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Index 



Waxwings, cedar, 70; winter 



feeding of, 164 

 Weasel, method of hungry 



birds, 25 ; white, 26 

 Weed, Clarence Moores, 101, 



113 



Weeds, destruction of, 82 



West Indies, 52 



Wheat, 140 



Whippoor wills, 103, 117 



Whites, ignorant, 261 



Whitman, Professor C. O., 51 



Wild birds, entertainment in 

 winter, 127; friendliness of, 

 127; providing for needs of, 

 125; winter feeding of, 127; 

 winter foods of, 129 



Wild cats, enemies of birds, 2 1 



Wilson, Alexander, 46 



Window boxes, 142, 148 



Window-sill, 5 



Winter, lack of food, 15 



Wisconsin, 91, 102 



Wolverines, harm done by, 27 



Wolves, enemies of birds, 2 1 



Woodcrafters Bird Club of Cul- 

 ver, Ind., 274 



Woodpeckers, 16, 66; destroyers 

 of insects, 101 ; downy, 5, 138, 

 144, 160; nesting box of, 199, 

 214; value of, 102; hairy, 138, 

 144; nesting box of, 199, 214; 

 food of, 102; flicker, 138; 

 pileated, 212; red-bellied, 138, 

 145; red-headed, 199, 209; 

 species, 101; three-toed, 213; 

 value of, 1 01 



Woods Hole, Mass., 51 



Worms, mealworms, raising of, 

 164, 165 



Wrens, homes for, 195, 199; 

 value of, no; winter, 144; 

 work of, no 



Wright, Mabel Osgood, 74 



Wyncote (Pa.) Bird Club, 274 



Young, destruction 

 robins, 33 



of, 25; 



