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Index 



Caribbean clapper rail [ra/lus longi- 

 rostris caribcEUs] 281. 



Carolina rail [porzana Carolina] 

 284. 



Carter, E., discovery of Barrow's 

 golden-eye, 149, 



Casarca casarca, see Ruddy shel- 

 drake. 



CharadriidcE, see Plovers. 



Charadrius apricarius, European 

 golden plover, 461. 



Charadrius domininis, American 

 golden plover, 461. 



Charadrius dominicus fulvus, Pacific 

 golden plover, 462. 



Chariionetta fl/i5^o/<7,buffle-head, 150. 



Chatham Bay — 



Brant departure, 247. 

 Brant-shooting, 38. 



Chaulelastmis streperus, gadwall, 87, 



527. 



Chen ccerulescens, blue goose, 225. 



Chen hyperborea, lesser snow goose, 

 219. 



Chen hyperborea rivalis, greater 

 snow goose, 223. 



Chen rossii, Ross's snow goose, 

 227. 



Chenalopex agyptiacus, Egyptian 

 goose, 217. 



Chesapeake Bay — 



Canvas-back destruction, 129. 

 Shore-bird shooting, 307-309. 



Chesapeake dog, value in duck- 

 hunting, II. 



Cinnamon teal [ querquedula cya- 

 noptera] 102, 512. 



Clangula clangula aniericana, 

 American golden-eye, 143. 



Clangula islandica, Barrow's golden- 

 eye, 147. 



Clapper rail {rallus crepitans] 270, 



277- 

 Clapper rail, California, \rallus ob- 

 soletus] 276. 



Clapper rail, Caribbean, {rallus longi- 



rostris caribaus] 28 1. 

 Clapper rails — 



Characteristics, 278-280. 

 Eggs once abundant, 280. 

 Subspecies, 278. 

 Clubs for hunters, 10. 



California duck-hunting clubs, 



509, 511. 

 Currituck Club, see that title. 

 Live decoys, 17. 

 Long Point duck-hunting, 46. 

 Massachusetts goose-hunting, 

 236. 

 Cobb's Island, robin-snipe shooting, 



360. 

 Colorado River, mouth of, congrega- 

 tion of birds, 558-564. 

 Common brant \branta bernicla] 243. 

 Common redshank \_totanus totanus] 



415- 

 Connecticut, rail-shooting at Essex, 



268-270. 

 Cooper's sandpiper [tringa cooperi] 



370- 

 Coots l/uliciiiir] 270, 272. 



American, 298. 



Diagnosis of family, 572. 



European, 301. 

 Coots, name for white-winged scoter, 



180. 

 Corn crake {crex crex] 293. 

 Craft, see Boats. 

 Crex crex, corn crake, 293. 

 Crymophilus fulicarius, red phala- 



rope, 320. 

 Curlew sandpiper {tringa ferru- 



ginea] 385. 

 Curlews — 



Bristle-thighed, 449. 



Eskimo, 444. 



European, 438. 



Hudsonian, 440. 



Long-billed, 435. 



Whimbrel, 448. 



