590 



Index 



Mottled duck \_anas fiilvigula macu- 

 losa] 86. 



Mountain plover \_a:gialUis mon- 

 tafia] 478. 



Mud goose, name for Hutchins' 

 goose, 240. 



Muscovy duck \_cairina moschaia'\ 73. 

 Hybrids with mallard, 75, 202. 



Mute swan, description, 259, 260. 



Nantucket Sound, American eider re- 

 sort, 169. 



Narrows Island Club, see Currituck 

 Club. 



Netta rufina, rufous-crested duck, 

 121. 



Netting birds in Heligoland, 178, 



339- 



Nettion carolinensis, green-winged 

 teal, 95. 



Nettion crecca, European green- 

 winged teal, 95. 



New York Museum, Labrador duck 

 specimens, 162. 



New Zealand geese, 219. 



Noinonyx doi?iinictis, masked duck, 

 188. 



North Carolina, Canada goose hunt- 

 ing, 236. 



North Dakota — 



Goose-shooting in the stubbles, 



210. 

 Lesser snow goose, 221, 

 Pass-shooting recollections, 13. 

 Red-head resort, 125. 



Northern eider \_somateria mollis- 

 sima borealis] i66. 



Northern phalarope \_phalaropiis lo- 

 hatus] 323. 



Norway, protection to breeding ei- 

 ders, 4. 



Numenius arquatiis, European cur- 

 lew, 438. 



Numenius borealis, Eskimo curlew, 

 444. 



Numenius hudsonicus, Hudsonian 



curlew, 440. 

 Numenius iongirostris, long-billed 



curlew, 435. 

 Numenius phceopus, whimbrel, 448. 

 Numenius tahitiensis, bristle-thighed 



curlew, 449. 



Oidemia americana, American sco- 

 ter, 174. 

 Oidemia deglandi, see White-winged 



scoter. 

 Oidemia ficsca, see Velvet scoter. 

 Oidemia perspicillata, surf scoter, 



182. 

 Old-squaw \harelda hyemalis] 153. 

 Olor buccinator, trumpeter swan, 



265. 

 Olor columbianus, see Whistling 



swan. 

 Olor cygnus, whooping swan, 267. 

 Oyster-catchers \_hcBmatopodidce'] — 

 American, 491. 

 Black, 494. 



Characteristics of family, 489, 

 Diagnosis of family, 578. 

 European, 490. 

 Frazer's, 491. 



Pacific coast, water-fowl of — 

 Ducks — 



Abundance in recent years, 



503-505- 



California shooting, 503. 



Canvas-back, 523. 



Cinnamon teal, 512. 



Gadwall, 527. 



Green-winged teal, 519. 



Mallard, 515. 



Occasional ducks and varia- 

 tions, 529. 



Pintail, 521. 



Red-head, 524. 



Ruddy duck, 530. 



Spoonbill, 517. 



