INDEX 



897 



INDEX 



nt of 597 



Abbott, C. C. 3,260 



abandoned lands, importance and cncouragen 



abundance, grouse (see also fluctuations) 



early records 2, 6, 11, 53, 558. 560. 562 ' 



factors governing (see also factors) 7 



reduction of 557 



relative 53. 55. 557, 559, 676 

 Acarina 409, 775 

 accidents (see mccbanical injury) 

 Accipiter cooperi 317, 333 

 Accipiter vetox 317, 333 

 Acer 198. 204 



Acer pennsylvanicum 204, 8 18 

 Acer rubrum 204. 848 

 Acer saccharum 204. 848 

 Acer spicalum 204 

 Aeeraceae 204 

 Ackerl. J. E. 424. 426 

 aconitic acid 195 

 acnrn 188, 202. 215. 221 



action, sex differences 44. 45. 165. 167. 840, 843 

 Adaina, C. C. 32 

 Adams. W. C. xxxv 



adaptability to changing environment 272 

 Addy, C. E. 31 



Adirondack Forest Preserve (N.Y.) 596. 684 



Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) 3. 36, 54, 56. 57. 95. .384. 386 

 Adirondack region (N.Y.) 



absence o( stomach worm records from 415 



characteristics of 114. 217. 2M. 596. 694 



cover management in 596 

 Adirondack study area (N.Y.). description 695, 696 

 adult cover 



basic patterns 593 



composition 593 



density 593 



m on t illy and seasonal preference.'* l.*>3. 819 



relation to roosting habits 163. 168. 836 



relation to slope 594 



relation to time of day 159. 823 



relation In water 594 



relation to weather 161. 831 



relative importance u( Ivpea I.'il 



types choaen 152, 156. 819 



undergrowth 594 



use during hunting season 160. 829 

 adult mortality (see also survival during adult period I 31B 



cliief predatftrs involved (see also methods aad teohniqiiefi) 

 308. 322. 337, 348, 669 



effert of predator control 308. 328. 347 



number of dead birds cxaminetl 336, 532. 876 



proportion attributed irt \arious causes 532 



(jiuilily of eviileure ascribed to tiiai:nosi< u\ ilead birds ex- 

 amined 876 



recorded during Invesligalion :U)8. 3 IK 



iclation to accidents 318. 531 



iclation to disease 319. 332. 531 



lelalion to fall population density 308. 320. .331. 338. 532. .133. 

 534. 535. 552 



relation to maturing chicks in fall population 535. 536. 5U 



relation tfi variations in buffer abundance 322, 532, 535, 513. 

 546. 552 



relation to variations in predator pressure 321, 535, 552 



relation to weather 299. 304. 321. 332. 532. 535 



role of predalion 308. 319, 322. 332, 333. 317. 531, 532. 535 



seasonal variation 322, 336, 338, 5.36. 537 

 iiftcrshaft 59, 747 

 Agamodistomum 409, 434 

 age 



breeding 359 



how to judge 84. 718 



longevity 360 



iclation to feather devclupniciil 37. 81 

 age composition of populations 513 



relation to adult survival 535. 536. 537. 545 



significance in Huctualions in abundance 571, 573 

 agricultural productivity, cycle in 578 

 agriculture (see farming) 

 Agrimonia 193 



airplane, use in transporting eggs 152 

 air-sac mile 409. 415. 417. 436 

 air-sac mite infection 



cause 441 



control 441 



tlissemination 413. 441 



nature 441 

 .'Vlabama 236 



Alaska 36. 48. 52. 53. 54. 110. 236. 285. 325. 409. 128. 434 

 Albany County (N.Y.) 199. 213, 433. 520. 695 

 Alberta 18. 20. 47, 48, 53 

 albinitiU) 57. 58 

 albumen 74 



alder 212. 235. 244 



alder beds, importance in Adirondack region 140 

 Aldrich. J. W. 48 

 Alger County (Mich.) 847 

 alimentary tract (see anatomy) 

 alkaloids, toxic 195 

 allantnis 74. 76 

 Allegany County (N.Y. I .568 

 Allegany Mountains 53. 217 

 Allegany State Park (N.Y.) 684 

 Allegheny National Forest (Pa.) 312 



Allen. A. A. xxxi. xxxvi. 15. 22. 24. 27. 29. 30. 32. 58. 1^3. 

 187, 210. 2.56. 267. 274. 275. 278. 282, 284. 288, .333. 415. 419 

 421. 447. 453. 454. 457, 462. 476. 508. 568. 574, 694 

 Allen. G. M. xxxvi. 721 

 Alnus 212 



Alopex lagopu-s 323. 578 

 Ambrosia artemisiifolia 206, 819 

 Amelnnchier 198. 200 

 Amelnnchier canadensis 817 

 Amelnnchier laevis 847 



American Game Conference 12. 29, 32. 33 

 American Game Protective Association xxxvi. 12, 22, 25. 29. 30, 



153. 562 

 amnicm 74. 76 

 imphicarpa monoica 8-18 

 Amsterdam (N.Y.) .371 

 amygdalin 195 

 .\nacanliaceae 203 

 anatomy 58, 721 



alimentary tract (see digestive tract* 



comparison of various genera of Tctraonidac 58, 724, 725, 726, 



727. 728 

 fligcstive tract 58, 737 

 distinctive characteristics 58 

 movement r>f leg 734 

 musculature of leg 727. 729 

 musculature of wing 735 



respiratory system 58 • v^^ ^i 



skeletal measurements 727 ,» ^ A 



skeleton 721 "^ "^ 



structure of leg 726 



structure of pelvic girdle and ••ynsocFum 726 

 structure of rib-i 725 ^ 



r-truclure nf skull 721 * ' 



-iriiclurc of «ieniuni and pectoral girdle "25 

 «truclure of »iyrinx 58, 737 * 



structure i»l vertebral column 721 

 -tructure of wing 725 

 uro-genilal system 58. 734 

 andromedotoxin 193. 195 

 anemone 208 

 Anemonr 208 



ant 101. 182. 188. I'».V 198. 212. 213. 221. 221. 22.5. 261. 408. 776 

 ani. as a source of lapetturm infection 426 

 ant. carpenter 213. 218. 819 

 anI. cornfield 213 

 ant. wor»d 213 



ant family, a* a source of grouse food 212. 221 

 Antennan.i 198. 201 



Antiosti Island (Que.) 18. 20. 50. 254. 368. 501. 508 

 aphids 776 

 ipios tuht'tosa 818 

 -\|>palacliian Mountain' 

 apple 188. 198. 199. 205, 

 225. 226, 227. 228. 231, 

 6.55. 662, 707. 8^17 

 apple-tree worm 101, 212 

 Aproctella stoddardi 409 

 Aquiia chrysaetos 333 

 Arachnida 198. 213 

 Araneida 775. 776 

 Arctium 193 

 Arrtium minus 819 

 Vrkansa^. 46. 50. 52. 272 

 Armadiliidium tulgare 421 

 army worm 101 

 ironia 200 



arrangement of cover (see interspersion ) 

 arrowwood 203. 204. 655. 662. 849. 883 

 artificial propagation («ce also methods J 691 

 biological limitations 416. 499 

 comparison of quail ami grouse 158 

 cost 502 



difficulties 416. 500 



diseases encountered 446. 118. 157. 190 

 early attempts 21. 447. 453 



effect of breeding pen arrangenwrnt on egg productio 

 effect of brooding conditions on chick survival 881 

 effect <d sex ratio on egg production 878 

 effect of weather 459 

 egg production at Research Center 878 



18, 51. 53, 54. 217 



209, 211, 215, 216, 218, 219. 220, 224. 

 234. 237. 239. 243, 244, 264, 489. 595, 



