INDEX 



915 



Uuh 36. 54 

 Uttal. L. 48. 748 



Vaccinium 202, 224, 849 



Vaccinium pennsylvanicum 202 



Valcour Island (N.Y.) :[45. 346. 317. 350. 552 



value of grouse (see economic importance; market f»rire( 



Vancouver (Wash.) 47 



Vancouver Islan.l (Br. Cr.l.) 17. 48. 50. 51. 254 



Van Cleve. H. 2.''.3 



Van Ness, V. 15 



variance, analysis of (see biometrical analysis) 



Vermont 12, 23. 31. 104. 561, 563, .565. 566 



Vermont Fish anil Came Commission 23 



vertebral column (see anatomy) 



viability of eggs (see reproductive cajiaeity) 



viburnum 198, 204. 206. 209, 215. 218. 219. 220. 221. 231. 234. 



595 

 viburnum. maplc-I.ave.l 190. 203, 201, 215. 655 

 Viburnum 198. 199 

 Viburnum acerfolium 203, 204 

 Viburnum cassinnidfs 203, 204. 849 

 Viburnum drntalum 202. 203. 204, 819 

 Viburnum lentngo 819 

 Viburnum opulus 201, 203, 201 

 Violaccae 210 



violet 210. 218. 221, 222. 223. 224 

 Virginia 22. 24. 31. 51. 183. 220. 221. 123 

 Virginia creeper 208. 655. 662, 883 

 Virginia Polyteclinic Institute 31 

 virus, filterable 108 

 Vitaccae 206 

 vitamin (see also nulrilional cuiiteiil of fuml | 70 



importance in ilii-t 239 



effect of sunlight on 242 

 Vitis 198, 206 

 Vitis cordifoUa 818 

 Vitis vulpina 206 

 voice 98 



Vrecland. F. K. 274. 278 

 vulnerability 333, 534. 535. 552 

 Vulpes fulva 314. 332. 567 



Wainio, W. W. 202. 846. 817. 818. 819 



Wakefield {R.I.) 360 



Wakefield, S. W. .50 



Walcoll. F. C. xxxi. xxxvi. 22, 24. 27. 28. 32 



W'nidsleinia 198. 200 



walking, by grouse 252 



Warehani (Mass.) 18 



wariness 248. 260. 273. 390. 391. 674 



Warren. C. D. 78 



Warren County (N.Y.) 285 



Warren County (Pa.l K16 



Wiisliington 18. 19.30.31. 17. 18, 11)9 



Wasiiington. D.C. 8 



Washington (:.Miiit\ IK.l.) 8I.S. 817. 818. 849 



Washington Island ( \Vi(*. I 20 



Washinglon Sliiti- College 31. 33 



wasps 198. 212. 223, 776 



water (sec also precipitation; weather) 



as a cause of nesi mortality .527 



relation to grouse ilistrihution (local) 214. 245. 593 

 water requirenienls in diet 182. 243 



efTecl of deficiency 213 



sources 243 

 Watcrtown (N.Y.) 34 

 Wayne. A. T. 52 

 weasel (see also various species) 15. 323. 328. 329. 330. 335. 336. 



338, 339. 340. 311. 342, 344. 316, 350. 391. 552. 630. 667. 669. 



875 



us a predator of a<lult grouse 337. 348. 4.56. 876 



as a predator of grouse nests 307. 308. 



wcase!. Bonaparte .323, .333, 331, 3.37. .341. 



weasel. New York 323. 332. 334. 337. 311. 



weasel, sninll brown (see Bonaparte) 



weather .30, 299 



as a contributory influence in flurtualio 



16, 305. 576 

 as a direct decimating agent 299, 301 

 as an indirect influence 299. 302 

 cycles in .579 



effect on grouse food supply 231. 232 

 effect on hanil-raised grouse 459 

 influence on feeding periods 186. 297 

 methods of study 707 

 relation to carrying capacity 521 

 relation to cover types chosen 142, 147, 

 831 



.331. 317, 669. 711. 876 

 381, 382. 683. 875 

 381. 382. 683. 875 



in grouse abundance 



18, 19. 57 



50. 52 



relation to food composition 242 



relation to mortality 299, 301. 303. 304. 317, 321 

 535 



rektion to |.i.|.iilatii)n trends ( local I 300, 301, 

 544 



relatit>n to productivity 511. 513, 551, 552 



relatiim to slope use 164 

 Weed. C. M. 203. 206 

 weevil 212. 213. 224 

 weevil, black vine 101. 212 

 weevil, clover root 101 

 weevil, strawberry 101. 212. 213 

 Wehr. E. E. xxxvi. 418. 419. 424 

 weight (see also physiological studies) 37. 90 



age differences 91. 94 



critical zone 37. 95. 96 



danger zone 95. 96 



extremes 95 



factors affecting 37, 90 



loss during egg laying 361 



normal variation 91 



rif band-raised grouse 463 



regional differences 94 



relation to health 37. 95 



seasonal trend 91 



sex differences 91. 92 



significance 90 



yearly differences 91 

 Westchester Countv (N.Y.) 

 WcMfield (Mass.) ' 10 

 West Virginia 23 

 W.im..re. A. 1. 16. 18 

 Weimore. P. W. 436 

 wheat 210. 212 

 While. J. A. XXXV 

 While Mountains (N.H.) ,54 

 White Pine Mountains (Nev.) 

 Whitehead. F. E. 8. 196 

 whortleherrv 2.35 

 Wight, H. M. 266 

 willow 195, 201. 218 

 ^willow, pussy 201 

 willow family, as a source of grouse fi 

 Wilgu». H. S. 141 



Wilson. A. 6. 7. 194. 2.35. 259. 260. 292. 

 Wilson. K. 721 

 wind (see weather) 

 Wing. I.. W. 5,56. 562. 575 

 wing (oer anatomy I 

 winter shelter 1.53. 1.59. 616. 823 

 winierbrrry 210 



winterpreen 203. 218. 220. 225, 2.35 

 w ire-worm 213 

 Wisconsin 18. 20. .33. 53. I&3, 197. 208 



120. 423. 424. 524. 557. 560. 563, 566, 567. 568. 571, 575 

 Vt isconsin Conservation Dcparlment xxxvi. 5,57" 

 witch-hazel 190. 208. 222. 847 

 Miichhopple 231 

 withe-rod 203, 201. 2I.'i. 227, 849 

 w.ilf 308. .3.33. 578 

 W ....d. F. W. 22. 21 



Hoodchuck 333. .334. 310. 669, 670. 711. 875. 876 

 Moo.Jc.Kk 394. 6^3 

 Woodhaven (N.Y.) .5.58 

 woodlands (see also cover) 



design 620 



use by adults 152. 819, 821 



use by broods 140. 801 



use for nesting 128. 783 

 w(Mid. using industries, importance of 598 

 Woodruff. E. S. xxxi. 12, 13, 14. 15. 30. .568. 572. 571 

 Woodward. G. K. 719 

 Worcester (Mass.) 21. 375 

 Works Progress Administration xxxvi 

 wren. Carolina 420 

 Wright. T. 845. 817. 818, 849 

 Wyoming 50, 53, 671 



Yale School of Fore.*trv 31 

 Yapp. R. H. 512 

 Yeatter, R. E. 50 

 yew 191. 195, 222. 224 

 yolk sac 74, 76 

 York Factory (Man.) 52. 56 

 Yukon Terriiorv 47. 54. 235 

 Yukon valley 17. 48. 56 



18. .532. 

 I. 542. 



»d 201 



371. 389. 396 



212. 220. 221. 326, .375, 



118. 161. 305, 801. 810. 



Zea mays 845 



