vulture, black Coragyps alratus. 298 

 vulture, New World, Cathartldae (birds), 272 

 vulture, turkey, Cathartes aura. 297-298 



walklngstick, Phasmidae (Insect), Fig. 9-9, 107, 135, 



192-194 

 wallaby, banded, Lagostrophtis (mammal), Table 25-1 

 wallaby, hare, Lagorchestes. Table 25-1 

 walnut, Juglans (tree), 282 

 walnut, black, Jiiglans nigra, 113-114 

 walrus, Odobenus rosnia^MS (mammal), 319 

 wapiti, Ceruits canadensis (mAmmSii), Fig. 23-2, 127- 



128, 158, Table 9-4, Table 9-5, 187, 297-298, 300, 



297, 309, 321, 322 

 warbler, Audubon's, Dendroica auduboni (bird), Fig. 



23-2, 307, 308 

 warbler, bay-breasted, Dendroica castanea. 221-222, 



253, Table 23-1 

 warbler, black and white, Mniotilta varia. 248, 303-305, 



Table 8-6, Table 23-1 

 warbler, blackburnian, Dendroica fusca. 110, 248, 303- 



305, Table 23-1, 305 

 warbler, blackpoU, Dendroica striata. 306 

 warbler, black-throated blue, Dendroica caerulescens. 



248, 303-305, Table 23-1, 305 

 warbler, black-throated, gray, Dendroica nigrescens, 



311-312 

 warbler, black-throated green, Dendroica virens, 110, 



248, 250, 303-305, Table 23-1, 305 

 warbler, Canada, Wilsonia canadensis, 248, 303-305, 



Table 23-1 

 warbler, Cape May, Dendroica tigrina, 253, Table 23-1 

 warbler, cerulean, Dendroica cerulea, 296 

 warbler, chestnut-sided, Dendroica pennsylvanica. 154, 



248, Table 23-1 

 warbler, hermit, Dendroica occidentalis, 307 

 warbler, hooded, Wilsoyiia citrina. 298, Table 8-6 

 warbler, Kentucky, Oporomis formosus. Table 8-6 

 warbler, Lucy's, Vermivora luciae, 335-336 

 Warbler, MacGillivray's, Oporomis tolmiei, 312 

 warbler, magnolia, Dendroici magnolia, 248, 250, 253, 



Table 23-1 

 warbler, mourning, Oporomis Philadelphia, Table 23-1 

 warbler, myrtle, Dendroica coronata. Fig. 12-5, 110, 



308, Table 23-1 

 warbler, Nashville, Vermivora ruficapilla, 248, 302- 



303, Table 23-1 

 warbler, olive, Peucedramus taeniatus, 311-312 

 warbler, orange -crowned, Vermivora celata, 307,312 

 warbler, palm, Dendroica palmarum. 306 

 warbler, parula, Parula americana. 298, Table 23-1 

 warbler, pine, Dendroica pinns, 115, 298, Table 8-6 

 warbler, prairie, Dendroica discolor, 109-110, 298, 



Table 8-6 

 warbler, prothonotary, Protonotaria citrea, 298, Table 



7-4 

 warbler, Swainson's, Limnothlypis swainsonii, 298 

 warbler, Tennessee, Vermivora peregrina, 253, Table 



23-1 

 warbler, Townsend's, Dendroica townsendi, 307 



warbler, Virginia's, Vermivora virginiae, 313 

 warbler, Wilson's, Wilsonia pusilla, 302-303, 306 

 warbler, wood, Parulldae (birds), 272, 299, 303, 307 

 warbler, yellow, Dendroica petechia, 297-298, 298, 



Table 7-4 

 warbler, yellow-throated, Dendroica dominica. 115, 298, 



Table 8-6 

 wart-hog, Phacochverus aethiopicus, 344 

 wasp, Hymenoptera (insects), 124, 164, Table 9-7, 174, 



179, 194, 240, 251 

 wasp, black digger, Tiphia, Fig. 12-3 

 wasp, digger, Bembex spinolae. Microbembex mono- 



donta, Fig. 8-9 

 wasp, gall, Cynipidae, 180, 196 

 wasp, gall, Biurhiza eburnea. Fig. 19-4 

 wasp, Indian mason, Eumenes conica, 15-16 

 waterfowl, Anatidae (birds), 181, 229 

 water-hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes. 79-81, 172 

 water-lily {see Nymphaea) 

 water penny (see beetle, riffle) 



waterthrush, Louisiana (bird), Seiurus motacilla, 248 

 waterthrush, northern, Seiurus noveboracensis, 248, 



Table 7-4, 306 

 waterweed, Elodea (plant), 79-81 

 waxwing, Bohemian, Bomby cilia garrula (bird), 306 

 waxwing, cedar, Bombvcilla cedrorum, 297-298 

 weasel, Mustela. Table 9-4, 299, 319 

 weasel, least, Mustela rixosa, 240, 303 

 weasel, long-tailed, Mustela frernta, 297-298, 326 

 weasel, mountain, Mustela arizonensis, 307 

 weevil, azuki bean, Callosobruchus chinensis (insect), 



240 

 weevil, cocklebur, Apion pennsylvanicum, 114 

 weevil, grain, Calandra granaria. Table 16-3, 224 

 weevil, rice, Calandra oryzae. Table 15-7, 217 

 whale, Cetacea (mammal), 188, 215, 319, 353, 371-372 

 whale, baleen, Mysticeti, 191, 357, 361 

 whale, blue, Balaenoptera musculus, 370 

 whale, fin, Balaenoptera physalus. 370 

 whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus (shorebird), 318 

 whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus vociferus (bird), 296 

 white-cedar, northern. Thuja occidentalis (tree), 92, 105, 



Table 7-6, 302 

 whitefish, lake, Coregonus clupeaformis , 64, 74-75 

 whitefly, greenhouse, Trialeurodes vaporariorium , 227 

 wildcat, Felis sylvestris (mammal), 299 

 wildebeest, Comiochaetes (mammal), 344 

 wildebeest, black, Connochaetes gnou (mammal). Fig. 



27-3, Table 25-1 

 wildebeest, blue, Gorgon taurinus. Fig. 27-3, Table 



25-1 

 willow, Salix (tree), 79-81, 92, 105, 112, 113, 121, 179, 



282, 297 

 willow, black, Salix nigra, 113 

 willow, sandbar, Salix interior, 113 

 witch-hazel, Hamamelis virginiana (shrub), 282 

 wolf, gray, Canis lupus (mammal), 128-129, Table 9-4, 



Table 25-1, 175, 195-196, 215, 226, 297-298, 299, 



300, 302-303, 307, 318, 319-320, 322 

 wolf, red, Chrysocyon, Table 25-1 



wolf, Tasmanian, Thylacinus cynocephalus. Table 25-1 

 wolverine, Gulo luscus (mammal), 303, 307, 318 

 wombat, Phaecolomys (marsupial mammal). Table 25-1 



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