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INDEX. 



Venango grape, 55. 



Verbascum thapsus, 120. 



Verbena hastata, seeds of, in stomach, 312. 



Verdict of American Ornithologists' Union, 315- 



318. 

 Vermont bird-law, 173. 

 Vesper Sparrow (= Grass Finch), 80, 270. 

 Vines, buds of, eaten, 40-42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 243. 

 Injury to, 40-42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 240-243. 

 Vineyards badly damaged, 51, 54. 

 Vineyards of "Western New York, 52-53. 

 Violet-green Swallow, 80. 

 Vireo gilvus, 80, 92, 264, 282. 

 noveboracensis, 80, 92. 

 olivaceus, 80, 265, 269. 

 Vireo, Red-eyed, 80, 265, 269. 



Warbling, 80, 92, 264, 282. 

 White-eyed, 80, 92. 

 Vireos, kind not specified, 80, 81, S8, 92, 270, 327. 



Nestlings killed, 92. 

 Virginia, no sparrow law in, 173. 

 Virginia Yellow-bird, 283. 

 Yitis, 146. 



Voice of English Sparrow, 149, 192. 

 Voice of European Tree Sparrow, 192. 

 Warbler, Myrtle, 80, 283. 

 Summer, 282, 283. 

 Yellow, 80,81,270,272, 279, 280, 282, 283, 



327. 

 Yellow-rump (=Myrtle), 80, 283. 

 Warblers, kind not specified, 80, 262, 263, 264, 266, 

 267, 269, 275, 281, 327. 

 In England, 335, 337. 

 Warbling Vireo, 80, 92, 264, 282. 



Nestlings killed, 92. 

 Wariness. (See Sagacity.) 

 Washington Territory, no sparrow law in, 173. 

 Wasps, 49-50, 102, 115-116, 134, 135, 136, 138, 139, 140, 



141,142,289. 

 Wasps and grapes, 49-50. 

 Wasps injure over-ripe fiuit, 49-50. 

 Water-beetles, 342. 

 Water-pipes choked with nests, 148. 

 Web caterpillars, 126, 308. 



Web-worm, fall web-worm, 100, 118, 123, 128, 129, 



130, 286, 288, 297, 298, 324-325. 



Number eaten by Cuckoo, 123. 



Weed seed, destruction of, 52, 65, 66-68, 124, 250, 



253, 311, 312, 322, 325, 328, 336, 343, 345. 



In Sparrows' stomachs, 52, 136, 137, 



138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146. 

 List of kinds eaten in England, 343. 

 Weeds, a protection in vineyards, 52. 

 Weevils, 102. 

 Western Bluebird, 80. 

 Western House Finch, 89. 

 West Virginia bird-law, 173, 

 Wheat: 



Damaged by Sparrow, 69-73, 74, 76, 253, 



254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 323. 

 Distant from town, 69. 

 Experiments spoiled, 73. 

 Found in stomachs, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 



139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146. 

 In Australia, 349, 351, 357. 



Wheat: 



In barns, 71. 



In England, 330, 331, 332, 336, 337, 339, 340, 



344, 345, 347. 

 In the milk, 71. 

 In shock, stack, and crib, 69, 70, 71, 72, 253, 



254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260. 

 Late-sown, 69. 

 New-sown, 69. 

 Number of reports on, 68. 

 Scratched up, 69. 

 Wheat, Clawson, 73. 



Diehl Mediterranean, 73. 

 Martin Amber, 73. 

 Wheat-fields, edges damaged, 70, 72. 

 Wheat insects, 102. 

 Whippoorwill, disappearance of, 283. 

 White of Selbourne, 333, 346. 

 White ants, 102, 129, 130, 291, 294. 

 White arsenic, 174, 177. 

 White-bellied Nuthatch, 80. 

 White-bellied Swallow ( = Tree Swallow), 80, 82,84, 

 85, 86, 88, 90, 96,97,262,265,269,270,272,282,283, 

 307, 309, 327. 

 White-breasted Swallow (= White-bellied Swal- 

 low), 309, 327, 307. 

 White cabbage butterfly, 130. 

 White caterpillar, 129, 290. 

 White clover, beetles feeding on, 117. 



Seed eaten, 146. 

 White elm, buds eaten, 242. 

 White-eyed Vireo, 80, 92. 

 White grubs, 116, 280, 297. 

 White-marked tussock-moth, 121, 324-325. (Also 



see Tussock-moth.) 

 Widmann on European Sparrows at Saint Louis, 



10, 191-194. 

 Wild Canary ( = Goldfinch), 80,265. 

 Wild cherries, 48. 

 Wild grapes, 55, 250. 

 Wild radish, 343. 

 Wild rice, 76. 

 Wild spinach, 343. 

 Wild sunflower, 66. 

 Willow-moth, 312. 

 Window casings soiled, 147. 

 Window Martin, European, 283. 

 Winged ants, 102, 126, 130, 140, 291. 

 Winter-killed Sparrows, 32-33, 233, 234, 235, 238, 239. 

 Winter weather, effects of, 33, 308. 

 Wire-worms, 345. 

 Wisconsin bird-law, 173. 

 Wistaria buds eaten, 45. 



Woodpecker, Downy, 80, 266, 269, 272, 274, 275, 277, 

 279. 

 Golden-winged, 80, 269, 281, 282. 

 Hairy, 80, 266. 



Red-headed, 80, 264, 265, 282. 

 Yellow-bellied, 80, 95. 

 Woodpeckers, kind not specified, 80, 91, 152-153, 

 267, 275. 

 Nestlings killed, 91. 

 Wood Pewee, 80, 277. 

 Wood Pigeon, harmful in England, 335. 

 Wood Robin (=Wood Thrush), 278. 



