INDEX. 



[The numbers in heavy-faced type refer to the pages in Parts I and II on which the species are 

 described. AH names of each species given in the text are indexed, — including most of those 

 commonly used by New England gunners.) 



Abbott, C. C, 20, 21, 108, 317. 

 Actitis macularia, 322. 

 jEgialitis meloda, 354. 



semipalmata, 352. 

 Agassiz, Louis, 406. 

 Agriculture, decline of, 554. 

 Aix sponsa, 105. 

 Allen, Arthur A., 232. 

 F. H., 293. 



Glover M., 62, 90, 136, 147, 162, 

 206, 216, 218, 222, 232, 234, 256, 

 281, 292. 298, 304, 311, 317, 328, 

 355, 425, 443, 461, 462, 485, 492, 

 614. 

 J. A., 44, 77, 84, 92, 96, 100, 108, 

 184, 216, 234, 256, 263, 271, 279, 

 296, 298, 304, 311, 317, 321, 327, 

 343, 349, 355, 358, 376, 409, 410. 

 William H., 265. 

 Amadas, Philip, 7, 478. 

 Ames, C. H., 464. 

 J. H., 214. 

 Anas platyrhynchos, 71. 

 rubripes, 76. 

 rubripos rubripes, 80. 

 Anderson, R. M., 30, 462. 

 Angell, Walter A., 3S1, 461. 

 Anser albifrons gambeli, 175. 

 Appendix A, 611. 

 B, 617. 

 Archer, Gabriel, 9, 100, 403, 484. 

 Ardea canadensis, 485. 

 Arenaria interpres morinella, 359. 

 Argal, Sir Samuel, 7. 

 Arquatella maritima maritima, 268. 

 .\tkinson, George E., 462. 

 Attracting upland game birds, 581. 



water-fowl, 569. 

 Attwater, H. P., 424. 

 Audubon, J. J., 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 24, 

 48, 53, 62, 68, 72, 87, 92, 94, 

 107, 114, 117, 132, 138, 149, 

 176, 211, 222, 226, 230, 234, 

 269, 271, 283, 286, 291, 295, 

 30S, 310, 336, 342, 349, 355, 

 364, 365, 366, 367, 385, 387, 

 409, 411, 412, 413, 416, 419, 

 444, 445, 446, 451, 479, 480, 

 517, 518. 

 J. W., 53, 396, 411. 



26, 29, 42, 

 101, 104, 

 171, 173, 

 239, 261, 

 299, 304, 

 361, 363, 

 392, 404, 

 433, 443, 

 493, 494, 



Aughey, Samuel, 308, 319, .351, 353, 356, 499, 514. 

 Auk, Great, 399. 



Razor-billed, 399, 402. 

 Auks, 2. 

 Avocet, 230, 231. 



Bacon, S. E., Jr., 142. 



Vaughan D., 338. 



Badger Bird, 294. 



Bagg, Egbert, 131. 



Baird, S. F., 218, 230, 315, 409, 492. 



Baldpate, 83, 84, 85, 86, 103, 571, 572. 



Bangs, Outram, 84. 



Bank-bird, 227. 



Barlowe, Arthur, 7, 478. 



Barnes, R. M., 54. 



Barrows, Walter B., 424, 455. 



Bartlett, H. W., 257. 



Bartramia longicauda, 315. 



Bartsch, Paul, 424. 



Basset, J. E., 85. 



Bates, F. A., 137, 156. 



Batty, J. H., 216. 



Baxter, J. Bert, 462. 



Beach-bird, 290. 



Beal, F. E. L., 327, 396. 



Bearse, Russell, 204, 613. 



Beebe, C. Wm., 474. 



Beetle-head, 335, 340. 



Belknap, Jeremy, 184, 385, 437, 473, 491. 



Bendire, Charles, 377. 



Bent, Arthur C, 90, 116, 136, 172, 199, 313. 



Berteau, C. P., 420, 432. 



Beverly, Robert, 490. 



Beyer, George H., 422, 457, 461. 



Bigelow, Henry B., 97, 186, 424. 



Bird protection, statutory, 588. 



Birds, causes of decrease of, 510, 531, 547, 549. 



decrease of, 18, 32, 44, 47, 51, 61, 65, 68, 72, 

 77, 82, 87, 92, 96, 104, 107, 114, 122, 125, 

 130, 136, 140, 145, 149, 155, 164, 167, 171, 

 173, 179, 184, 185, 195, 20i, 211, 222, 232, 

 234, 236, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 256, 207, 

 263, 264, 265, 269, 271, 272, 275, 279, 280, 

 283, 287, 292, 296, 298, 301, 304, 307, 311, 

 316, 317, 321, 323, 328, 332, 337, 343, 349, 

 353, 355, 362, 365, 372, 376, 379, 380, 386, 

 387, 388, 395, 409, 410, 413, 414, 415, 421, 

 424, 426, 436, 448, 456, 458, 475, 483, 491, 

 492, 504, 505. 



