INDEX. 



[The numbers in heavy-faced type refer to the pages in Parts I and II on which the species are 

 described. All names of each species given in the text are indexed, — including most of those 

 commonly used by New England gunners.] 



Abbott, C. C, 20, 21, lOS, 317. 

 Actitis macularia, 322. 

 jEgialitis meloda, 354. 



semipalmata, 352. 

 Agassiz, Louis, 406. 

 Aix sponsa, 105. 

 Allen, F. H., 293. 



Glover M., 62, 90, 136, 147, 162, 

 206, 216, 218, 222, 234, 256, 263, 

 292, 298, 304, 311, 317, 328, 332, 

 425, 443, 461, 462, 485, 492. 

 J. A., 44, 77, 84, 92, 96, 100, 108, 

 184, 216, 234, 256, 263, 271, 279, 

 296, 298, 304, 311, 317, 321, 327, 

 343, 349, 355, 358, 376, 409, 410, 

 William H., 265. 

 Amadas, Philip, 7, 478. 

 Ames, C. H., 464. 

 J. H., 214. 

 Anas platyrhynchos, 71. 

 rubripes, 76. 

 tristis, 80. 

 Anderson, R. M., 30, 462. 

 Angell, Walter A., 381, 461. 

 Anser albifrons gambeli, 175. 

 Archer, Gabriel, 9, 100, 403, 484. 

 Ardea canadensis, 485. 

 Arenaria interpres morinella, 359. 

 Argal, Sir Samuel, 7. 

 Arquatella maritima maritima, 268. 

 Atkinson, George E., 461. 

 Attwater, H. P., 424. 

 Audubon, J. J., 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 24, 

 48, 53, 62, 68, 72, 87, 92, 94 

 107, 114, 117, 132, 138, 149, 

 176, 211, 222, 226, 230, 234, 

 269, 271, 283, 286, 291, 295 

 303, 310, 336, 342, 349, 355 

 364, 365, 366, 367, 385, 387 

 409, 411, 412, 413, 416, 419 

 444, 445, 446, 451, 479, 480 

 517, 518. 

 J. W., 53, 396, 411. 

 Aughey, Samuel, 308, 319, 351, 353, 350, 

 Auk, Great, 399. 



Razor-billed, 399 402. 

 Auks, 2. 

 Avocet, 230, 231 



17G, 182, 

 271,281, 

 336, 355, 



171, 176, 

 287, 292, 

 331, 337, 

 422, 481. 



26,29,42, 

 , 101, 104, 

 171, 173, 

 , 239, 261, 

 , 299, 304, 

 , 361,363, 

 , 392, 404, 

 , 433, 443, 

 , 493, 494, 



499, 514. 



Bacon, S. E., Jr., 142. 



Vaughan D., 338. 



Badger Bird, 294. 



Bagg, Egbert, 131. 



Baird, S. F., 218, 230, 315, 409, 492. 



Baldpate, 83, 84, 85, 86, 103, 571, 572. 



Bangs, Outram, 84. 



Bank-bird, 227. 



Barlowe, Arthur, 7, 478. 



Barnes, R. M., 54. 



Barrows, Walter B., 424, 455. 



Bartlett, H. W., 257. 



Bartramia longieauda, 315. 



Bartsch, Paul, 424. 



Bates, F. A., 137, 156. 



Batty, J. H., 216. 



Baxter, J. Bert, 462. 



Beach-bird, 290. 



Beal, F. E. L., 327, 306. 



Bearse, Russell, 204. 



Beetle-head, 335, 340. 



Belknap, Jeremy, 184, 385, 437, 473, 491. 



Bendire, Charles, 377. 



Bent, Arthur C., 116, 136, 172, 199, 313. 



Berteau, C. P., 420, 432. 



Beverly, Robert, 490. 



Beyer, George H., 422, 457, 461. 



Bigelow, Henry B., 97, 186, 424. 



Birds, causes of decrease of, 510, 547, 549. 



decrease of, 18, 32, 44, 47, 51, 61, 65, 68, 72, 

 77, 82, 87, 92, 96, 104, 107, 114, 122, 125, 

 130, 136, 140, 145, 149, 155, 164, 167, 171, 

 173, 179, 184, 185, 195, 208, 211, 222, 232, 

 234, 236, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 256, 257, 

 263, 264, 265, 269, 271, 272, 275, 279, 280, 

 283, 287, 292, 296, 298, 301, 304, 307, 311, 

 316, 317, 321, 323, 328, 332, 337, 343, 349, 

 353, 355, 362, 365, 372, 376, 379, 380, 386, 

 387, 388, 395, 409, 410, 413, 414, 415, 421, 

 424, 426, 436, 448, 456, 458, 475, 483, 491, 

 492, 504, 5a5. 

 erroneous opinions regarding decrease of, 



549-550. 

 former abundance of game, 6, 14, 20, 30, 

 44, 47, 65, 68, 72, 77, 96, 107, 130, 136, 142, 

 149, 171, 173, 178, 184, 185, 195, 222, 236, 

 246, 256, 263, 271, 275, 278, 279, 283, 286, 

 291, 292, 310, 316, 331, 337, 341, 342, 349. 



