INDEX. 



553 



Wild-fowl shooting, paraphernalia neces- 

 sary for, 306. 



use of liquor in, 306. 

 Willet, Scolopax semipalmata, 299. 



semipalmated snipe, or stone-curlew. 

 299. 



habits and haunts, 299. 



not known in England, 300. 



period and place of incubation, 300. 



their food, 300. 



character of their flesh, 300. 



description, 301. 



affection for each other, 301. 

 Willow grouse, 21 0. 

 Wilson's anecdote of ruffed grouse, 192. 



snipe, Scolopax Wilsonii, 240. 



plover, 297. 

 Wing, bastard, description of, 26. 



lesser coverts of the, 26. 



greater coverts of the, 26. 



to stop the hemorrhage of, 520. 



to pinion or amputate a wounded, 521. 

 Wisconsin, abundance of gam* in, 112. 



venison in, 112. 



prairie-chickens in, 112. 



pheasants, partridges, and wild tur- 

 keys in, 112. 



immense shipment of game from, 112. 

 Wolves abundant in Iowa, 111. 



great numbers destroyed, 139. 

 Woodcock, terms applicable to, 33. 



startling flight of the, 100. 



cooking, 502. 

 Woodcock, Scolopax minor, 212. 



attractive to the sportsman, 213. 



nomenclature, 214. 



Woodcock, description, 214. 



compared with the English variety, 

 214. 



height, one species, 214. 



habits, migrations, 216. 



formation of the head, 216. 



imperfect vision, 216. 



feeding and food, 217. 



vulgar notion, 218. 



as seen in the aviary of St. Ilde- 

 phonso, 219. 



incubation, 220. 



singular manoeuvres, 221. 



carrying their young two broods, 221. 



proper time for shooting, 222. 



game-laws on the subject, 223. 



ingenuity to conceal their young, 226. 



resorts of, 228. 



foolish ambition of killing, 229. 



disappearance of, 231. 



flight of, 233. 



fire-hunting, description of, 233. 



nets and snares to take, 235. 



dogs for shooting, 236. 



shooting in England, 237. 



bells used for hunting, 237. 

 Woodpecker, peculiar formation of the 

 rump feathers of, 26. 



Y. 



Yellow-shank snipe, Scolopaz flavipes, 304. 



Zizania aquatica, 268. 



