showers of laurel pollen; curious construction of flower, 124;
singular greeting to the bee, 126;
remarkable interior arrangement of the Andromeda, 128;
hidden anthers of the blue-flag, 129;
intercommunication and reciprocity, 135.
Wild geranium (G. sylvaticum), 112.
Wild volapük, 4.
Wilson, cow-bird's eggs, 33.
Wind as a fertilizing agent, 154.
White, Gilbert, cuckoo's eggs, 32;
rich localities, 58.
Wood, Alphonso:
-On tubercles, 203;
on embarrassed bees, 235.
Woodchucks, 5.
Wren-wasp (Odynerus flavipes):
-A cumbersome prize, 10;
selecting a home; way stations; a second instalment, 11;
very familiar, 12;
a well-stocked home, 13;
impotent anæsthetic, 14;
manner of catching her prey; a hypodermic injection, 15;
food on storage; closing the cell after depositing egg, 16;
living food; preference for ready-made houses; resemblance to
the yellow-jacket, 17.
Zenarchus, concerning the cicada, 96.
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