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INDEX 



ground, 3; market value, 10, 

 155, 193 



Carleton, quoted, 2 



Carnegie, quoted, 95 



Carp, 43, 96 



Cats, 15, 75, 93, 146, 150 



Cat-tails, 29 



Celery, wild, 10, 27, 41 



Central Park, N. Y., 70 



Chamberlain, quoted, 98 



Checks to increase, 73; see 

 vermin 



Cinnamon teal, 9, 181 



Clement, H. P., quoted, 150 



Clipping, 38 



Club, how to form, 105, 108; 

 contract, 109; board of di- 

 rectors, 110; shooting leases, 

 110 



Clubs, Ottawa, 83; in Massa- 

 chusetts, 117 



Cobb, Nathan, quoted, 80 



Colorado's game commissioner, 

 151 



Cooke, quoted, 3, 141 



Cooper's hawk, 84 



Coops, 59 



Cornmeal, 51 



Cost, making ponds attractive, 

 30; of good shooting, 30; 

 wild ducks in England, 34 



Cover, 27 



Cramp, 63 



Cranberries, 25 



Crimes, 112 



Crow, 81, 82 



Cruelty, 127 



Cygnets, 51 



Dams, 24 

 Darwin, quoted, 73 



Dealers, in wild ducks and 



eggs, 33; foods, 40 

 Decoy, 18; note 

 Decoy men, 19 

 Decrease of game, 16, 125 

 Deer farming, 16 

 Deserting, 121, 123 

 Destruction of breeding 



grounds, 4 

 Difficult shooting, 132 

 Divers, sea ducks, 9 

 Diseases, 128 

 Dogs, 15, 75; useful, 89; 96, 



140 

 Dog whistle, 66 

 Domestic enemies, 27 

 Double-brooded, 21 

 Drakes, 37 



Draining marshes, 2, 12 

 Ducks, sale of, 5; imported, 6; 



experiments with, 7; food 



value, 7; half-bred, 18; age 



of, 21; attitude towards 



game fish, 26; food of, 27; 



tame in presence of owner, 66 

 Duck breeding, simple, 17 

 Duck clubs, 41, 103, 117 

 Duck decoy, 18; note 

 Duck hawk, 18 

 Duck preserve, best place for, 



25 

 Duck shooting, 25 

 Ducklings, easy to rear, 131 

 Ducks' paradise, 3, 25 

 Dusky duck, domestication of, 



10 

 Dutcher, Dr., 68 



Eagle, 78, 79 

 Earthworms, 152 

 Economic question, 158 



