Part 36

Wheatear, the, 154.

Whirly pits, what, 252.

Willow tree, 269.

Winds and weather, old tokens of, 174, 180

— saline winds a supposed cause of blight, 254.

Winter, the season of, depicted 270.

Woodlark, the, 184.

Woodlouse, 214.

Worm, the hair, 226

— the common, 231.

Wren, the willow, 110

— the golden-crested, 118, 122

— the common, instance of its stratagem to preserve its nest, 163.

Wryneck, the, 137.

Wych elm. See Elm.

Year 1825, singular increase of sex in the, 102, note

— other peculiarities of, 259.

Yellow weed, name given to dyers’ weed, 72

— yellow the prevailing color of the flowers of plants in spring, 73

— and in autumn, 74.

THE END.

EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES.

PLATE 1.

Fig. 1. Sphæria on the leaf of an elm, p. 89.

A. A portion enlarged, and the cuticle parting.

B. The same enlarged, representing the capsules.

Fig. 2. Sphæria bifrons, on a laurel leaf, p. 88, 89.

C. The front, and dorsal parts.