Ward, Lester F., his _Pure Sociology_, 112. Wasps, solitary, ways of, 116-118; instinct in, 158, 159; intelligence of, 164. Wasps, stinging instinct in stingless, 169, 170. Waxwing, cedar. _See_ Cedar-bird. Weasel, rescuing young, 24. White, Gilbert, on the swallow's nest-building, 167, 168, 203; his account of his old tortoise, 207. Whitman, Walt, quoted, 206. Wolf, prairie. _See_ Coyote. Wolves, 66. Wood-borers, 49, 50. Woodchuck, 72. Woodcock (_Philohela minor_), song and song flight of, 42, 43. Woodpecker, downy (_Dryobates pubescens medianus_), dispossessed by flying-squirrels, 20; trying to evict a hairy woodpecker, 21. Woodpecker, hairy (_Dryobates villosus_), and downy woodpecker, 21. Woodpecker, yellow-bellied, or yellow-bellied sapsucker (_Sphyrapicus varius_), 91. Wren, European, nest of, 138, 139. Wren, house (_Troglodytes aëdon_), nesting-materials of, 19; young of, 162; handling twigs, 166. Young, Egerton, his _My Dogs of the Northland_, 194. Books by John Burroughs WORKS. 18 vols., uniform, 16mo, with frontispiece, gilt top. WAKE-ROBIN. WINTER SUNSHINE. LOCUSTS AND WILD HONEY. FRESH FIELDS. INDOOR STUDIES. BIRDS AND POETS, with Other Papers. PEPACTON, and Other Sketches. SIGNS AND SEASONS. RIVERBY. WHITMAN: A STUDY. THE LIGHT OF DAY. LITERARY VALUES. FAR AND NEAR. WAYS OF NATURE. LEAF AND TENDRIL. TIME AND CHANGE. THE SUMMIT OF THE YEARS. THE BREATH OF LIFE. THE BREATH OF LIFE. _Riverside Edition._ THE SUMMIT OF THE YEARS. _Riverside Edition._ TIME AND CHANGE. _Riverside Edition._ LEAF AND TENDRIL. _Riverside Edition._ WAYS OF NATURE. _Riverside Edition._ FAR AND NEAR. _Riverside Edition._ LITERARY VALUES. _Riverside Edition._ THE LIGHT OF DAY. _Riverside Edition._ WHITMAN: A Study. _Riverside Edition._ A YEAR IN THE FIELDS. Selections appropriate to each season of the year, from the writings of John Burroughs. Illustrated from Photographs by CLIFTON JOHNSON. IN THE CATSKILLS. Illustrated from Photographs by CLIFTON JOHNSON. CAMPING AND TRAMPING WITH ROOSEVELT. Illustrated from Photographs. BIRD AND BOUGH. Poems. WINTER SUNSHINE. _Cambridge Classics Series._ WAKE-ROBIN. _Riverside Aldine Series._ SQUIRRELS AND OTHER FUR-BEARERS. Illustrated. BIRD STORIES FROM BURROUGHS. Illustrated. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Ways of Nature, by John Burroughs