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INDEX. 



Birds, causes of decrease of — Con, 



former abundance of game — Con. 

 353, 354, 300, 364, 370, 378, 380, 385, 

 401, 404, 405, 417, 420, 433, 444, 448, 

 454, 469, 470, 473, 474, 475, 478, 483, 

 490. 

 increase of, 78, 89, 116, 119, 120, 122, 

 331, 370, 371, 384, 390, 395, 504, 505, 



520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 568. 



large numbers killed, 14-22, 27, 28, 51 

 108, 140, 141, 149, 158, 179, 198, 211, 

 238, 239, 240, 246, 247, 263, 264, 279, 

 291, 342, 343, 344, 346, 379, 381, 402, 

 405, 408, 409, 419, 420, 421, 427, 438, 

 441, 448, 450, 454, 464, 513, 514, 515, 



521, 537, 539, 540. 



Bishop, Louis B., 29, 256, 279, 296, 304, 311, 

 337, 421. 

 Watson L., 377. 

 Bitterns, 8, 9. 

 Blackbird, 351. 

 Blackbirds, 432, 579. 

 Blackbreast, 335. 



Little, 282. 

 Black-head, 16, 121. 

 Black-tail, 297. 

 Blatchley, W. S., 40S. 

 Blommaert, Samuel, 9. 

 Blood, C. L., 206. 



Edmund, 247. 

 Bluebill, Little, 124. 

 Bluebills, 115, 121, 125, 130, 166, 523. 

 Bluebird, 335. 

 Blue Peter, 221. 

 Blue-wing, 95. 

 Boardman, George A., 51, 53, 62, 68, 128, 



133, 176, 214, 234, 365, 409. 

 Boats, shooting from, 535. 

 Bobolinks, 579. 



Bob-white, 1, 6, 22, 32, 33, 251, 367, 368, 384, 

 514, 545, 546, 565, 567, 581, 590 

 fruits eaten by, 582. 

 seeds eaten by, 583. 

 Bogert, W. S., 523. 

 Bonaparte, Charles L., 549. 

 Bonasa umbellus togata, 377. 



umbellus, 377. 

 Bottle-head, 335. 

 Bourne, Edward E., 437. 

 Boutwell, M. M., 345, 441. 

 Bowles, J. H., 203, 204, 475. 

 Boyle, E. J., 373. 

 Brackett, Foster H., 203. 

 Bradford, William, 405. 

 Braislin, W. C, 199. 

 Brant, 2, 8, 9, 15, 183, 523. 

 Branta bernicla glaucogastra, 183. 

 canadensis canadensis, 177. 



hutchinsi, 182. 

 leucopsis, 193. 

 nigricans, 192. 

 Brant-bird, 282, 359. 



313, 

 509, 



, 52, 

 222, 

 280, 

 403, 

 439, 

 519, 



328, 



509, 



Brant, Black, 189, 192. 

 Brass-back, 340. 

 Break Horn, 60. 

 Brereton, John, 9, 484. 



Brewer, T. M., 135, 145, 176, 182, 211, 212, 218, 

 230, 231, 234, 311, 327, 332 349, 353, 355, 357, 

 358, 363, 365, 409, 492. 

 Brewster, C. E., 513. 



William, 41, 44, 51, 69, 77, 84, 87, 90, 92, 

 96, 108, 114, 125, 133, 134, 136, 157, 

 158, 162, 176, 203, 206, 207, 214, 215, 

 218, 220, 228, 261, 264, 271, 273, 279, 

 285, 287, 304, 314, 317, 349, 355, 387, 

 391, 440, 441, 442, 454, 456, 457, 464, 

 485, 487, 491. 

 Brimley, C. S., 441, 461. 

 Broad-bill. 166. 

 Brooks, Charles, 436. 

 Brown, C. B., 461. 



Chas. H., 89, 115, 116. 

 Frank A., 272. 

 Neal, 462. 

 Brown-back, 253. 

 Brown Bank-bird, 225. 

 Brown, Marlin, 294. 

 Browne, F. C, 206. 



G. E., 203, 206. 

 Brownie, 270. 

 Bruce, David, 58. 

 Bruner, Lawrence, 30, 461. 

 Bubier, G. M., 247, 298. 

 Buffington, S. L., 88, 130. 

 BufHe-head, 135, 168, 572. 

 Bull-head, 335. 

 Bull-peep, 274. 



Bureau of Biological Survey, 75, 159, 162, 196, 

 235, 273, 365, 373, 396, 494, 498, 518, 568, 572, 578, 

 590. 

 Burlingame, Benjamin, 487. 

 Burrage, Henry S., 7, 401, 402, 479. 

 Burroughs, John, 200. 

 Bush, Beu O., 457, 464. 

 Butler, A. W., 517. 



Benjamin F., 442. 

 Butter Ball, 135. 

 Butter-bill, 153. 

 Butter-nose, 153. 

 Button, Sir Thomas, 22. 

 Buzzards, 464. 



Cabot, Mrs. Eliza, 387. 



Samuel, 176, 440. 



S., Jr., 206. 



Hugh, 380. 

 Cahoon, C. A., 92, 130. 

 Cairns, J. S., 461. 

 Calidris leucophaa, 290. 

 Campion, C, 462. 

 Camptorhynchus labradorius, 411. 

 Canachites canadensis canace, 375. 

 Cape Race, 57. 

 Cape Racer, 57. 



