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GENERAL 1NDKX. 



U. 



UNDERWATKK Shambles, for snaring 

 the aquatic Bird*, 3G8. 



V. 



VAAGMAEK, the, its habits, 479. 

 Vikiugar, attacks of the, 318, 323. 

 Vind-har, attached to the Dona, 



254. 

 Vou Wright (see Wright). 



W. 



WAD, the, an enormous drag-net, 

 575 ; destructive to the Herring 

 fishery of Sweden, ib. 

 Waders, 270 ; various species of, in 



Skargard, 335. 



Walrus, the, 444 et seq. ; its habitat 

 and natural habits 444, 445 ; a 

 gregarious animal, 44G ; a sleeping 

 herd, 447 ; food of the, 448 ; its 

 fearlessness, 449, 450 ; encounters 

 with the, 450 ; maternal ufl'ectiou, 

 451 ; aWalrushunt. 4-">2 ; iu the 

 Arctic regions, 453 ; how har- 

 pooned, 404 ; dangerous sport, 

 455 ; a winter iu Cherry Island, 

 450 ; value of the, 4."i7. 

 Water-fowl, plan of shooting, 3GO; 

 diving powers of, 362 (see Aqiuitic 

 Birds). 



Water-Rail, the, 270. 

 Watteu-Giller, for catching Seals, 



425. 



Wax -wing, the, 244. 

 Weever, the Great, 4G1 ; its habits, 

 ib. ; the spines of its dorsal tin 

 l*oisouous, 462 ; its bite often 

 fatal, ib. 

 Wriidians, their attack on Kongelt, 



300 ; and capture, 30-".. 

 \\Vrmeland Finn Forests. 153 et n. 

 Wet tar, the, 279 ; an artificial decoy 



Whilf, the, 5:!7. 



Whiting, the Common, 514; iu 



habits, 515, 516. 

 Widgeon, the, 2 70. 

 Wild Ducks, hatched by a cat, 342. 

 Wild Fowl, varieties of, 270; 

 migratory birds, 271 ; Flap) .i-r 

 shooting, 272 ; Duck-shooting, 

 27'2et#eq. ; modes of shootim,', 27 ~> ; 

 theduck-puut,276 ; the divingdog, 

 277; maimed birds, 278; the 

 Wettar, 27'J ; the Skjut-Ko, 

 Johnny Crapaud iu disguise, 281 ; 

 the Crinoline, 282 ; Keynard's 

 wiles, 283 ; the shooting-tub, 

 2SI; the Fogel-Ref, 285; the 

 Lintu-Lauta, ib. j geese hunts, 

 287; wandering gecM-, 2^- ; the 

 Mallard trap, 289. 

 Wiiiga-Keaeon, 2'.'2. 

 Witchcraft, belief in, by the Swedish 



fishermen, 573. 

 Wolberg von Tuugelfelts, epitaphs 



to the memory of, 307, 308. 

 Woodcock, the, 185 tt nt<j. ; scarce 

 in Scandinavia, 187; varieties of 

 the, 188; its habits, is'j; its 

 food, 190; mode of feeding, 191 ; 

 the call-note, 192; incubation, 

 193; carrying her young, l!l ; 

 maternal affection, 195 ; anecdote, 

 I'.iii migration, 197; always 

 nocturnal, 199 ; with the wind, 

 200; cause of migration, 201 ; 

 traps and snares for catching, 

 203 ; iu Scania, 209 ; in Zealand, 

 210; near HogauiiK, 211 ; on the 

 w.'st coast, 212; in the Moreu, 

 2 1 3. 



Wnis-,-s, th.-. I'.' I I 1 .'" : '!" 



111 I ; the I'.lui'-striped, 1'.'.". ; the 

 CSilt-hrad, I'."'- : J-airing of the, 

 41'7 ; .la.^.'s d.lii Sinny, 498 ; 

 the Small-mouthed, //-. ; the K.un- 

 bow, IU 1 .'. 



Wright. \i. Wilhelm von, a iii.-l- 

 class naturalist, l'i> ' ;t. ; 11 1. 



