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INDEX 



tiful and conapicuous flower, 166 ; 



in poetry, 166, 167 ; 196. 

 Frederick the Great, 242. 

 ProgB, 194. 

 Froude, James Anthony, his TJwmas 



Carlyle, 258, 259. 

 Furze, or whin, 169, 170. 



Gannets, 189. 



Garlic, hedge, 172. 



Geranium, wild, 168. 



Gillyflower, 162. 



Glasgow, 2, 8, 9, 46, 47, 72. 



Globe-flower, 162. 



Goat Fell, 6, 



Godalming, 89, 91, 92, 101, 102. 



Goethe, 225, 227. 



Golden-rod, 18, 196. 



Goldfinch, American (Spinus tristis), 



notes of, 118, 120, 122, 123, 129. 

 Goldfinch, European, 140; song of, 



122, 129, 140. 

 Goose, solan, 189. 

 Grasmere, 148-151. 

 Grasshoppers, 194. 

 Graves, "extinct," 70, 71. 

 Great Britain, wild flowers of, 159- 



174, 196 ; species less numerous 



than in America but individuals 



more abundant, 164, 165 ; weeds 



in, 170, 171 ; prolific life of, 175- 



197. See England, Scotland, a7id 



"Wales. 

 Greenfinch, or green linnet, 140; 



notes of, 18, 86, 129, 140. 

 Greenock, Scotland, 3, 4. 

 Grosbeak, blue {Guiraea ccerulea)^ 



song of, 123. 

 Grosbeak, cardinal, or cardinal 



{Cardinalis cardmalis)^ song of, 



92, 123. 

 Grosbeak, rose-breasted {Hahia lu- 



doviciana), notes of, 118, 120, 123, 



129, 144, 145. 

 Grote, George, 231. 

 Ground-chestnut. See Pig-nut. 

 Grouse, 186. 

 Grouse, ruffed (Bonasa umbellus), 



39. 

 Gudgeon, 94. 

 Gulls, European, 175, 186, 189. 



Haggard falcon, 14. 



Hairbird. See Sparrow, social. 



Hamilton, Duke of, his parks, 39, 



40, 193. 

 Hanger, the, 40, 41, 104. 

 Harbledown hill, 11, 12. 

 Hare, European, 23, 188, 194. 

 Harebell, 168. 



Harvest-fly. See Cicada. 

 Hawk, 186. 



Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 44. 

 Haymaking in Englaind, SO, 108, 



109, 153. 

 Hazlemere, 89. 

 Heather, 170. 

 Hedgehog, 19. 

 Hedge-sparrow, 65 ; notes of, 129 ; 



nest of, 65. 

 Hellebore, green, 172. 

 HelveUyn, 153-156. 

 Hepatica, 172. 

 Herb Robert, 18, 163. 

 Herring, on the coast of Scotland, 



188, 189. 

 High-hole, or flicker {Colaptes om- 



ratus)^ notes of, 118, 120. 

 Hitchin, 109, 110. 

 Honey-bee, 185. 

 Honeysuckle, vrild, 90. 

 House-martin, or martlet, or win- 

 dow-swallow, 142 ; notes of, 142 ; 



nest of, 69, 142. 

 Hummingbird, ruby-throated (2Vo- 



chUus colubris), notes of, 115. 

 Hunt, Leigh, 230. 

 Hyacinth, wild, or bluebell, 163, 



172, 196. 

 Hyla, 194. 



Indigo-bird, or indigo bunting {Pas- 

 serma cycmea)^ song of, 1^0, 123, 

 127, 129. 



Inns, English, 96, 97, 100-103. 



Insects, music of, 194, 195. 



Ireland, the peat of, 1. 



Irving, Edward, 72, 227. 



Jackdaw, 12, 186 ; notes of, 142. 

 Jay, British, 93, 98 ; notes of, 142. 

 Jewel-weed, 173. 

 Johnson, Samuel, 225. 

 Junco, slate-colored. See Snow- 

 bird. 



Katydids, 194. 



Keats, John, quotations from, 111, 



166. 

 Kent, walks in, 9-14. 

 Kingbird ( Tyrannus iyrannus), 



notes of, 118, 121, 127. 

 Kinglet, European golden-crested, 



or golden-crested wren, 121, 189 ; 



song of, 140. 

 Kinglet, golden-crowned, or golden- 

 crowned wreu {Regulus satrapa), 



song of, 121. 

 Kinglet, ruby-crowned {Regulus cor 



lendula), 122 ; song of, 121, 122. 



