INDEX 



913 



use by broods in relation to time of day 149, 814 



use by broods in relation to weather 149, 815 

 slug 408 



smartweed 194. 222, 847 

 Smilacina racemosa 845 

 Smilax 210 



Smilax rotundifolia 845 

 Smith, R. G. 23 

 Smith. T. B. 292 

 Smith. T. J. 438 

 Smith Landing (N.W. Terr.) 285 

 SmithviUe Flats (N.Y.) 558 



Smyth. T. 30. 33. 98. 183. 194. 201. 203. 255. 269. 285, 339 

 snail 434, 671 



as a source of gapeworm infection 418 



as a source of grouse fond 192, 198, 213. 221. 223. 224 



as a source of tapeworm infection 408 

 snail, pond 214 

 snake 15 



snake, garter 192, 342, 344 

 snake, green 188, 192 

 Snake River Plains (Idaho) 48 

 snares (see man's aids) 

 snaring grouse 14, 252 

 snow (see also precipitation; wt-allifrj 



as a source of drinking water 2U 

 snow roosting 163, 248. 302 

 snowberry 204 



"snowshocs" 48. 63, 248. 269. 270 

 Snyder, L. L. xxxvi 

 social order 37. 63, 268 



among hand-roared grouse 416. 162, 191. 196 



relation to rex 64 



significance in wild 65 

 sodium arsenitc, use in poisoning trees and shrulm 6t0 

 soil 



eflect on mineral content of plants 239 



relation to rover and habitat 169 

 soil conservation district 598, 686. 687. 688 

 solanine 195 



Solarium Dulcamara 194. 210. 849 

 solar activity (sec ulsn cyrlcB) 



as a contributory influence in fluituuiinns in grouse abundance 

 575 



relation to other natural phenomena 575 



relation to weather factors affecting food 242, 575 

 solarization 242 

 Solidago 204 

 Solomon's seal 845 

 Solomon's seal, false 845 

 Solomon's seal, two-leaved 220 

 Soper, J. D. xxxvi 

 sorrel 235 



sorrel, sheep 195, 198, 206, 220 

 sorrel, wood 195, 210, 218 

 sour gum 206 

 South America 426 

 South Carolina .'".2. 197. 210 

 South Corver (Mass.) 26 

 South Dakota 50, 333 



Southern New York Fish and Game Association 18 

 Southern Tier section (N.Y.) 56, 104, 116, 691 

 sowbug 414 



aa a source of stonuirh worm infection 407. 408. 415. 420, 491 

 sjiarrow 418, 439 

 sparrow, house 420 

 speedwell 190 

 Sperry. C. C. 33 

 Sphaerium 192 



spiders 198. 212, 213, 221. 223. 221. 110. 776 

 spike-rush 192 

 Spiller. li. L. 2.30. 25,5, 2(iO 

 Spoare. J. W. 12 



Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufuctuicr's Institute 30 

 sporting value of grouse 20. 103, 371 

 sprays, used by oichardtsls and foresters 196 

 spring nesting grounds 127, 153, 160, 64-t, 783, 825 

 spring shooting 10 

 spring shuffle 248. 256. 348 

 spruce 115, 210. 235, 386 

 spruce, black 56 

 spruce, Norway 655, 883 

 spruce, red 655. 883 

 spruce, white 655. 883 

 squirrel (see also various species) 15. 325, 327. 343, 709 



fluctuations in abundance 326 

 squirrel, flying 341 

 squirrel, gray 57, 326, 340, 341, 683 

 squirrel, red 327. 333. 334. 340, 341, 381. 391, 552. 670. 710. 87, 



876 

 Slaked Plains (Tex.) 52 

 Staples, E. F. 10, 14. 371 

 starch, a food component 238 



starvation, effect uf (see physiological studies! 

 State, role of in grouse management 601 



acquisition and development of grouse lands 603 



annual inventory 602 



maintenance of hunting grounds 604 



regulation of hunting 602 



research 602 



service to landowners 603 

 Staten Island (N.Y.) IB 



statistical analysis of data (see biometrical analysis) 

 Stephens. J. F. 46 

 sternum (see anatomy) 

 Stpwart. R. 31 

 stink-bug 195. 213. 224 

 stock, common 578 

 Stoddard. H. L. 267. 509 

 Sioddart. A. M. xxxi. 15. 17. 30. 367 

 stomach inflammation 411 

 stomach worm 404. 406, 419. 435, 571 



description 420. 425 



distribution 402. 409. 412. 413. 415. 416. 420 



incidence and importance 402, 410. 411, 412, 413, 415. 416, 

 417, 422 



life cycle and dissemination 407. 108. 414. 420. 494 



pathogenicity 407. 411, 421 

 stratagems of alarmed grouse 262 

 strawberry 186. 189. 190. 198. 199. 205. 207. 209. 215, 216. 218. 



219. 220. 221. 222. 223. 224. 225. 226. 227. 231. 233. 707 

 strawberry, barren 198. 200. 211. 215. 218. 220 

 strawberry, wild 847 

 strawberry worm 409, 434 

 Strix varia 330. 333 

 utrnngilosis 630 

 strutting 282 



as a part of rourlship 65. 282 



relation to mainienanrr of Mtrial itrder 64. 282 

 strychnine 196 

 study areas used bv Invef^ligntion. drdcriplinnp 



Adirondack 695. 696 



Catskill 695 



Connecticut Hill 695 606. 6'»7 



Pharsalia 695 

 Slurgis 18 



subclimax forest tsvr f.ii.-ii) 

 subspecies 



characters 48 



classification 47 



discovery 47 



distribution 47. 49. 53 

 Suhulura 409 

 succession, forest 



after cfear-cuiting 177 



effect of fire on 612 * 



relation to grouse food plants 231 



role of lis 

 succulence, 09 a source of w.iler 243 

 sugar, a food component 238 

 Sullivan County (N.Y.) 213 

 sumach 196. 198. 199, 215. 216. 217. 218, 219. 220. 225. 226, 238. 



239. 243. 707 

 sumach, dwarf 215. 227. 655. 662. 883 

 Humach. smooth 211. 215. 227. 655. 662, 848 

 sumach, slaghom 186. 190. 203, 205, 209, 215, 227. 2.^7. 239. 



243. 244. 655. 662, 848. 883 

 sumach family, aa a source of grouse food 203 

 summer boarders 15 



summer feeding grounds 1.19. 1.52. 1.55, 2.30. 617, 801. 819. 827 

 sunflower 849 



sunlight, as a weather factor affecting food composition 242 

 sunspots (sec solar activity) 

 Superior National Forest (Minn.) 371. 521 

 surplus (see population surplus) 

 surveys (sec also methods and techniques) 



of others regarding grouse 12. 30, .32 

 survival during ndult period (see also a<lult mnrlalilv ) 531 



annual records for the study areas 531 



average degree recorded 512. 531 



effect of sport hunting 512, 5.32. 538, 547. 550 



influencing factors 532, 534 



relation to age composition of fall population 535, 536, 537, 545 



relotion to carrying capacity 535 



relation to density of fall population 532. .5.33. 534. 535. 541 



seasonal trend 536. 537 



various causes of mortality 308. 394. 531. 535 

 survival during brood period (see also brood nmri.Tlily) 527 



annua! records for the study areas 527 



average degree recorded 512, 527 



relation to density of breeding population 529, 531. 542 



relation to number of chicks hatched 528. 530 



various causes of mortality 307, 308. 528 

 survival during nest period (see also nest mortality) 525 



average degree recorded 512, 525 



