Index 
UsSHER on : 
Breeding-places of Wigeon, 42 
Female Teal defending young, 83 
Gargane)', 72 
Pintail in Ireland, 94 
Shoveler in Ireland, 59 
Teal in Donegal, 80 
Warren on : 
Female Teal defending young, 83 
■ Garganey, 7 2 
Pintail in Ireland, 94 
Shoveler in Ireland, 59 
Teal in Donegal, 80 
White-fronted Geese breeding, 34 
Wigeon [Mareca Fenelope), 38, seqq. 
Appearance, etc., 44 
At Woburn Abbey, 5 
Breeding in England, 39 
Breeding in Scotland, 40 
Calls of male and female, 47 
Cocks pair in immature state of plumage, 46 
Courtship, 45 
Diet, 43, 44 
Distribution, 38 
Drakes abandon Ducks when sitting, 47 
Eggs, 47 
Eyesight, 14 
Feeding-ground, 43 
Feeds in water, 96 
Fighting, 45 
Flocks, 16, 42, 45, 47 
Habits, 42 
Hybrids, 47, 48 
Nest, 47 
Nocturnal feeders, 42 
Plumage change of young male, 48-5 1 
Eclipse plumage, 50 
Spotted type, 5 1 
Plumage of adult male : 
Eclipse, 52 
Spring, 51 
Winter, 52 
Plumage of female, 52 
Tendency towards plumage of male, 53, 54 
Three forms, 53 
Speed of flight, 2>2 n. 
Southern migration, 47 
Value of flesh depends on diet, 73 
Young, how recognised, 49 
{See also American Wigeon) 
Wild Birds' Protection Act, i, 92 
Wild Duck : 
Age limit, 16 
Delicacy of young, 10 
Eyesight, 14 
Family parties, 1 1 
Females assuming plumage of males, 53 
Night-feeding, reason of, 15 
Notes of sexes distinct, 97 
On grass land, 1 1 
Protection, success of, 16 
Single and double moult, 5 1 
Speed of flight, 82 n. 
Value of flesh depends on diet, 73 
Young massacred, 12 
{See also Mallard, etc.) 
Wilson notes Gad wall in America, 29 
Wiveliscombe, Wild Ducks at, 16 
Woburn Abbey, waterfowl at, 5 
ZosTERA marina : 
Pintail feeding on, 95 
Wigeon feeding on, 43, 44 
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