Wake Robins, 5, 104; Painted, 41; Nodding, 163 Walden Farm, Notch Valley, 213, 214, 220 Walking, 3, 15, 75 Walking Fern, haunts, 4, 190, 191, 193, 198-200, 213, 228 Walloomsac River, Bennington (Vt.), 188, 202 Wall-Rue, Spleenwort Fern, 191, 192, 194 Wars, the French and Indian, 97 Washington (D. C.), 126 Washington Heights (N. Y. City), 158 Washoe Valley (Nevada), 165 Wash-Tub Brook, North Pownal (Vt.), 188, 190, 193 Water, pure drinking, 210, 214, 218, 219 Water-Cress, 162 Water Persicaria, 84 Weeping Rocks, or Gregor Rocks, 193 Welch Farm, Mount Œta, 139 Western Gateway of Hoosac Mountain, 13, 14 West Orange (N. J.), 231 Wentworth, Governor Benning, 198 West Peak, State Park, Meriden (Conn.), 129 West Rock, New Haven (Conn.), 4, 126, 129, 130, 158 Westville (Conn.), swamps of, 85, 125, 129, 130 Whale fossil discovered in Vermont, 204 Whig Tavern, North Adams (Mass.) (1838), 215 Whippoorwills, chorus of, 95, 96; baby, 96, 175, 176, 205; eggs and nest of, 175, 205; habits of, 175, 176 Whippoorwill’s-Shoes, 206. _See_ Moccasin-Flowers and _Cypripedium_ White Mountains (N. H.), 47, 214, 235 White Oaks, northern Berkshire (Mass.), region, 76, 121, 183, 197; road, 120, 183, 196, 197, 207; chapel, 196; origin of name, 197 Whittier, J. G., quoted, on poem, _Jack-in-the-Pulpit_, 160; _Mayflowers_, 24; _Mabel Martin_, 39; _Seeking of the Waterfall_, 15; _Storm on Lake Asquam_, 72 Whortleberry, 119 Whorts of the 16th century, 120 Wilbur, Jeremiah, farm of, Notch Valley, northern Berkshire, 216, 220; Thoreau’s ascent to Greylock through The Notch, 218 Wild Cat Express, Hoosac Valley, 120 Wild Hens, 174 Wildmont Cottage, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 232, 233 Wildwood or Tiger Lilies, 210 Williams, Orlando, Swamp, Orange Mountains (N. J.), 234 Williams College, Williamstown (Mass.), 76, 219; Thoreau’s admiration of the location of, 10; Baccalaureate Sunday, 70; students, 70, 196; sun-dial tablet, 228; Museum, relics in, 228; Library, 228. Williamstown, Berkshire County (Mass.), 121 Willow Dell, North Adams (Mass.), 215 Willow Family, 23 Wilsey Lot, White Oaks, 184 Wintergreens, 23 Witch Hollow, Gulf Road, Pownal (Vt.), 16, 23, 56, 98, 138, 139, 188, 206; orchids of, 108 Witt’s Ledge, North Adams (Mass.), 112 Wolf’s-Claw, 182 Wolfe, Dr., quoted, 222 Wood Betony, 165 Woodbine Family, 170 Woodbridge (Conn.), view of, 129 Woodchuck’s home, 177, 205 Woodmont (Conn.), 235 Woolly Moonshine, 237 Wormwood, 238 X Xenocrates prescribed “Penny-Royall,” 132 Y Yale, catnip for pussy, 132, 133 Yeomen of northern Berkshire (1777), 76 Yonkers (N. Y.), 157, 161 Z Zoar (Mass.), Eastern Portal of Hoosac Tunnel, 224 BOOKS FOR THE COUNTRY THE HOME LIFE OF WILD BIRDS