INDEX 



207 



Veemin, 22, 50; use of word in 

 America, 71, 72, 73, 74; im- 

 possible to exterminate in 

 England, 75, 76, 77; benefi- 

 cial, 78; 79 to 96; 108, 145, 

 149 



Von Lengerke & Detmold, 82 



Wadeks, 7; protection of, 8; 

 145 to 155 



Wapato, 10, 27, 43 



Ware, E. H., quoted, 118 



Waste places, 7 



Water, 24 



Water cress, 47 



Weasels, 90 



Wenz & Mackensen, 33 



Whealton, 11; quoted, 46; 

 geese, 133, 136, 137 



Whealton, wild water fowl 

 farms, 33 



White, R. B., 40 



Widgeon, England, 10; Ameri- 

 can, 171 



Widgeon grass, 45 



Willows, 29, 30 



Wild breeding, 38, 134 



Wild celery, 10, 27, 41 



Wild ducks, 9; paradise, 3; 

 sale of, 5; imported, 6; ex- 

 periments with, 7; food 

 value, 7; aesthetic value, 9; 

 fresh water ducks, 9; pea 

 ducks, 9 ; for sport and profit, 

 14; prices of, 15; food of, 

 27; trapping, 37 



Wild fowl, not true game in 

 England; see ducks, geese, 

 swans, etc. 



Wild fowlers, 6 



Wild geese, 9; breeding 

 ground, 11 



Wild rice, 27, 28, 41; bulletins 

 on, 42 



Wilson, Hon. Woodrow, 112, 

 note 



Wilson snipe, 154 



Wild turkey, 155 



Winged enemies, 78; see ver- 

 min 



Winous Point club, 96 



Wisconsin, 10 



Wolves, 72, 90 



Woodcock, 7, 145, 147, 148; 

 food of, 152; useful hint as 

 to, 152 



Wood-duck, 9, 33; nesting 

 places, 10; domestication, 11; 

 price, 36, 18, 152, 191 



Woodpecker, 78 



Woodruffe-Peacock, Rev. Adri- 

 an, quoted, 17, 129 



Yaedley, Pa., 33 



Yellow-legs, 146, 154 



Young ducks, 59; feeding, 61; 



taking to water, 62; on the 



pond, 65 



Zoological Park, N. Y., ducks 

 bred in, 70; crows in, 81 



