INDEX. 



XXXIX 



Wild Fowl and Wild-fowl shooting — 



paraphernalia necessary for, 2G0. 



use of liquor in, 260. 



present and future numbers of, 



on Chesapeake Bay, 305. 

 cooking, 476. 

 Wild celery, food of the Canvas-back, 270. 

 Wild Drake, (see Mallard.) 

 Willet — Scolopax semipahuata, 253. 



Semipahnated Snipe, or Stone 



Curlew, 253. 

 habits and haunts, 253. 

 not Ivuown in Eugland, 254. 

 period and place of incubation, 



254. 

 their food, 254. 

 character of their flesh, 254. 

 description, 255. 

 affection for each other, 255. 

 Willow Grouse, 164. 



Wilson's anecdote of Ruffed Grouse, 146. 

 Snipe, Scolopax Wilsonii, 194. 

 Plover, 251. 

 Winniwarter and Gersheim of Vienna — 

 their substitute for percussion 

 caps, 375. 

 Wing, bastai'd, description of, 34. 

 lesser coverts of the, 34. 

 greater coverts of the, 34. 

 to stop the hemorrhage of, 490. 

 to pinion or amputate a wounded, 

 491. 

 Wisconsin — 



abundance of game in, 64. 

 Venison in, 64. 

 Prairie Chickens in, 64. 

 Pheasants, Partridges, and Wild 



Turkeys in, 64. 

 immense shipment of game from, 

 64. 

 Wolves abundant in Iowa, 63. 



great numbers destroyed, 91. 

 Woodcock — 



terms applicable to, 41. 

 startling flight of the, 52. 

 cooking, 472. 

 Woodcock — Scolopax minor, 166. 



attractive to the sportsman, 167. 



Woodcock — continued. 



nomenclature, 168. 



description, 168. 



compared with the English variety, 

 168. 



height, one species, 168. 



habits, migrations, 170. 



formation of the head, 170. 



imperfect vision, 170. 



feeding and food, 171. 



vulgar notion, 172. 



as seen in the aviary of St. Ilde- 

 phonso, 173. 



incubation, 174. 



singular manoeuvres, 175. 



carrying their young — two broods, 

 175. 



proper time for shooting, 176. 



game-laws on the subject, 177. 



ingenuity to conceal their young, 

 180. 



resorts of, 182. 



foolish ambition of killing, 183. 



disappearance of, 185. 



flight of, 187. 



fire-huutiiig, description of, 187. 



nets and snares to take, 189. 



dogs for shooting, 190. 



shooting in England, 191. 



bells used for hunting, 191. 

 Woodpecker — 



peculiar formation of the rump- 

 feathers of, 34. 

 Wrench, nijDple or pivot, 383. 



description and best kind, 383, 



Yellow-Shanks Snipe — 



Scolopax flavipes, 258. 

 Youatt's work on the Dog, 43. 



great celebrity as a writer, 44. 



work beautifully illustrated, 44. 



edited by the author, 44. 



ZlZANIA AQUATICA, 222. 



