336 
Birch Lake bird reserve, description 
of, 304 
Bird-boxes, 177 
Bird census, in Manitoba, 173; in 
United States, 175 
Bird-houses, at Ottawa, 192; dia- 
grams of, 179; dimensions of, 180 
Bird protection and encouragement, 
176 
Bird reserves, government, 300; in 
Saskatchewan, 301 
Bird Rocks, as a bird reservation, 307 
Birds, analysis of stomachs of, 168; 
destruction of enemies, 181; de- 
struction of haunts of, 172; 
economic value of, 166; feeding 
habits of, 168; general, 143; local 
abundance of, 172; slaughtering 
grounds of, 24; vegetable food of, 
183; weed seed scattered by, 170 
Bison (see buffalo) 
Black, George, quoted on caribou, 60 
Black bear (see bear) 
Blue geese (see geese) 
Bobcat, description of, 210 
Bonaventure Island, as a bird reser- 
vation, 307 
Boy Scouts, value of, 287 
Boyd, Mossom, herd of cattalos of, 
140 
Bradshaw, F., quoted, 30, 31, 45, 69, 
74, 251 
Braithwaite, Henry, quoted on wood- 
land caribou, 68 
Brant, breeding ground of, 149 
British Columbia, game legislation 
of, 283; reserves in, 253 
Brondgeest, J. T., quoted on antelope, 
7s) 
Buffalo, almost disappeared, 113; 
cross-breeding of, 138; destruction 
of, 117; disposal of surplus of, 138; 
distribution of, in Canada, 114; 
domestication of, 136; end of, 
hastened by railways, 119; former 
meat supply of Indians, 118; fu- 
ture of, in Canada, 136; in Europe, 
5; last shipment of robes of, 122; 
losses of, by storms, 116; methods 
of slaughter of, 118; migration of, 
INDEX 
116; northern and southern herds, 
120; protected by Indians, 119; 
protection of, in parks, 113; range 
of, 18, 113; slaughter of southern 
herd, 120; suitable to winter con- 
ditions, 137; where existing, 5 
Buffalo, wood, estimate of number of, 
124; numbers increasing, 133; need 
protection of reserve, 126; pro- 
tected by Indians, 128, 133; range 
of, 123, 127, 130; two separate 
bands, 129 
Buffalo Lake bird reserve, descrip- 
tion of, 305 
Buffalo Park, creation of, 134; de- 
scription of, 240; number of buffalo 
in, 135; wapiti in, 34; wild life in, 
240 
Burnham, John B., on causes of 
scarcity of grouse, 164 
Bury, H. T., quoted on moose, 52; 
on woodland caribou, 69 
Cabot, Wm. B., quoted on Labrador 
and Niagara, 214-215 
Camsell, C., report on wood buffalo 
by, 129 
Canada, last stronghold of big game, 
26; status of wild life of, 2 
Canada goose (see geese) 
Canadian Birds, catalogue of, 149 
Canadian sportsmen, advantages of, 
14 
Canadians, lack of appreciation of 
wild life by, 7 
Caribou, 10, 56; as a source of meat 
supply, 11, 26; danger of extinction 
of, 21; distribution of, 59, 69; eco- 
nomic value of, 64; enormous 
herds of, 63; habits of, 58, 61; 
Osborn’s, 70; spring killing of, by 
Eskimos, 65; utilization of, by 
Indians, 63; range of, 68; Rocky 
Mountain, 71 
Caribou warble-fly, 67 
Catlin, on numbers of buffalo killed, 
119 
Cats, as bird destroyers, 181 
Cattalo, at Scott, Sask., 142; breed- 
ing of, 140 
