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Index 



Willet \_symphemia semipalmata\ 



421. 

 Willet, western, 424. 

 Wilson's phalarope \_steganopus iri- 



color'\ 327. 

 Wilson's plover \_csgialiiis zvHsotiia'] 



An- 



Wilson's snipe \_gallinago delicata\ — 



Characteristics and habits, 342- 

 346. 



Pacific coast, 557. 



Popularity, 314, 343. 



Shooting, wading the marshes, 

 312. 

 Woodcock \_scolopacidcf\ — 



American, 340. 



Diagnosis of family, 573. 



European, 338. 



Wood-duck \_aix sponsa'\ 113, 



Contest with merganser for nest, 



198. 

 Mississippi tributaries, 514. 



Yellowlegs — 

 Gray, 410. 

 Greater, 407. 

 Lesser, 412. 



Shooting, wading the marshes, 

 312. 

 Yellow rail \_porzana 7ioveboracensis'\ 



288. 

 Yellowstone Park, protection to 



water-fowl, 4, 69. 

 Yuma, trip to mouth of Colorado 

 River, 558, 560. 



F. C. 



