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INDEX 



Vocal Imitation, 156, 157, 161 

 Voice calls of Curlew, 263 



Wagtail, Pied, 86, 155 



— Yellow, 278 



Wanderings from land. Guille- 

 mots, 193 



Warbler, Garden, 223, 225, 230 



— Grasshopper, 39, 131, 139, 



155, 187, 244 



— Marsli, 39, 40, 52, 81, 132, 



140, 155, 156, 225 



— Keed, 49, 51, 68, 81, 132, 140, 



152, 153, 211, 225 



— Savi's, 139 



— Sedge, 25, 44, 152, 226, 244 



— Willow, 25, 47, 50, 51, 80,91, 



140, 187, 211, 232, 244, 273 



— Wood, 50, 51, 132, 221 

 Warfare between diflFerent 



species and its relation to 

 the territory, 215-58 

 Warning notes, 119 



— of danger, 269 

 Water Rail, 218 

 Wheatear, 25, 51 

 Whimbrel, 140 



Whinchat, 39, 50, 51, 81, 222, 

 232, 233, 234, 244 



Whitethroat, 25, 50, 68, 69, 124, 

 140, 182, 187, 189, 190, 213, 

 230, 244 



— Lesser, 230, 244 

 Wild Duck, 250 

 Will, the, to fight, 102 

 Willow- War bier, 25, 47, 50, 51, 



80. 91, 140, 187, 211, 232, 



244, 273 

 Winter assemblies, 262-63 

 Witherby, H. F., in British 



Birds, on the return to 



former breeding- ground, 



281 

 Wood-Owl, 156 

 Wood-Pigeon, 219 

 Wood-Warbler, 50, 51, 132, 221 

 Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted, 



237 



— Great Spotted, 237, 238 



— Green, 20, 71, 156, 208, 218, 



237 

 Wren, 244 



Yellow Bunting, 28, 30, 47, 64, 

 140, 159, 162, 183, 187, 188, 

 189, 235, 236, 286 



Young die in nest from ex- 

 posure, 184, 185 



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