468 Index 
Vegas or Plains, 123-128, 130, 132 
Verner, Colonel William J., cage birds, Nightingales and Blackcaps, 9; a keen Falconer, 
10; Hawks and Falcons, 10; Merlins and Crested Larks, 10-11 ; breeder of hybrids, 
11; early lessons in birdsnesting, I1-13 
Vertigo, author's remedy, 49-50 
Vipera latasti, 95, see Snakes 
Viper, 95 
Viperine Grass Snake, 95 
Vision of birds, relative quickness of, 105 
Vultur monachus, 210, see Black Vulture 
Vulture, Bearded, 407, see Bearded Vulture 
33 Black, 210, see Black Vulture 
rf Egyptian (or Neophron), 372, see Egyptian Vulture 
3 Griffon, 387, see Griffon Vulture 
WAGTAILS, 130 
Warblers, 157-158 
Water-colour sketching and birdsnesting, 14, 39-41, 47, 318, 336, 338 
Water-tortoise, 268 
Weaver-bird, Black-and-red, 18 
Western Orphean Warbler, 158 
Western Rufous Warbler, 158 
Wheatear, Black, 289, see Black Wheatear 
Whiskered Tern, 99, 112 
Whistle signals, 85-86 
White, Rev. Gilbert, of Selborne, 252, 312 
White, Rev. John, 252, 312 
White-shouldered Eagle, 147, 185, 196-209, 216, 257 ; plumage of, 197-8, 199; nest of, 199; 
length of, 199; weight of, 199 ; eggs of, 203 ; favourite food of, 206 
White storks, 94, 128, 109 
Wigeon, 102, 206, 325 
Wilczek, Count Hans, 89 
“Wild” Camels in Spain, 15 
Wild Duck, 95 
,, Birds, study of, 23 
» Cat, 239 
5, Goose, 104, 147, 187 
“Wild Spain,” 21 
Willow Warbler, 157 
Wolley, John, on Cranes, 117, 122 
Wolves, 304 
Woodchat Shrike, 159; eggs of, 159 
Woodpecker, Great Spotted, 157, 161 
Wood Warbler, 157 
Woods, Cork, 156-165, 181, 185, 186, 383 
YARRELL, William, on Osprey’s foot, 254 
ZOOLOGICAL Gardens, 286 
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