INDEX 



203 



Economic value of ducks, 161 



Edgar, George, 6, 60 



Edmonton, Alberta, 3 



Eggs, sale of, 5; imported, 6; 

 stealing, 12; prices, 16; pur- 

 chase of, 31, 35; fragile, 52 



Eel grass, 46 



Eel-grass, 46 



Elopements, 37 



English books and magazines, 

 7 



English duck farmers, 5, 15, 31 



English sparrows, 86 



English syndicates, 103 



English teal, 11 



Evans, Wallace, quoted, 33; 

 game farm, 33; duck-meal, 

 50 



Farmers, 7; game laws inimi- 

 cal to, 159 



Fairview Farm on Hudson, 34 



Feeding grounds, 2 



Fell's reservation, 81 



Ferrets, 96 



Field, Dr., quoted, 85 



Fish, attitude of ducks to- 

 wards, 26 



Fisher, Dr., quoted, 147 



Fisheries, commissioner of, 26 



Fisher's Island, 69 



Flicker, 150 



Florida dusky duck, 101, 169 



"Flyers," 118 



Food, 21; fresh supply, 24, 26, 

 27, 40; insect, 28; grain, 40 



Forester, Frank, quoted, 148 



Forbush, quoted, 69, 86 



Fox, 22, 72, 89, 90 



Foxtail grass, 41 



Frogs, 46, 88 



Fryer, quoted, 89, 94 



Furry enemies, 78; see vermin 



Gadwall, 170 



Game, abandonment of native, 

 158 



Game, overflow of, 7 ; decrease, 

 16 



Game enemies, superabundant, 

 74 ; see vermin 



Game farmers, 15 



Game farms, 31, 33, 34 



Gamekeeper, 40; experiments, 

 5; education of, 77; neces- 

 sity for, 101, 105; wages, 

 106; successful in America, 

 128 



Game keeping, 10 



Game officers, 117, 158 



Game parks, 4, 5 



Game preserve, 10 



Game preserving, scientific, 73 



Game prices, 132; note 



Game protective associations, 

 102, 111 



Game refuges, 4, 5, 125 



Game register, 113 



Geese, wild, 9; luring, 114, 133; 

 nesting in captivity, 134; 

 prices, 134; eggs, 134; re- 

 quirements for breeding, 136 ; 

 water for, 138; incubation, 

 139; dogs, 140; second clutch, 

 decreasing, 140; in Alaska, 

 141 ; summer home, 142 



Golden-eye, 9, 196 



Goose callers, 118 



Goshawk, 84 



Gray ranch, 66 



Green-winged teal, 9, 175 



Ground enemies, 78; see ver- 

 min, 88, 89, etc. 



