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"VerdMont" isR. R. Minturn. 



" Veteran " is Byron Reed. 



Vibert, Philip, vii., 24, 373— Breeding of the "Wild Goose in Confine- 

 ment, xii., 8, 147— A word in favor of tlie English Sparrows. 



" Yon." vi., 13, 187— Snipe at West Meriden, Conn., April 17, 1876.' 



IV . vii., 7, 102— Gunners' notes from HallowcU, Me. 



W . X., 26, 503 — Blue Bird nesting in a railroad car. 



W , A. D. iv., 14, 230-^" Snipe Shooting Over " in Morris Co., N. J., 



May », 1875. 



Walker, J. H. ix., 23, 429— "A Fight for Life" between a Bald Eagle 

 and a Duck. 



Walsh, Wm. viii., 19, 307— Verdict against the English Sparrows. 



Wanmalier, E. S. ii., 12, 180— "Do Quail Withhold their Scent ?" They 

 do not unless frightened, when, by crouching down, they bind their 

 feathers closely together, iii., 4, 59 — " Inoperative Game Laws." 



W , C. vii., 13, 199 — Local name of the Colaptes auratus is "Clape." 



W , C. S. v., 19, 292 — Asks naturalists to give lists of birds that surely 



raise two broods in a season. 



Webster, Frederic S. iv., 6, 85 — Wilson's Snipe shot at Mechanicsville, 

 N. Y., Dec, 16, 1874, the thermometer at the time 8 degrees below 

 zero, vi., 24, 387 — Recording the capture of a specimen of the Wood 

 Ibis near Troy, N. Y. 



(Weir, D. B.) "Byrne." xii., 12, 226 — Common names of Fulica Ameri- 

 cana. 



West, J. E. iv., 11, 166 — "The Great American Eagle;" speaks of their 

 thievish propensities ; one flew away with a lamb. 



(Westeott, Chas. S.) " Homo." i., 21. 335— "Rail Shooting on the Dela- 

 ware ;" notes on the different species shot there, with a good descrip- 

 tion of a Rail shoot, i., 23,343 — Strange Ducks; describing speci 

 mens of hybrids, which Mr. J. H. Batty thinks are hybrids between 

 the male Mallard (^Anas boschas) and females of either the White- 

 fronted Goose (^riser aZ5(fr«/*s ^amif^j) or the Snow Goose {Anser 

 hyperboreun). i., 23, 365— An English Snipe {Oallinago wilsoni) 'killed 

 near Philadelphia, Christmas, 1873. i., 24, 371 — Autumn Woodcock 

 shooting in Pennsylvania ; describing a liunt. i., 24, 374— Speaks of 

 a hybrid between a tame Mallard and a Pullet, i., 25, 390— Do Quail 

 voluntarily retain their scent ? He thinks they cannot when moving, 

 but that when they are frightened their feathers keep same in, for 

 they then crouch into the smallest possible space, ii., 2, 22 — In- 

 stances of albinism, ii., 3, 32— Concerning Quail withholding their 

 scent, ii., 5, 70— Have we a Quail or Partridge among us? Discuss- 

 ing the common name of Ortyx virginianus. Favoring Quail as the 

 term to be used, ii., 6, 86— "The Summer Moult of Woodcock" 

 occurs in August, when they take to the cornfields, ii., 6, 89— "The 

 Stocking of our Eastern Barrens with Pinnated Grouse;" strongly 

 advocating stocking the barren tracts in New Jersey and Long Island, 

 where this bird was formerly abundant, ii., 7, 103—" The Luminous 

 Breast of the Night Waders ;" stating that he has proved the possess- 

 ion of the luminious quality in the American Bittern and the Least 

 Bittern, ii., 10, 149— " The Stocking of our Eastern Barrens with 

 Pinnated Grouse." They have been successfully raised in Worcester 

 County, Md., and he sees no reason why it cannot be done in New 

 Jersey, ii., 15, 335— Letter against allowing midsummer Woodcock 

 shooting, especially this year (1874), as the spring was so backward 

 first layings were destroyed and the young birds will not be half gi-ovvn. 

 iii., 7, 99— Ruffc^i Grouse and Ruffed Grouse Shooting ; a sportsman's 

 account, iii., 7, 107— Gunning notes from the Delaware, iii., 8,110- 



