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Index 



Arenaria interpres, see Turnstone. 

 Arenaria tnelanocephala, black turn- 

 stone, 487. 

 Atlantic Coast — 



Shore-bird shooting, 316. 



Stilt sandpiper resort, 356. 



White-rumped sandpiper resort, 



374-375- 



\_See also names of places, Long 

 Island, etc.'\ 

 Audubon — 



Labrador duck, 161, 162. 



Smew specimen, 200. 

 Australia — 



Black swan, 260. 



Geese, 218. 



Sea-duck, 121. 

 Aythya affinis, lesser scaup duck, 



137- 

 Aythya americatta, see Red-head. 

 Aythya collaris, ring-necked duck, 



140. 

 Aythya marila, scaup duck, 134. 

 Aythya Tallisneria, see Canvas-back. 

 Avocets [recurvirostriiics^ — 



American, 331. 



Characteristics of family, 330. 



Diagnosis of family, 573. 



Baird's sandpiper \_tringa bairdii'\ 



376. 

 Baldpate \_mareca americana~\ 91. 

 Barnacle goose \_bratita leucopsis'] 



250. 

 Barrow'sgolden-eye [claugula island- 



ica'] 147. 

 Bartramian sandpiper {^bartramia 



longicauda'\ 428. 

 Battery-shooting, 8. 



Description of battery, 32. 

 Great South Bay, 33-37. 

 Legislation against, 32. 

 Bays, goose-shooting on, 205. 

 Bean goose [aftser fahalis'] 231. 

 Belding's rail [_rallus beldingi'] 275. 



Belted piping plover [^gialitis me- 

 loda circHmcincta~\ 473. 



Bering Islands, Steller's duck resort, 

 163, 164. 



Bernicla canadensis minima, cack- 

 ling goose, 242. 



Bernicula nigricans, black brant, 

 248, 544. 



Black-bellied plover [squatarola 

 sijuatarola'] 456. 



Black-bellied tree-duck \_dendro- 

 cygna autttmnalis'] 253. 



Black brant \J>ranta nigricans~\ 248, 



544- 

 Blackbreast, black-bellied plover, 



457- 

 Black duck \_anas obscura'] 79. 



Characteristics and habits, 80-84. 

 Hybrids with mallard, 75, 201. 

 Shooting, 81-83. 

 Black duck, red-legged [anas ob- 



scura rubripes~\ 84. 

 Black-necked stilt \JiimaHtopus 



mexica tins'] 333. 

 Black oyster-catcher [htsmatopus 



bachmani] 494. 

 Black rail [porzana Jawaicensis] 



291. 

 Black swan found in Australia, 



260. 

 Black-tailed godwit [li/nosa limosd] 



403- 

 Black turnstone \_arenaria tnelano- 

 cephala'] 487. 

 Blinds, duck-shooting from, 9. 

 Bush-blinds, see that title. 

 Construction of blind, 19. 

 Red-head shooting, 126. 

 Blue goose \^cheti cierulescens] 225. 

 Blue-winged teal \_querqziedula dis- 



cors] 99. 

 Boats for duck-shooting, 19. 



Skags, 52. 

 "Boleadores" used in catching 

 swans, 260. 



