594 



GENERAL INDEX. 



U. 



Underwater Shambles, for snaring 

 the aquatic Birds, 368. 



V. 



Vaagmaer, the, its habits, 479. 

 Viliiugar, attacks of the, 318, 323. 

 Vind-har, attached to the Doca, 



3.54. 

 Von Wright (see AV right). 



W. 



Wad, the, an enormous drag-net, 

 575 ; destructive to the Herring 

 fishery of Sweden, lb. 



Waders, 270 ; various sjjecies of, in 

 SkargUrd, 335. 



Walrus, the, 444 et seq. ; its habitat 

 and natural habits, 444, 445 ; a 

 gregarious animal, 446 ; a sleeping 

 herd, 447 ; food of the, 448 ; its 

 fearlessness, 449, 450 ; encounters 

 with the, 450 ; maternal affection, 

 451 ; a Walrus-hunt, 452 ; in the 

 Arctic regions, 453 ; how har- 

 pooned, 4.54 ; dangerous sport, 

 455 ; a winter in Cherry Island, 

 450 ; value of the, 457. 



Water- fowl, plan of shooting, 360; 

 diving powers of, 362 (see Aquatic 

 Birds). 



Water-Eail, the, 270. 



Watten-Giller, for catching Seals, 

 425. 



Wax-wing, the, 244. 



Weever, the Great, 461 ; its habits, 

 ib. ; the spines of its dorsal fin 

 poisonous, 462; its bite often 

 fatal, ib. 



Wendians, their attack on Kongelf, 

 300 ; and capture, 305. 



Wermeland Finn Forests, 153 et n. 



Wettar, the, 279 ; an artificial decoy 

 for birds, 360. 



Whiff, the, 537. 



Whiting, the Common, 514 ; its 

 habits, 515, 516. 



Widgeon, the, 270. 



Wild Ducks, hatched by a cat, 342. 



Wild Fowl, varieties of, 270 ; 

 migratory birds, 271 ; Flapper- 

 shooting, 272 ; Duck-shooting, 

 27 2 etscq. ; modes of shooting, 275; 

 theduck-punt,276; thedivingdog, 

 277; maimed birds, 278; the 

 Wettar, 279 ; the Skjut-Ko, 280; 

 Johnny Crapaud in disguise, 281 ; 

 the Crinoline, 282 ; Reynard's 

 wiles, 283 ; the shooting-tub, 

 284 ; the Fogel-Ref, 285 ; the 

 Lintu-Lauta, ib. ; geese-hunts, 

 287 ; wandering geese, 288 ; the 

 Mallard trap, 289. 



Winga-Beacon, 292. 



Witchcraft, belief in, by the Swedish 

 fishermen, 573. 



Wolberg von Tungelfelts, epitaphs 

 to the memory of, 307, 308. 



Woodcock, the, 185 et seq. ; scarce 

 in Scandinavia, 187 ; varieties of 

 the, 188 ; its habits, 189 ; its 

 food, 190; mode of feeding, 191 ; 

 the call-note, 192; incubation, 

 193; carrying her young, 194; 

 maternal affection, 195 ; anecdote, 

 196 ; migration, 197 ; always 

 nocturnal, 199 ; with the wind, 

 200 ; cause of migration, 201 ; 

 traps and snares for catching, 

 203 ; in Scania, 209 ; in Zealand, 

 210 ; near Hoganiis, 211 ; on the 

 west coast, 212 ; in the Morea, 

 213. 



Wrasses, the, 494-499 ; the Eallan, 

 494 ; the Blue-striped, 495 ; the 

 Gilt-head, 496 ; pairing of the, 

 497 ; Jago's Gold Sinuy, 498 ; 

 the Small-mouthed, ib. ; the Rain- 

 bow, 499. 



Wright, M. AVilhelm von, a first- 

 class naturalist, 20 d n. : 114. 



