Part 26

Tulip, blue, 45.

Tumble-bug, his former eminence, 53; used for ornaments and decorative purposes; his proud lineage, 54; male and female inseparable; the two familiar species; its season, 55; curious antics; bug talk, 56; a question of selection, 58; indefatigable workers; manner of working, 59; Mrs. Tumble-bug's industry, 60; singular manner of burying the ball, 61; the chrysalis state, 62; young Mr. Tumble-bug begins life, 63.

Twilight moth. See Moths.

Union Square Fountain, 45.

Vireo, strange materials in the nest of, 147, 164, 171, 172.

Wasps, as cross-fertilizers, 30; manner of transferring pollen, 31, 91; "Digger," sand hornets, 242, 252.

Weeds, artistically treated, 27; barn-yard weeds no longer commonplace, 28.

Welcome odor of the woods, 131.

Welcome of the flowers, 30, 223.

White, Gilbert, quoted, 114-117.

White, J., 161.

White Mountains, 97.

White-tailed black wasp, 94.

Wiggler moth (Gramatophora trisignata), time of appearance of, 81.

Wild-star cucumber, 189.

Witch-hazel divining-rod, 214.

Wolf-spiders, short-legged dodgers; crab-like manner of walking, 120.

Wood-fairies at work; their magic wands, 36; mischief-makers, 37; results of their pranks, 38.

Woolly-bear caterpillar. See Caterpillar.

Woolly flock, 230; expert in bugs, 231; what constitutes a bug, 232, 235; first appearance in June; on alders; destruction of apple-trees; sucking-beaks, 233; wingless but covered with woolly down, 236.

Worm-eating warbler, vireo, 164.

Xanthic, flowers including yellow in their color, 45.

Yellow geranium, 45.

Yellow larkspur, 45.

Yellow-jacket bee, 91.

Yellow-warbler, 171.

WILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSON'S WORKS.

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR.