494 



INDEX. 



Wild Fowl sliooting — continued. 



Colonel Hcawker's enthusiasm, 245 



no cliild's play, 245 



hardships, 245, 24G 



on the Chesapeake Bay, 246, 247, 

 248 

 Wild celery — 



food of the Canyass-Back, 255 

 AVilson — 



remarks on the delicacy of the Can- 

 vass-Back, 252, 253 



a spirited description of shooting 

 Canvass-Backs, 257 

 Winiwarter and Gersheim, of Vienna — 



their substitute for Percussion 

 Caps, 356 

 Wing — 



Bastard, 33 



description of, 34 



lesser coverts of the, 34 



greater coverts of the, 34 



to amputate the, 463 



to stop hemorrhage of the, 463 

 Woodcock, 155 



Scolopax Minor, 155 



Woodcock, 155 



Mud Snipe, 156 



Blind Snipe, 156 



Marsh Plover, 156 



Wood Hens, 157 



claims of, 155 



highly prized in England, 156 



nomenclature, 156, 157 



description of, 157 



compared -with the Ensclish variety, 

 157 



one species only, 158 



habits, 158 



very large, 158, 159 



formation of the head, 159 



a night Bird, 159, 160 



Woodcock — continued, 

 food, 160, 161 

 mode of feeding, 161, 162 

 bill of the, 162 

 voracity of, 162 

 inciibation, 163 

 conveying their young, 163 

 two broods, 163 



time for shooting, 164, 165, 166 

 conceal their young, 168 

 where to find, 168, 169 

 indiscriminate slaughter, 170, 171, 



172 



shooting, 



174 



Skinner's comments on 



171 

 disappearance of, ] 

 flight of, 174 

 Fire-hunting, 175, 176 

 nets and snares, 177 

 how hunted in Ireland, 177 

 Dogs for shooting, 177, 178, 179 

 Epitaph on a Cocker, 179 

 useful memoranda, 179, 180 

 terms applicable to, 41 



Woodpecker — 



importance of tail feathers in the, 

 34 



Wrench — 



nipple or pivot, 362, 363 



Yellow Shanks, 243 



Youatt — 



work on the Dog, 43 

 edited by the Author, 43 



Z 



Zizania Aquatica, 208 



THE END. 



