INDEX

Alloway, [8], [133-134], [160].
Anemone. See [Rue-anemone].
Angler, an English, [83-85].
Anglo-Saxon, the, [45].
Annan, [72].
Annan bridge, [68], [69].
Ants, [178-181].
Arbutus, trailing, [164], [172], [173].
Arethusa, [172].
Argyll, Duke of, on the comparative merits of British and American song-birds, [113-116], [119].
Arnold, Matthew, quotations from, [78], [169], [212].
Arthur's Seat, [48], [49].
Ash, [19].
Asters, [196].
Audubon, John James, [123], [124].
Avon, the Scottish river, [39].
Ayr, [46].
Azaleas, [173].
Barrington, Dames, [119], [126], [138].
Bean, horse or Winchester, [169].
Bear, black (Ursus americanus), [186].
Bee. See [Bumblebee] and [Honey-bee].
Beech, European, [18], [19], [40], [41], [97].
Beetle, ants and, [179], [180].
Beetle, Colorado, [194].
Ben Lomond, [24].
Ben Nevis, [25].
Ben Venue, [23], [24], [155].
Birds, blue not a common color among British, [93];
voices of British, [105], [142];
source of the charm of their songs, [113];
the Duke of Argyll on the comparative merits of British and American song-birds, [113-116];
the American bird-choir larger and embracing more good songsters than the British, [119-129];
British more familiar, prolific, and abundant than American, [125], [126];
superior vivacity and strength of voice in British, [126];
hours and seasons of singing of British and American, [126], [127], [143];
superior sweetness, tenderness, and melody in the songs of American, [128], [143-145];
the two classes of British song-birds, [142], [143];
certain localities favored by, [144];
British more prolific than American, [189], [190];
warm and compact nests of British, [190];
abundance of British, [190-192].
Blackberry, [18], [52], [168].
Blackbird, European, song of, [86], [90], [105], [114], [129], [136], [139], [145];
nest of, [66].
Blackbird, red-winged. See [Starling, red-shouldered].
Blackcap, or black-capped warbler, [87], [92];
song of, [105], [115], [123], [129], [137], [140].
Bloodroot, [172].
Bluebell. See [Hyacinth, wild].
Bluebird (Sialia sialis), notes of, [120], [123], [129].
Blue-bonnet, [189].
Blue-weed, or viper's bugloss, [168], [171].
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), song of, [118], [120], [123], [125], [129].
Bob-white. See [Quail].
Bouncing Bet, [171].
Boys, at Ecclefechan, [64-66];
a Godalming boy, [92-95].
Bridges, arched, [68], [69].
Brig o' Doon, [26].
Britain. See [Great Britain].
Bryant, William Cullen, as a poet of the woods, [43].
Bugloss, viper's. See [Blue-weed].
Building-stone, softness of British, [26].
Bullfinch, notes of, [129].
Bumblebee, [17-19], [195].
Bunting, indigo. See [Indigo-bird].
Burns, Robert, the Scotch love of, [48];
quotation from, [135], [225].
Buttercup, [16], [165], [196].
Calopogon, [172].
Campion, bladder, [171].
Canterbury, [10], [11];
the cathedral of, [11-13].
Cardinal. See [Grosbeak, cardinal].
Carlyle, James, father of Thomas Carlyle, [55], [59], [60], [69-71], [73].
Carlyle, Mrs. James, [55], [61].
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, [221-223].
Carlyle, Thomas, quotations from, [25], [49], [50], [58], [60], [61], [71], [73], [75], [204], [206-209], [211], [215-217], [219], [223-226], [228-232], [234], [236-238], [240], [241], [246-248], [251], [254-259], [266];
residences of, [49-51], [54], [55];
the grave of, [56], [57];
at the graves of his father and mother, [57], [58];
his reverence and affection for his kindred, [58];
his family traits, [58], [59];
his love of Scotland, [59], [60];
his affection for his mother, [61];
an old road-mender's opinion of, [67];
his style, [71], [75];
his connection with Irving, [72];
an indomitable worker, [73-75];
his house in Chelsea, [199], [200];
a call on, [200-202];
on Scott, [201], [202];
his correspondence with Emerson, [203], [204], [208-210];
his friendship with Emerson, [203], [204];
compared and contrasted with Emerson, [203-210], [212];
his magnanimous wrathfulness, [203], [204];
a man of action, [207];
a regal and dominating man, [211], [212];
as an historical writer, [213], [214];
his power of characterization, [214], [215];
his vocabulary of vituperation, [216], [217];
not a philosopher, [217], [218];
his struggle against odds, [218-220];
his unselfishness, [220], [221];
his relations with his wife, [221-223];
his passion for heroes, [223-226], [232-234];
his glorification of the individual will, [226];
his earnestness, [227];
a master portrait-painter, [228-232];
the value he set on painted portraits, [232];
his hatred of democracy, [232-251];
his large capital of faith, [251-253];
his religious belief, [251-257];
his attitude of renunciation, [255], [256];
his search for the truth, [256], [257];
his egoism, [258];
value of his teaching, [258-266];
his isolation of soul, [262-264];
his mission, [265];
his Oliver Cromwell, [211], [212];
his Frederick the Great, [211-217], [242].
Carlyle family, the, [56-61], [67], [70], [71].
Catbird (Galeoscoptes carolinensis), notes of, [117], [120], [125], [129].
Cathedrals, Canterbury, [11-13];
images in, [15];
soil collected on the walls of, [21];
Rochester, [21];
St. Paul's, [182].
Catskill Mountains, contrasted with the mountains of Scotland, [7];
scenery in, [38];
the valleys of, [149].
Cattle, of the Scotch Highlands, [25].
Cedar-bird, or cedar waxwing (Ampelis cedrorum), notes of, [115].
Celandine, [172].
Celts, the, [45].
Chaffinch, or shilfa, [133], [134], [191];
song of, [79], [90], [95], [129], [133], [134];
nest of, [65], [190].
Chat, yellow-breasted (Icteria virens), [117];
song of, [117], [120], [125].
Chewink, or towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), notes of, [118], [120], [125], [129].
Chickadee (Parus atricapillus), notes of, [129].
Chiffchaff, notes of, [95], [143].
Chipmunk (Tamias striatus), [195].
Chippie. See [Sparrow, social].
Cicada, or harvest-fly, [194], [195].
Cinquefoil, [17].
Claytonia, or spring beauty, [164], [172].
Clematis, wild, [17].
Clouds, in England, [107];
at sea, [269-273].
Clover (Trifolium incarnatum), [93], [169].
Clover, red, [16], [52].
Clover, white, [16], [17], [165].
Clover, yellow, [16].
Clyde, the, sailing up, [2-7].
Cockscomb, [160].
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, quotation from, [166], [167], [228].
Coltsfoot, [170].
Columbine, [38], [173].
Commons, in England, [104].
Convolvulus, [19].
Copses, in England, [82].
Cormorants, [189].
Corn-crake, notes of, [132].
Cow-bunting, or cowbird (Molothrus ater), notes of, [125].
Cranesbill, [53].
Creeper, European brown, [189].
Crow, carrion, [193].
Cuckoo (Coccyzus sp.), notes of, [127].
Cuckoo, European, [65];
notes of, [77], [78], [95], [123], [138], [148].
Curlew, European, [107];
notes of, [141].
Daffodils, [165], [172].
Daisy, English, [52], [159], [160], [196].
Daisy, ox-eye, [160], [165], [196].
Dalibarda, [164].
Dandelion, [16], [165].
Danton, Georges Jacques, [229].
Darwin, Charles, [31], [32].
Dead-nettle, [161].
Democracy, Carlyle's opinion of, [232-251].
De Quincey, Thomas, [230].
Desmoulins, Camille, [229].
Devil's Punch-Bowl, the, [88].
Dicentra, [38], [164], [172].
Dickens, Charles, [231].
Dock, sorrel (Rumex acetosa), [170].
Docks, [171].
Dog-fish, [188].
Dolphins, [274], [275].
Doon, the, [46], [132], [134], [161], [162].
Dover, the cliffs of, [13], [14].
Ducks, wild, [186].
Eagle, [187], [188].
Earthworm, as a cultivator of the soil, [31], [32].
Easing, [94], [103].
Ecclefechan, [39];
the journey from Edinburgh to, [49-55];
in the village and churchyard of, [55-58], [61-64];
birds'-nesting boys of, [64-66];
walks about, [67-72];
the "dogfight," [67].
Edinburgh, [48], [49], [178].
Edward, Thomas, [187], [188].
Elder, English, [10].
Elecampane, [171].
Elm, English, [19], [97].
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, as a poet of the woods, [43], [44];
quotations from, [43], [44], [102], [176], [210], [213], [214], [218], [221];
statement on fields, [53];
his friendship with Carlyle, [203], [204];
compared and contrasted with Carlyle, [203-210], [212];
his correspondence with Carlyle, [203], [204], [208-210], [225].
England, tour in, [9];
walks in, [9-20];
the green turf of, [20-23], [29], [31], [32];
building-stone of, [26];
humanization of nature in, [27], [28];
repose of the landscape in, [29-34];
foliage in, [29-31];
cultivated fields of, [32], [33];
grazing in, [33];
the climate as a promoter of greenness, [33], [34];
pastoral beauty of, [35], [36];
lack of wild and aboriginal beauty in, [36], [37];
no rocks worth mentioning in, [37];
woods in, [38-43];
plowing in, [53], [54];
country houses and village houses in, [62], [63];
haying in, [80], [108], [109], [153];
a farm and a farmer in the south of, [77], [80], [81];
sunken roads of, [94], [95];
inns of, [96], [97], [100-103];
sturdiness and picturesqueness of the trees in, [97];
commons in, [104];
weather of, [106], [107];
the bird-songs of, compared with those of New York and New England, [113-129];
impressions of some birds of, [131-145];
stillness at twilight in, [194], [195].
See [Great Britain].
English, the, contrasted with the Scotch, [45];
a prolific people, [176-178].
Europe, animals and plants of, more versatile and dominating than those of America, [184-186].
Farming in the south of England, [80], [81].
Fells, in the north of England, [158].
Fern, maiden-hair, [173].
Fieldfare, [186].
Finch, purple (Carpodacus purpureus), song of, [118], [120], [123], [129].
Finches, songs of, [122], [123].
Fir, Scotch, [39].
Flicker. See [High-hole].
Flowers, wild, American more shy and retiring than British, [163], [164], [196];
species fewer but individuals more abundant in Great Britain than in America, [165];
effect of latitude on the size and color of, [168];
effect of proximity to the sea on, [168], [169];
British less beautiful but more abundant and noticeable than American, [172], [173];
British and American sweet-scented, [173];
abundance of British, [196].
Flycatcher, British, [121], [189].
Flycatcher, great crested (Myiarchus crinitus), notes of, [118], [121].
Flycatcher, little green or green-crested (Empidonax virescens), notes of, [121].
Fog, at sea, [271], [272].
Foliage, in England and America, [29-31].
See [Trees].
Footpath, an English, [89], [90].
Forget-me-not, [196].
Fox, European red, [187], [188].
Foxglove, [90], [133], [148], [165];
a
beautiful and conspicuous flower, [166];
in poetry, [166], [167], [196].
Frederick the Great, [242].
Frogs, [194].
Froude, James Anthony, his Thomas 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].
Goldenrod, [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], and [Wales].
Greenfinch, or green linnet, [140];
notes of, [18], [86], [129], [140].
Greenock, Scotland, [3], [4].
Grosbeak, blue (Guiraca cœrulea), song of, [123].
Grosbeak, cardinal, or cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), song of, [92], [123].
Grosbeak, rose-breasted (Habia ludoviciana), 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 England, [80], [108], [109], [153].
Hazlemere, [89].
Heather, [170].
Hedgehog, [19].
Hedge-sparrow, [65];
notes of, [129];
nest of, [65].
Hellebore, green, [172].
Helvellyn, [153-156].
Hepatica, [172].
Herb Robert, [18], [163].
Herring, on the coast of Scotland, [188], [189].
High-hole, or flicker (Colaptes auratus), notes of, [118], [120].
Hitchin, [109], [110].
Honey-bee, [185].
Honeysuckle, wild, [90].
House-martin, or martlet, or window-swallow, [142];
notes of, [142];
nest of, [69], [142].
Hummingbird, ruby-throated (Trochilus colubris), notes of, [115].
Hunt, Leigh, [230].
Hyacinth, wild, or bluebell, [163], [172], [196].
Hyla, [194].
Indigo-bird, or indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea), song of, [120], [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 [Snowbird].
Katydids, [194].
Keats, John, quotations from, [111], [166].
Kent, walks in, [9-14].
Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus), notes of, [118], [121], [127].
Kinglet, European golden-crested, or golden-crested wren, [121], [189];
song of, [140].
Kinglet, golden-crowned, or golden-crowned wren (Regulus satrapa), song of, [121].
Kinglet, ruby-crowned (Regulus calendula), [122];
song of, [121], [122].
Lady's-slipper, [172].
Lake district, the, [148-158].
Lake Mohunk, [37].
Lamb, Charles, [228].
Lapwing, or pewit, [141];
cry of, [107].
Lark. See [Skylark] and [Wood-lark].
Lark, grasshopper, notes of, [127].
Leechmere bottom, [103-105].
Lichens, in America and in England, [36], [37].
Linnet, English, song of, [122], [123], [129].
Linnet, green. See [Greenfinch].
Liphook, [106], [107].
Live-for-ever, [171].
Lockerbie, [52].
London, streets above streets in, [178];
overflowing life of, [181], [182];
a domestic city, [182], [183].
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, [44].
Loosestrife, purple, [168].
Maidstone, [10].
Mainhill, [54], [55].
Maple, European, [30], [31], [173].
Marigold, corn, [173].
Martin, purple (Progne subis), [125];
notes of, [129].
Martlet. See [House-martin].
Mavis. See [Thrush, song].
Meadowlark (Sturnella magna), notes of, [118], [120], [129].
Meadow-sweet, [17], [169].
Medeola, [164].
Midges, [98].
Mill, John Stuart, [229], [230].
Milton, John, quotations from, [42].
Mirabeau, Comte de, [228], [229].
Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos), song of, [127-129].
Moschatel, [172].
Mountains, of Scotland, [6], [7], [21-25];
of the Lake district, [153-158].
Mouse, European field, [186].
Mullein, [171].
Mustard, wild, [171].
Nettle, [18], [20], [160], [161].
Nettle, Canada, [161].
Newt, red, [39].
Nightingale, a glimpse of, [99];
at the head of a series of British song-birds, [142], [143];
notes of, [77-79], [87], [89], [92], [96], [99], [102], [110], [111], [114], [116], [123], [124], [128], [129], [140], [145].
Nightjar, notes of, [84].
Nuthatch, European, [140], [189].
Oak, English, [19], [97].
Ocean, the, voyage across, [267-269];
clouds, [269-273];
fog, [271], [272];
the weather, [273], [274];
animal life, [274], [275];
the end of the voyage, [275], [276].
Orchids, purple, [168].
Oriole, Baltimore (Icterus galbula), notes of, [118], [120], [125], [129].
Oriole, orchard, or orchard starling (Icterus spurius), song of, [120], [125].
Otter, [187].
Ousel, ringed, [24].
Ousel, water, [149], [150].
Oven-bird. See [Wagtail, wood].
Owl, [188].
Pansy, wild, [65].
Partridge, European, [186];
nest of, [186].
Peat, [1].
Pewee, wood (Contopus virens), notes of, [39], [121].
Pewit. See [Lapwing].
Phœbe-bird (Sayornis phœbe), notes of, [121].
Pig-nut, or ground-chestnut, [162], [163].
Pine, white, [173].
Pipit, American, or titlark (Anthus pensilvanicus), song of, [129].
Pipit, meadow, nest and eggs of, [162], [189].
Pipit, mountain, [24].
Plane-tree, European, [30].
Plantain, [19].
Plantain, narrow-leaved, [16], [17].
Plato, [225], [226].
Plowing, in England and Scotland, [53], [54].
Polecat, [187].
Polecat Hill, [88].
Pond-lily, European white, [173].
Poppy, [52], [165], [173], [196].
Primrose, [172], [196].
Privet, [19].
Prunella, [16], [17], [53], [168].
Quail, or bob-white (Colinus virginianus), [190].
Rabbit, European, [187], [193], [194].
Railway-trains, the view from, [51].
Rats, [187].
Redbreast. See [Robin redbreast].
Redstart, American (Setophaga ruticilla), song of, [129].
Redstart, European, notes of, [129].
Reed-sparrow, song of, [129].
Repentance Hill, [67], [68].
Road-mender, an old, [67].
Robin, American (Merula migratoria), song of, [114], [120], [129], [136].
Robin redbreast, [189];
song of, [90], [98], [105], [123], [127], [129], [139], [145];
nest of, [65].
Rochester Castle, [21], [191].
Rochester Cathedral, [21].
Rogers, Samuel, [231].
Rook, [191], [192];
notes of, [142];
nest of, [192].
Rook-pie, [191], [192].
Rose, wild, [17].
Rothay, the river, [149], [150].
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, [229].
Rue-anemone, [172].
Rumex acetosa, [170].
Rydal Mount, [41].
St. John's-wort, [19].
St. Paul's Cathedral, [182].
Salisbury Crags, [48], [49].
Salmon, [188].
Sandpiper, European, notes of, [40], [115], [141].
Sandpiper, spotted (Actitis macularia), notes of, [115], [120].
Scotch, the, contrasted with the English, [45];
acquaintances among, [46], [47];
a trait of, [47], [48];
their love for Burns, [48].
Scotland, first sight of, [2-7];
mountains of, [6], [7], [21-25];
tour through, [8];
moorlands of, [25];
streams and lakes of, [25], [26];
plowing in, [53], [54];
work of women and girls in the fields in, [54];
country houses and village houses in, [62], [63];
free use of paint in, [69], [70].
See [Great Britain].
Scotsbrig, [62].
Scott, Sir Walter, Carlyle on, [201], [202], [225].
Sea. See [Ocean].
Sedge-warbler, song of, [85].
Selbourne, [40], [103-105], [108], [109].
Shackerford, [94-102].
Shakespeare, quotations from, [42], [69], [78], [147], [161-164], [184];
and other authors, [147], [210], [212].
Shakespeare's Cliff, [14].
Shawangunk Mountains, [37].
Shilfa. See [Chaffinch].
Ship-building on the Clyde, [4-6].
Shottery, the fields about, [16], [17].
Skylark, [80];
in America, [116];
at the head of a series of British song-birds, [142], [143];
song of, [4], [11], [18], [86], [114], [116], [118], [119], [126], [129], [132].
Snails, ants and snail, [180], [181];
abundance of, in England, [195], [196].
Snowbird, or slate-colored junco (Junco hyemalis), song of, [125].
Solomon's-seal, [18].
Sorrel, sheep, [170]. See [Dock].
Southey, Robert, [231].
Sparrow, bush or wood or field (Spizella pusilla), song of, [118], [120], [121], [127], [129], [143].
Sparrow, English (Passer domesticus), [185];
Carlyle on, [201].
Sparrow, fox (Passerella iliaca), song of, [121], [129].
Sparrow, savanna (Ammodramus sandwichensis savanna), notes of, [118], [129].
Sparrow, social or chipping, or hair-bird, or chippie (Spizella socialis), song of, [120], [127].
Sparrow, song (Melospiza fasciata), notes of, [118], [120], [129], [143].
Sparrow, swamp (Melospiza georgiana), song of, [120].
Sparrow, vesper (Poöcœtes gramineus), song of, [120], [129].
Sparrow, white-crowned (Zonotrichia leucophrys), song of, [121].
Sparrow, white-throated (Zonotrichia albicollis), song of, [121].
Sparrows, songs of, [120], [121].
Speedwell, blue, [160], [167], [196].
Spring beauty. See [Claytonia].
Spurge, wood, [172].
Squirrel, European, [195].
Squirrel, flying (Sciuropterus volans), [186], [195].
Squirrel, gray (Sciurus carolinensis var. leucotis), [39], [195].
Squirrel, red (Sciurus hudsonicus), [195].
Starling, European, [191];
nest of, [191].
Starling, orchard. See [Oriole, orchard].
Starling, red-shouldered, or red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phœniceus), notes of, [118], [120].
Stone. See [Building-stone].
Stork, nest of, [187].
Stratford-on-Avon, [15], [17], [19], [26], [169].
Strawberry, wild, [164].
Succory, [168].
Swallow, barn (Chelidon erythrogaster), [2].
Swallow, chimney, or chimney swift (Chætura pelagica), [190];
notes of, [125], [142];
nest of, [186].
Swallow, cliff (Petrochelidon lunifrons), nests of, [178], [186].
Swallow, European chimney, [2], [142];
notes of, [2];
nest of, [2], [142].
Swallow, window. See [House-martin].
Swift, chimney. See [Swallow, chimney].
Swift, European, notes of, [142];
nest of, [2], [191].
Swordfish, [274].
Tanager, scarlet (Piranga erythromelas), song of, [118], [120], [123], [127], [129].
Tarns, [153-155].
Teasel, [19].
Tennyson, Alfred, quotations from, [30], [160], [163], [166], [167];
residences, [43], [81], [103];
Carlyle's portrait of, [230], [231].
Thames, up the, [15].
Thistle, Scotch, [20], [171].
Thoreau, Henry D., [44].
Thrasher, brown (Harporhynchus rufus), notes of, [117], [120], [125], [129];
nest of, [117].
Throstle. See [Thrush, song].
Thrush, hermit (Turdus aonalaschkæ pallasii), [120];
song of, [123], [128], [129].
Thrush, missel, song of, [114], [129].
Thrush, song, or mavis, or throstle, song of, [98], [105], [114], [129], [134-136], [139], [145].
Thrush, Wilson's. See [Veery].
Thrush, olive-backed or Swainson's (Turdus ustulatus swainsonii), song of, [145].
Thrush, wood (Turdus mustelinus), notes of, [80], [118], [120], [123], [127], [129], [144], [145];
nest of, [79], [80].
Timothy grass, [169].
Tit, great. See [Titmouse, great].
Tit, marsh, [189].
Titlark. See [Pipit, American].
Titlark, European, notes of, [129].
Titmouse, great, or great tit, [189];
notes of, [129].
Titmouse, long-tailed, [189].
Toad, [194].
Tomtit, nest of, [65].
Towhee. See [Chewink].
Tree-cricket, [194].
Trees, sturdiness and picturesqueness of English, [97].
See [Foliage].
Trillium, painted, [172].
Trilliums, [164].
Trosachs, the, [178].
Trout, British, [84].
Turf, of England and Scotland, [20-26], [29], [31], [32].
Ulleswater, [153-155].
Uvularia, [164].
Valleys, [149].
Veery, or Wilson's thrush (Turdus fuscescens), [120];
song of, [128], [144], [145].
Vervain, [168].
Vetches, [196].
Violet, bird's-foot, [173].
Violet, yellow, [164].
Vireo, brotherly love or Philadelphia (Vireo philadelphicus), song of, [129].
Vireo, red-eyed (Vireo olivaceus), song of, [118], [120], [122], [127], [129], [143].
Vireo, solitary or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius), [120], [122];
song of, [129].
Vireo, warbling (Vireo gilvus), song of, [122], [143].
Vireo, white-eyed (Vireo noveboracensis), [122];
song of, [120], [122], [129].
Vireo, yellow-throated (Vireo flavifrons), notes of, [129].
Vireos, songs of, [122], [128].
Virgil, quotation from, [79].
Wagtail, water. See [Water-thrush], large-billed.
Wagtail, wood, or golden-crowned thrush, or golden-crowned accentor, or oven-bird (Seiurus aurocapillus), song of, [124], [125], [127-129].
Wales, rock scenery in, [37].
Warbler, black-capped. See [Blackcap].
Warbler, black-throated green (Dendroica virens), song of, [129].
Warbler, Canada (Sylvania canadensis), song of, [129].
Warbler, garden, [141];
song of, [105], [115], [123].
Warbler, hooded (Sylvania mitrata), song of, [129].
Warbler, Kentucky (Geothlypis formosa), song of, [123].
Warbler, mourning (Geothlypis philadelphia), song of, [129].
Warbler, reed, notes of, [116].
Warbler, willow, or willow-wren, song of, [129], [136], [137];
nest and eggs of, [66], [137], [189], [190].
Warbler, yellow. See [Yellowbird], summer.
Water-lily. See [Pond-lily].
Water-plantain, [168].
Water-thrush, large-billed or Louisiana, or water wagtail (Seiurus motacilla), [124];
song of, [123-125], [129].
Waxwing, cedar. See [Cedar-bird].
Weasel, [19], [187].
Webster, Daniel, [231].
Weeds, in Great Britain and in America, [170], [171].
Westmoreland, [148-158].
Whale, [274].
Wheat-ear, [24], [156].
Whin. See [Furze].
White, Gilbert, [78], [85], [89], [119-122], [127], [137].
Whitethroat, song of, [86], [95], [105], [115], [123], [129], [137].
Wolf, [185], [186].
Wolmer Forest, [40], [107].
Woodbine, [38].
Woodcock, European, [186].
Wood-frog, [39].
Wood-lark, [87], [92], [140];
song of, [125], [127], [129].
Wood-pigeon, notes of, [86], [98].
Woodruff, [163].
Woods, of America, [38];
of England, [38-43];
in poetry, [42-44].
Wordsworth, William, [43];
quotations from, [110], [119], [151], [152], [157], [160], [165], [167];
the poet of those who love solitude, [147];
his house at Grasmere, [151];
his attitude toward nature, [151], [152];
his lonely heart, [157].
Wren, British house, or Jenny Wren, [66];
notes of, [18], [40], [86], [116], [121], [127], [129], [138];
nest of, [86], [189], [190].
Wren, European golden-crested. See [Kinglet, European golden-crested].
Wren, golden-crowned. See [Kinglet, golden-crowned].
Wren, house (Troglodytes aëdon), song of, [120], [121], [129].
Wren, long-billed marsh (Cistothorus palustris), song of, [120], [121].
Wren, willow. See [Warbler, willow].
Wren, winter (Troglodytes hiemalis), [121];
song of, [121], [128], [129], [144], [145].
Wrens, songs of, [121].
Wryneck, [189].
Yarrow, [17], [52].
Yellowbird, summer, or yellow warbler (Dendroica æstiva), song of, [120], [129].
Yellow-hammer, or yellow yite, notes of, [16], [18], [127], [129], [140], [143];
nest of, [65].
Yellow-throat, Maryland (Geothlypis trichas), song of, [118], [120], [129].

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