Part 37

Waxwing, cedar. See Cedar-bird.

Weasel (Putorius sp.), and his den, 111-117; pursuing a chipmunk, 152-154, 309.

Wheat, chess grass and, 262, 263.

Whip-poor-will (Antrostomus vociferus), 71, 72; protective coloring of, 261; eggs of, 71, 261.

White, Gilbert, 266.

Whitman, Walt, quotations from, 213, 214, 247.

Wild animal, a mythical, 174, 175.

Willow-herb, 16.

Witch-hazel, 27.

Wittenberg, the, 35, 38, 56, 57.

Wolf, gray (Canis lupus), 102, 103.

Wolf, prairie (Canis latrans), 102.

Woman, observations of an invalid, 87-109.

Women, about the best lovers of nature, 88.

Woodchuck (Arctomys monax), friendly calls, 179; mother and young, 180, 181; a pet, 181, 182.

Woodcock, American (Philohela minor), 219, 220.

Woodland Valley, 37.

Woodpecker, downy (Dryobates pubescens), 66; drumming of, 83, 145, 166; winter retreats of, 271-273; attacked by a bluebird, 272.

Woodpecker, hairy (Dryobates villosus), 273.

Woodpecker, red-headed (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), 238.

Woodpecker, yellow-bellied (Sphyrapicus varius), sapsucking habits of, 258, 259.

Woodpeckers, eggs of, 64, 65; drumming of, 83-85; courtship of, 83-85.

Woods, traveling through pathless, 50, 51; in Kentucky, 227-231.

Wordsworth, William, his love of nature, 204-207; quotations from, 19, 204, 205.

Wren, Carolina (Thryothorus ludovicianus), on the Hudson, 300-302; a performer, 301; song of, 301, 302; nest of, 68.

Wren, European, nest of, 68.

Wren, house (Troglodytes aëdon), occupying orioles' nests, 65, 66; war with a bluebird, 66-68, 92; feeding a brood of young robins, 314, 315; overflowing with life and activity, 315; "cock-nests" built by the male, 315; notes of, 67, 68, 314; nest and eggs of, 65, 66, 68, 70, 92, 314, 315.

Wren, long-billed marsh (Cistothorus palustris), "cock-nests" built by the male, 315; nest of, 68, 315.