INDEX 



317 



44 ; Mr. Warde Fowler's regard 

 for, 107 



Wanstead Park, gathering of moor- 

 hens at, 279 



Watchers, their use in bird pro- 

 tection, 256 



Wells, daws at the cathedral, 67 ; 

 a wood wren at, 89 



White, Gilbert, on the note of the 

 wood wren, 99 ; on the note of 

 the willow wren, 99, 128; his 

 abiding presence at Selborne, 

 296 ; his headstone, 298 ; cause 

 of the vitality of his work, 310 



Whiteness, lack of human associa^ 

 tion in, 161 ; magnifying effect 

 of, 187 



Willersey, owls at, 172 ; a pet 

 wood owl at, 176 



WUlow wren. Burroughs as to the 

 song of the, 99 ; White's descrip- 

 tion of its note, 99, 128 ; its 

 abundance, 122 ; common in- 

 sensibility to song of, 124 ; its 

 song compared with that of the 

 wood wren, 125 ; human quality 

 of its voice, 127 



WUlughby, willow wren described 

 by, 123 



Woodcock, evening cry of, 267 



Wood-Lark," Burns's " Address to 

 a, 133 



Wood owl, note of, 169 ; hooting 

 in the daytime, 173 ; a tamed, 

 176 ; in Savernake Forest, 224 



Wood - pigeons, their song, 218 ; 

 human quality of the song, 221- 

 223 ; in London, 273 ; their 

 changed habits, 274 



Wood wren, a, at Wells, 89; 

 difficulty of observing, 91 ; his 

 inquisitiveness, 92 ; his song, 

 96 ; Gilbert White as to his song, 

 99 ; secret of the charm of his 

 song, 103 



Wookey Hole, river Axe issuing 

 from, 179 



Wordsworth as ornithologist, 85, 

 91 ; his preference in bird voices, 

 96 



Year with the Birds, A, quoted, 128 

 Yellow-hammer, the, his indiffer- 

 ence to weather, 295 



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