Wagtail Family, ~2~, 46, 199. Warbler, Black and White, ~1~, 121; portrait, ~1~, 120. Warbler, Yellow, ~1~, 50; ~2~, 50. Warbler Family, ~2~, 49, 200. Warblers, ~1~, 62, 97. Water, birds in, ~1~, 94; for drinking and bathing, 133, 134. Water-Thrush, ~2~, 52. Water-Thrush, Louisiana, ~2~, 52. Waxwing, Cedar. _See_ Cedar-bird. Waxwing Family, ~2~, 63, 200. Whip-poor-will, ~1~, 107, 121; ~2~, 155. Whip-poor-will, Nuttall's, ~2~, 157. Wings, ~1~, 109-112. Winter, birds in, ~1~, 66-69. Woodcock, beak of, ~1~, 96; whistling sound of wings, 111. Woodpecker, Californian, ~2~, 167. Woodpecker, Downy, ~1~, 50; ~2~, 169; portrait, ~2~, 166. Woodpecker, Golden-winged. _See_ Flicker. Woodpecker, Red-headed, ~1~, 85; ~2~, 165. Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied, ~1~, 85. Woodpecker Family, ~2~, 160, 203. Woodpeckers, ~1~, 18, 21; teaching young to feed itself, 35, 36; food of, 50; storing food, 54, 55; sleeping, 59, 85, 86; beaks of, 95; tongues of, 98, 103; feet of, 106; tails of, 113; ~2~, 19. Wren, House, ~1~, 81, 82; ~2~, 31; portrait, ~1~, 80. Wren, Western House, ~2~, 31. Wrens, ~2~, 30, 199. Wren-Tits, ~2~, 198. Young birds, hatching of, ~1~, 13-15; feeding of, 16-20; first plumage of, 21-23; learning to fly, 29-34, 37-39; the mother's anxiety about, 30-32; learning to feed themselves, 34-36, 39; learning to sing, 36; after leaving the nest, 70-73. The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETTS U . S . A * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Obvious punctuation errors repaired. Book 2: Page 173, "halycon" changed to "halcyon" (called halcyon days) Page 212, book number was added to Woodcock. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Children's Book of Birds, by Olive Thorne Miller
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