INDEX 



hare in the snow, 179; and the 

 Goodwins, 180-1 ; death and 

 mystery of, 182-5 



Winter's Tale, The, 224 



Wood, Mr., Master of the Cormo- 

 rants to Charles I., 170 



Woodchats, the, 158 



Woodcock : arrival of, 68 ; migra- 

 tion of, 69, 76-8 ; and lighthouse, 

 70 ; some good bags of, 70-2 ; 

 in the great frost of 1881, 71 ; Sir 

 Ralph Payne-Gallwey and, 71 ; 

 cheapness of, 72 ; difficulties of 

 shooting, 73 ; food and digestion 

 of, 73 ; weight of, 74 ; resorts 

 of, on east coast, 74 ; shooting in 



Mediterranean, 75 ; breeding of, 

 75-6 ; in Denmark, 76-8 ; re- 

 ported occurrence in South Africa, 

 78 ; range of, 78 



Wooton Wawen, 206, 218 



Wren, Mr. C., 206-7; Sir Christo- 

 pher, 207 



Wrightson, Mr., 128 



Yarrell, Mr., and quails, 104 

 Yea, Mr. , and woodcock-shooting, 



72 



Yellow-hammers, 298 

 Yenesei River, 318 



Zulus, Natal, and quail, 108 



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