman, Walt, quoted, 206. 
Wolf, prairie. See Coyote. 
‘Wolves, 66. 
‘Wood-borers, 49, 50. 
Woodchuck, 72. 
Woodcock (Philohela minor), 
song and song flight of, 42, 43. 
Woodpecker, downy (Dryobates 
pubescens medianus), dispos- 
sessed by flying-squirrels, 20; 
trying to evict a hairy wood- 
pecker, 21. 
Woodpecker, hairy (Dryobates 
villosus), and downy woodpeck- 
er, 21, 
Woodpecker, yellow-bellied, or 
yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphy- 
rapicus varius), 91. 
Wren, European, nest of, 138, 
139. 
Wren, house (Troglodytes aédon), 
nesting-materials of, 19; young 
of, 162; handling twigs, 166. 
Young, Egerton, his My Dogs of 
the Northland, 194. 
