Waterhouse, G.R., on the voice of Hylobates agilis.
Water-ouzel, autumn song of the.
Waterton, C., on the Bell-bird; on the pairing of a Canada goose with a
Bernicle gander; on hares fighting.
Wattles, disadvantageous to male birds in fighting.
Weale, J., Mansel, on a South African caterpillar.
Wealth, influence of.
Weapons, used by man; employed by monkeys; offensive, of males; of
mammals.
Weaver-bird.
Weaver-birds, rattling of the wings of; assemblies of.
Webb, Dr., on the wisdom teeth.
Wedderburn, Mr., assembly of black game.
Wedgwood, Hensleigh, on the origin of language.
Weevils, sexual difference in length of snout in some.
Weir, Harrison, on the numerical proportion of the sexes in pigs and
rabbits; on the sexes of young pigeons; on the songs of birds; on
pigeons; on the dislike of blue pigeons to other coloured varieties; on
the desertion of their mates by female pigeons.
Weir, J. Jenner, on the nightingale and blackcap; on the relative
sexual maturity of male birds; on female pigeons deserting a feeble
mate; on three starlings frequenting the same nest; on the proportion
of the sexes in Machetes pugnax and other birds; on the coloration of
the Triphaenae; on the rejection of certain caterpillars by birds; on
sexual differences of the beak in the goldfinch; on a piping bullfinch;
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