59S 



Index 



Willet [symphemia semipalmata\ 

 421. 



Willet, western, 424. 



Wilson's phalarope \_steganopus tri- 

 color'} 327. 



Wilson's plover \_agialitis wilsonia\ 



477- 



Wilson's snipe [gallinago delicatd] 

 Characteristics and habits, 342- 



346. 



Pacific coast, 557. 

 Popularity, 314, 343. 

 Shooting, wading the marshes, 



312. 



Woodcock \_scolopacid(Z~\ 

 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 noveboracensis~\ 



288. 

 Yellowstone Park, protection to 



water-fowl, 4, 69. 

 Yuma, trip to mouth of Colorado 

 River, 558, 560. 



F.C. 



