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Index 



Waxwings, cedar, 70; winter 

 feeding of, 164 



Weasel, method of hungry- 

 birds, 25; white, 26 



Weed, Clarence Moores, loi, 

 113 



Weeds, destruction of, 82 



West Indies, 52 



Wheat, 140 



WhippoorwiUs, 103, 117 



Whites, ignorant, 261 



Whitman, Professor C. O., 51 



Wild birds, entertainment in 

 winter, 127; friendliness of, 

 127; providing for needs of, 

 125; winter feeding of, 127; 

 winter foods of, 129 



Wild cats, enemies of birds, 21 



Wilson, Alexander, 46 



Window boxes, 142, 148 



Window-sill, 5 



Winter, lack of food, 15 



Wisconsin, 91, 102 



Wolverines, harm done by, 27 



Wolves, enemies of birds, 21 



Woodcrafters Bird Club of Cul- 

 ver, Ind., 274 



Woodpeckers, 16, 66; destroyers 

 of insects, loi ; downy, 5, 138, 

 144, 160; nesting box of, 199, 

 214; value of, 102; hairy, 138, 

 144; nesting box of, 199, 214; 

 food of, 102; flicker, 138; 

 pileated, 212; red-bellied, 138, 

 145; red-headed, 199, 209; 

 species, loi; three-toed, 213; 

 value of, loi 



Woods Hole, Mass., 51 



Worms, mealworms, raising of, 

 164, 165 



Wrens, homes for, 195, 199; 

 value of, no; winter, 144; 

 work of, no 



Wright, Mabel Osgood, 74 



Wyncote (Pa.) Bird Club, 274 



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Young, destruction of, 25; 

 robins, 33 



