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Index 



Decimating agencies, 300 



Deer. See White-tailed deer 



Deerberrv, 135, 158 



Deervetch, 151 



Degeeriella camerata, 248 



DE LAHONTAN, 20, 21 



DE LURY, 311, 320 



Desmodium. See Tick trefoil 



Dewberry, 107, 132, 157 



DiervUIa. See Bush-honeysuckle 



DILLON, 312 



Diptera, 110, 146, 165 



Disease agents, characteristics of, 225 



Diseases, losses from, 308, 318; of the 



ruffed grouse, 223, 250 

 Dispharynx spiralis, 24, 224, 226, 249, 



308, 309, 319 

 Distribution of grouse, related to food 



supply, 174 

 Dog, as grouse predator, 197, 208, 269 

 Dogs, used in grouse hunting, 21, 205 

 Dogwoods, 105, 106, 107, 108, 112, 115, 



155, 168, 181, 340, 349, 355, 357, 



358 

 DOUGLAS, 6 

 DOUGLASS, 312 

 Drumming, 28, 29, 30, 32 

 Drumming log, 33, 53, 326, 347 

 Duck millet, 149 

 Dust bathing, 54, 326, 347 

 DWIGHT, 11 



EADIE, 203 



Eastern hemlock. See Hemlock 



red cedar, 159 

 EATON, 186 



Echinochloa. See Duck millet 

 Ectoparasites, 226, 245 

 Edge, 20, 61, 74, 76, 355 

 EDMINSTER, 91, 99, 156, 164, 258, 



267, 274, 277, 283, 296, 331, 343, 



344 

 Egg-binding, 244 

 Eggs, 17, 287; fertility and hatchability, 



288; mortality, 301; number in first 



nests and renests, 287, 288 

 Eimeria: angusta, bonasae, and dispersa, 



238 

 Elder, 65, 144, 157, 168 

 ELLIOTT, 255 

 Elm, 161, 346 

 ELTON, 314, 319, 320, 821 

 Empetrum. See Crowberry 

 ENGLISH, 202, 203 

 Enteritis, 244 

 Environment, related to productivity, 300; 



limiting effects of, 309 



Epifagus. See Beech-drops 

 Epigaea. See Trailing arbutus 

 Epilobium. See Willow herb 

 Epizootics, 223, 244, 251 

 Equisetum. See Horsetail 

 ERICKSON, 228, 231, 235, 238, 240 

 Erigeron. See Fleabane 

 ERRINGTON, 202, 204, 262, 282, 299 

 Eupatorium. See Thoroughwort 

 Evening primrose, 151 

 Everlasting, 139, 148, 150 

 Evonymus. See Strawberry bush, Burn- 

 ing bush 

 External parasites. See Ectoparasites 



Fagopyrum. See Buckwheat 



Fagus. See Beech 



FaU shuffle, 43 



False goats beard, 148 



miterwort, 68, 108, 145, 154 

 Solomon's seal, 144, 153, 170 



Feathers, number of, 16 



Femoral tract, 14 



Fencing affecting grouse, 176 



Ferns, 67, 68, 70, 105, 107, 111, 112, 

 124, 125, 148, 151, 152, 153, 154, 

 156, 169, 172, 189, 340 



Feverwort, 154 



Field mouse, 215, 314 

 penny cress, 154 



Filoplumes, 10 



Fir, 86, 88 



Fire, affecting grouse, 270, 330 



Fireweed, 67 



FISHER, 25, 225, 228, 229, 231, 232, 

 235, 238, 240, 241, 246, 296, 297, 

 816, 317 



Flagellates, 240 



Fleabane, 150 



Fleas, as ectoparasites, 226, 248 



Flies, as ectoparasites, 226 



Flight, 52 



Flukes. See Trematodes 



Food, affected by snow and sleet, 189; 

 as limiting factor, 176, 321; compe- 

 tition for, 178; economic aspects, 

 179; primary, 113; quality of, 171; 

 related to cover types, 172; related 

 to grouse health, 178; secondary, 

 138; use by seasons, 103, 172; water 

 as, 182 



Food types: utilized, 101, 171; emer- 

 gency, 172, 177; incidental, 171; 

 occasional, 147; preferred, 171; 

 staple, 171 



FORBUSH, 23, 186, 188, 190, 191, 255, 

 259, 270, 287, 292, 312 



