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wood-duck, 28; re-stocking, with deer,
240.
Viquesncy, J. A., 51.
Virginia, 45, 51, 10(5, 109; deer killed in,
172; many new laws needed in, 298. V^reeland, Frederick K., 353.
Wagner, George E., 51.
Wallace, Dillon, 245; estimates 3,500 sheep
in Colorado, 161.
Wallace, John H., Jr., 46, 253, 268; on
Florida laws, 277.
Wapiti, 164; in Mt. Olympus National
Monument, 340 {see also, Elk).
Ward, Charles Willis, 255, 349, 395; donor
of bird preserve, 319.
Ward, Henry L., 51, 389; seals discovered
by, 39.
Warden service based on merit system,
301.
Wardens, game, 60; killed on duty, 103;
number of salaried, 237. Ward-Mcllhenny Wild Fowl Preserve, 361 Waterton Lakes Park, 352, 353. Washington, 45, 59, 165; grizzlies in, 178;
a new code of law^s needed in, 298. Wayne, Arthur T., 133.
Weasel, 78, 317.
Webber, F. T., on Colorado uail, 89. Webster, F. M., 214, 381.
Webster, Frederic S., 381.
Weed seeds eaten by quail, 219, 220. Weeks, J. W., bird bill of, 267, 306. Weevil, cotton-boll, 215, 216, 221. Western Districts Game and Trout Pro-
tective Association, 185.
Western Field, 263.
West Virginia, 45, 51; deer killed in 172;
good conditions in, 298; protects wood-
duck, 28.
Wharton, William P., 43, 49, 253; bison
census by, 180.
Wheat, losses on, 209, 210.
Whipple, James S., 250.
Whitney, Caspar, 131.
Whooping Crane extinct, 49; in Manitoba,
Wilson, Mrs. Minnie Moore, 16.
Wilson, Alexander, on the passenger
pigeon, 12.
Wilson, Erasmus, on quail feeding, 89; on
Carrick's bird day, 379.
Wilson, Governor Woodrow, signs bill
against machine guns, 289.
Wilson, James, Secretary of Agriculture,
343.
Winchester Arms Co., 144, 146, 150. Wind Cave Bison Range, 180, 390. Wisconsin, 45, 51, 59, 157; deer killed in,
172; new laws needed in, 301.
Woburn Park, David's deer at, 36. Wolves destroyed, 79; in British Columbia,
356.
Wombat in list of fur-bearers, 193. Women promote bird slaughter, 7.
Wood, George E., 49.
Wood, Lieut.-Col. William, 355. Woodcock, 30, 49, 50, 51, 52. Wood-Duck, 28; eaten in seventeen States,
29; disappearing in Louisiana, 48; nest-
ing in Zoological Park, 207. Woodpecker, Downy, 214, 226; golden-
winged, 226; hairy, 226.
Woodpeckers, food of, 226.
Wooley-Dod, Arthur G., 51. Wool-Growers' Association, 2; opposes
game preserves, 335, 348.
World, New York, 263.
Worthington, C. C, 236.
Wrens destroy boll weevil, 218. Wyoming, 45, 51, 59; efforts by, to feed
starving elk, 166; elk case, 71 ; deer, 158; grizzlies, 178; laws needed, 302; succor of elk in, 337; National Monuments in, 344; State Game Preserve in, 348.
Yale University, 392.
Yalakom Game Preserve, British Colum-
bia, 354.
Yellowstone Park, animals in, 336; bison
herd of, 180; elk in, 165; protected an-
imals of, 313.
Yoho Park, 352.
Yosemite National Park, 343.
Yukon Territory, sale of game in, 357.
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Wichita National Bison Herd, 178, 294.
Wichita National Game Preserve, 341.
Wilcox, Albert, 395; bequest from, 256.
Wild fowl, 48; slaughter grounds, 64; Zebra, Burchell's, extinct, 37; in Cape
refuge, Louisiana State, 344. Wildebeest in Cape Colony, 185.
Wild Life Call, 388.
"Wild Life in Australia," 332.
Wild Life Protectiv^e Association, 152, 257. Wilderness area of North America, 156;
game will disappear from, 163.
Willet, 13, 31.
Williams, A. Bryan, British Columbia
Colony, 185.
Zoological Park, New York, 19; ducks
killed in, 92; thylacine in, 38; wood- duck, quail and rabbits in, 315, 316; woodpeckers decreasing in, 226.
Zoological Society, New York, 389, 395; gift of bison herd from, 178, 294, 341 on "extermination," 32; protects birds of New York City, 101.
Zoologists, duty of American, 386.
game warden, 52, 178, 356.