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United States, introduction of golden 

 pheasants in, 127 



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Vermin, on the destruction of, 300 ; 

 the carrion crow, 301 ; the rook, 

 303 ; the magpie, 304 ; the jack- 

 daw, 304 ; the jay, 304 ; the 

 sparrow-hawk, 305 ; the fox, 306 ; 

 the otter, 307 ; the badger, 308 ; 

 the beech marten, 308 ; the pole- 

 cat, 309; the stoat, 310; the 

 AV easel, 311 



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Wadding, 72 ; considered, 85 



Walkers, Parker and Co., London, 

 makers of mould shot, 88 



Walsingham, Lord, 128; pigeon- 

 shooting by, 1 74 ; biggest bag of 

 grouse obtained bv, 175 



Walsrode powder, 80 



Weasel, the, 311 



Wells marshes, geese-shooting on, 



195. 196 

 Westmoreland, black grouse in, 1 18 ; 



red-grouse-shooting in, 119 

 Whimbrel, the, 218 

 White-fronted goose, 188, 189 ; 



resorts of, 263 



White, Gilbert, of Selborne, 135 

 Whitworth, Sir Joseph, engineering 



firm of, 14 



Whooper swan, th .85, 186 

 Wigeon, the. 208 ; on shooting, 290 

 Wild Birds' Protection Act, 1880, 



I 5 I j J 53 5 i ts protection of wild- 

 duck, 203 

 Wild-duck, the common or mallard, 



202-206 

 Wild-fowl guns considered, 19-36. 



See "Guns" in Index 

 Wilson, Mr. R. Langford, on the 



weight of hares, 164 

 Wiltshire, downs of, haunt of the 



bustard, 108 ; landrail on the, 



148 ; quantity of hares on the, 



165 

 Woodcock, described, 150-155 ; on 



shooting of, 247-249 

 Wood-pigeons, 171-178 

 Wramplingham, 186 

 Wroxham Broad, Polish swans on, 



1 86 



Yarrell, on snipe, 156 



Yorkshire Wolds, home of the 

 bustard, 109 ; grouse-shooting on 

 moors of, 119; landrail to be 

 found on, 148 ; quantity of hares 

 on, 166 ; grey geese on, 192, 

 193 ; shooting of geese on, 264- 

 267 



Zoologist, The, 186 



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