908 



INDEX 



ircaliiK-nl uf woodland 620 



U9C of rhrmiral poisons 610. 651 

 metliutts of taking gruii^tf (see man's aids) 

 mctliylcylisinc 195 

 Michigan 8. 10. 19. 23. 30. 33. S3. 51, 197. 208. 373. 371. 376. W9. 



419. 420. 423. 424. 433. 434. 520. 557. 559. 560. 561, 563. 



564, 566. 567. 568. 572, 577. 845. 846. 817. 848. 849 

 Michigan Conservation Dvpartment xxxvi, 23. 30. 33, 558, 559. 



564, 849 

 Microfilaria (sec also blood parasitrsl 409. 110. 430 

 Middletown (N.Y.) 203 

 migration 11. U. 248. 254. 671 

 Millais. J. (;. 251 

 MilltT. J. I". 30 



iMJnrral muttrr. a food I'lmpoiKMit 236. 237. 239. 244. 815 

 Mingun Islands (Que.) 50 



mink 15. 330, 333. 339, 341, 578, 683, 711, 875 

 Minnesota 30. 53, 244. 312. 374, 377, 404. 409, 416, 420, 422, 423, 424. 



434, 4.36, 520. 521. 524. 559, 560, 561. .'^63. 566. 567. 572. 



577, 675 

 Minnesota Conservation Department xxxvi 

 MiK9issipi)i 52. 53 

 Missouri 19. 50. 508 

 Mifisniiri Conservation Cummis<>ion 19 

 Mitcht'llfi repens 198. 208. 819 

 mite 409. 410. 417. 4.30 

 mite, air-sac (foe air-sar niit<l 

 mite, feather 409. 434 

 mite, harvest 409. 434 

 mite, northern fowl 109. 134 

 mite, rodent 409, 417. 431 

 mite. 8caly-leg 409. 435 

 Mitella diphrtla 206 

 mitrewort 227 

 mobility 252 



Mohawk Kivcr (N. Y.) .36. 57. 324. 329 

 moisture, a food component 237, 244 

 moisture content of various food species 24-1. fll.'i 

 mold, as a cause of disease 108. 411. 439 

 mnle 670 

 Monon 371 

 Montana .30. 50. 53 

 Montreal (Onl.) 47 



mnors. of Scotland and England 103, 390. 5.52. 650 

 Moosehrad Lake (Me.) 558 

 Mor{;enthati, H. xxxv 

 Morlcv. L. C. 416. 433. 436 

 Morrison. F. B. 845. 816. 847. 818. 849 

 Morrison. J. E. xxxvi 

 Morse. M. 31 

 mortality (sec also adull, brood, nest mortalitv; siirvivnil 



compensatory 511, 525. 552 

 Morton. T. 3, 260 

 Morus 210 



moth 198. 212, 213, 223." 221 

 moth, gypsy IS 

 moth, lo 224 



Moltlcv. C. McC. xxxvi. 694 

 moult 37. 78. 747 

 Mt. Marcy (N. Y.» 231 

 Mt. Pinnacle (So. Car.) 210 

 mountain lion (see panther) 

 mouse (see also various species; buffers) 14, 188, 308. 325. 327. 



328. 329. 333, 334. 33S, 339, 340. 341, 342, 343. 344. 670. 709, 



711, 876 

 mouse, deer 188, 3.39. 341 



mouse, field or meadow .309. 339, 313. 417. 670 

 mouse, red-backed 339 

 Mouslcy, H. 15 

 Mueller. J. F. 422 

 Muensclicr. W, C. xxxvi 

 mulberry 197. 210 

 multiple use 615, 623. 6,=;0. 777 

 Munro, J. A. xxxvi 



Munuscong Park (Mich.) .521. 559, 569 

 muscles (see anatomy) 

 Muscow (Sank.) 258 



Museum of Comparative Zoology (HarvardI 17. T2I 

 Museum of \'ertebrate Zo€>loBy (Colif.) 47 

 muskral 341. 417. S78. 683 

 Mustrla cicognanii 323. .3.3.3. 711 

 Musteltt noveboracemis 323. 332. 711 

 Musteta vison 330. 333. 576 



Mycobactrrium avium (»ee also tuberculosis) 4.39 

 Mytmiea 213 



Nflgcl. W. 0. 50 



nameti of grouse, common 2, 6, 274 

 names of grouse, scienlitic 46, 17 

 nannybcrty 653. 662, 849. 8^3 

 Nantucket Island (Mass.) .SO 

 natal down 79. 748 

 Naichei (MiM.) S2 

 Nebraska 50 



necrotic stomalitis.*disease of elk 671 



NeUon, A. I.. 31. 183, 220 



Nelson. E. W. 52. 197 



N'clsoD River (Man.) 52. .56 



Nematoda 409 



ncossoptile 59. 79. 746 



nest location (see also nesting cover I 218. 28.i 



effect of openings 132. 134. 790. 79J 



effect of slashings 131. 791 



influence of conifers 132. 789 



relation to drumming In^ 266 



relation to exposure 130. 286. 787 



relation to slope 130. 786 



sites preferred 130. 285. 785 

 nest mortality (see also survival during nest period) 311 



chief predators involved 307. 308. 315, 334, 340. 315. 347. .385. 

 669 



etfecl of predator control 308. 327. 346. 667 



number of nests observed 290. 311, 527. 876 



proportion attributed to various causes 527 



quality of evidence ascribed to diagnosis of broken-up nests ex- 

 amined 876 



recorded by other observers 312 



recorded during Investigation 135. 307. 311. S25 



relation to variations in buffer abundance 307. 315 



relation to variations in predator jiressure 314 



relation to weather 301 



role of predation 307, 311, 526 

 nest structure 285 

 nest survival (see also survival during nest period I 



effect of crown cover 135. 791 



effect of distance from opening 136. 798 



effect of thickets vs. open cover 136. 797 



effect of undergrowth density 135. 796 

 nesting (see also nest location) 



number of nests observecl 127. 290 



occurrence of desertion 287. 290. 527 



occurrence of renesting 248. 291, 364 



parasitism by pheasant 273, 290 



proportion of females nesting 359, 517 



season 248, 281 



tolerance of other nesting grouse 290 

 nesting cover (see also nest location) 



basic pattern .589 



composition 589 



extent 589 



importance of undergrowth density 128, 589. 781 



influence of slope 589 



types chosen 127, 783 

 net productivity (see productivity) 

 Ncuroptera 775 

 Nevada 50, 52, 54. 196 

 New Brunswick 563. 566. 573 

 Newcome. A. 22, 23 

 New England 11, 30, 53, 54, 183. 220. 221, 232. 340. 343, 396, 408. 



409. 415. 416. 419. 420. 433. 560. 562. S6S. 567. 568. 572 

 New England Grouse Investigation Committee 33, 562 

 Newfoundland 50. 2.S4 

 New Hampshire U. 13, 18. 22. 29. 30. 102. 1^3. 293. 401. 109. 



422. 434, 557. 561. 563. 565, .S66 

 New Hampshire Fish and Came Commission .30 

 New Hampshire F'orcst Service 18, 30 

 New Jersey 3. 23. 260, 415. 420. 423 



New Jersey Board o( Fish and Came Commissioners 23 

 New Mexico 309 

 New York 7. 11. 13. 18. 22. 29. 30. 53. SI. 56. 21S. 217. 220. 221. 



222, 225, 226. 228. 229. 231, 2.32. 234. 235, 236, 2.39, 241. 242, 



244. 245. 265. 268. 273. 278. 285, 310. 312. .323. 324. 325, 326. 



331. 333. 337. 338. 340. 369. 372. 373. 374. 37S. 376. 377. 379. 



381. 382. 384. .385. 388, 389, 390. .391, 404, 409. 415. 416. 417. 



419. 420. 423. 424. 426, 427. 428. 430, 432. 433, 434. 513. 520. 



524. 525. 557. 560. 561, .562. 563. S66. 567. 568. 572. 579. 589. 



676, 684. 815. 816. 817. 818. 819 

 New York, province of 17 

 New York Cilv 8. 10, 17, .56. 273 

 New York County (N,Y.) 56 



New York Forest, Fish and Game Comniifis>iou 12, 13. 30 

 New York Slate College of Agriculture 31. 182, 598. 687, 688. 749 

 New York State Conservation Department I6. 18, 19, 22, 24, 30, 



381. 417. 563. 601. 683. 687. 688, 721. 719 

 New York Sidle Constitution 681 

 New York Stale Department of Public )l<-allli 117 

 New York Slate Legislature 388 

 New York Stale Veterinary College 31. UH 

 NickerMin. F. 23 

 nicotine sulphate 196 



nightshade, bittersweet 191. 195. 210. 819 

 nitrogen-free extract, a fooil component 237. 238. 210, 815 

 Nitlany Valley (P«.) 845. 816, 847. 819 

 Noble 18 



non. breeding 3.S.3. 355. 525. Ul 

 Norris. L. C. 185. 237. 2.38. 239. 182 

 Norlh America 38. 426. 430. 432. 5S6. 578 

 North Carolina 23. 24. 333 

 Northrillc (N.Y.) 371 



