INDEX 



397 



Watt, quoted, 17 



Weasels, n, 12, 13, 53, 56, 63, 71, 118, 

 121, 124, 131, 157, 160, 164, 166, 

 176, 178, 181, 194, 206, 207, 208, 

 209, 225, 250, 284 

 Chinese, 58 

 dwarf, 210 



enemies of poultry, u, 13, 209 

 enemies of rodents, 12, 209-211 

 ermine, see Ermine 

 least, 209 

 Streator, 210 

 Washington, 210 

 Webber- Van Boss, quoted, 347 

 West, quoted, 130, 135, 191, 373 

 Wetmore, quoted, 18, 121, 205 

 Whalen, Frey, Veitch and Hickman, 



quoted, 77 



Whales and whaling, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 

 30, 31, 32, 33, 124, 136, 147, 239, 



342-345 

 blue, 30 

 bottlenose, 29 

 bowhead, 30, 31 

 finback, 29, 30 

 gray, 29 



humpback, 29, 30, 32 

 killer (orca), 118, 344 

 right, 30 

 sei, 29, 30 



sperm, 29, 30, 31, 32 

 spermaceti, 28 

 sperm oil, 26, 27, 32 

 sulphur bottom, 29 

 whalebone (baleen), 26, 27, 28, 29, 



30, 31, 33, 342 

 see also Ambergris, Candles, Bones, 



Sinews 



Wheeler, quoted, 341 

 Whiskers, 33 



White and Dove, quoted, 373 

 Whitehead, quoted, 267, 373 

 Wight, quoted, 130, 135, 190, 192, 268, 



269, 373 



Wildcats (bobcats), 24, 41, 43, 59, 65, 

 91, 92, 117, 120, 125, 135, 156, 

 181, 233-235, 250, 297 

 Bailey bobcat, 234 



barred bobcat, 234 

 Texas bobcat, 234 

 see also bobcats 

 Wildebeest, 329 

 Williams, quoted, 26, 332, 373 

 Wilson, quoted, 191, 192, 373 

 Winecoff, quoted, 210, 373 

 Wisent, see Bison 

 Wislocki, quoted, 92, 373 

 Wolverene, 19, 61, 116, 118, 119, 176, 



206, 207 



Wolves, n, 13, 16, 19, 41, 42, 52, 56, 

 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 71, 91, 92, 97, 

 102, 104, 115, 117, 118, 156, 161, 



174, 178, 179, 200, 219, 220, 223, 



226,250,297,312,331 



black Japanese, 52 

 Wombat, 54, 58, 64, 188, 189 

 Wood, quoted, 100, 198, 373 

 Woodchucks, 24, 41, 100, 133, 162-163, 

 178, 265 



see also Marmots 

 Wool, 25, 26, 33, 67, 330-331 



alpaca, 4, 26, 309 



llama, 4, 26, 309 



mohair, 25, 26, 332 



vicunia, 26, 309 



see also hair 



Worms eaten by mammals, 135, 187, 

 189, 190, 191, 192, 194, 195, 196, 

 216 



intestinal worms, 216, 245 

 Wright, quoted, 91, 136, 300, 373 

 Wyman, quoted, 295, 373 



Xenarthra, 339 



Yeatman and Steinberger, quoted, 303, 



373 



Yak, 82, 329 

 Young, quoted, 223, 234, 373 



Zalophus calif ornicus, 243 

 Zapodidae, 294 

 Zapus campestris, 294 



hudsonius, 294 



Zebras, 80, 93, 117, 142, 335, 337-338 

 Zeitz, quoted, 341 



