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NDEX. 



Birds — Con. 



erroneous opinions regarding decrease of, 

 549-556. 



former abundance of game, 6, 14, 20, 30, 

 44, 47, 65, 68, 72, 77, 96, 107, 130, 136, 142, 

 149, 171, 173, 178, 184, 185, 195, 222, 236, 

 246, 256, 263, 271, 275, 278, 279, 283, 286, 

 291, 292, 310, 316, 331, 337, 341, 342. 349, 

 353, 354, 360, 364, 370, 378, 380, 385, 395, 

 401, 404, 405, 417, 420, 433, 444, 448, 452, 

 454, 469, 470, 473, 474, 475, 478, 483, 489, 

 490. 



increase of, 78, 89, 116, 119, 120, 122, 313. 

 331, 370, 371, 384, 390, 395, 504, 505, 509, 



520, 521, 522, 523. 524, 568. 

 insectivorous, on game preserves, 568. 

 large numbers killed, 14-22, 27, 28. 51. 52, 



108. 140. 141, 149, 158, 179, 198, 211, 222, 

 238, 239, 240, 246, 247, 263, 264, 279, 280, 

 291, 342, 343, 344, 346. 379, 381, 402. 403. 

 405. 408. 409. 419. 420, 421. 427. 438. 439. 

 441. 448, 450, 4.54, 464, 513, 514, 515, 519. 



521, 537, 539, 540. 



Bishop, Louis B., 29, 256, 279, 296. 304, 311. 328, 

 337, 421, 614. 

 Watson L., 377. 

 Bitterns, 8, 9. 

 Blackbird, 351. 

 Blackbirds, 432. 579. 

 Blackbreast, 335. 



Little, 282. 

 Black-head, 16, 121. 

 Black-tail, 297. 

 Blatchley, VV. S., 408. 

 Blommaert, Samuel, 9. 

 Blood, C. L., 206. 



Edmund. 247. 

 Bluebill, Little, 124. 

 Bluebills. 115, 121, 125, 1.30. 166. 523. 

 Bluebird. 335. 

 Blue Peter. 221. 

 Blue-wing, 95. 

 Boardman, George X., 51, 53, 62. 68. 128. 131. 



133. 214. 234. 365, 409. 

 Boats, shooting from, 535. 

 Bobolinks. 579. 



Bob-wiiite, 1, 6, 22, 32, 33, 251, 367, 368, 384, 509. 

 514, 545, 546. 565. 567. 581, 590. 



fruits eaten by, 582. 



seeds eaten by, 583. 

 Bogert. W. S., 523. 

 Bonaparte. Charles L.. 549. 

 Bonasa umbelhis togata, 377. 



umbellus, 377. 

 Bottle-head, 335. 

 Bourne, Edward E., 437. 

 Boutwell, M. M., 345, 441. 

 Bowler, Wm. T., 614. 

 Bowles, J. H., 203, 204, 475. 

 Boyle, E. .1., 373. 

 Braokett, Foster H.. 203. 

 Bradford. William. 405. 



Rrai.slin. W. C, 199. 

 Brant, 2, 8, 9, 15, 183, 523. 

 Branta berniola glaucogastra, 183. 

 canadensis canadensis, 177, 

 hutchinsi, 182. 

 leucopsis, 193. 

 nigricans, 192. 

 Biant-bird, 282, 359. 

 Brant, Black, 189, 192. 

 Bras.s-back, 340. 

 Break Horn, 60. 

 Brereton, John, 9, 484. 

 Brewer, T. M., 135, 145, 176, 182, 

 230, 231, 234, 311, 327, 332, 349, 

 358, 363, 365. 409, 492. 

 Brewster, C. E., 513. 



William, 41. 44, 51, 69, 77, 

 96, 108. 114. 125, 133, 

 158, 162, 176, 203, 206, 

 218, 220, 228, 261, 264, 

 285, 287, 304, 314, 317, 

 391, 440. 441. 442. 454. 

 485, 487, 491, 611, 614, 

 Bridge, Mrs. Lidian E., 611. 

 Brimley. C. S.. 441, 461. 

 Broad-bill. 166. 

 Brooks, Charles, 436. 



W. Sprague. 152, 612. 

 Brown, C. B., 461. 



Chas. H., 89. 115, 116. 

 Frank A., 272. 

 Neal. 462. 

 Brown-back, 253. 

 Brown Bank-bird, 225. 

 Brown, Marlin, 294. 

 Browne, F. C, 206. 



G. E., 203, 206. 

 Brownie. 270. 

 Bruce, David, 58. 

 Bruner, Lawrence, 30, 461. 

 Bubier, G. M., 247, 298. 

 Buffington, S. L., 88, 130. 

 BufHe-head, 135, 168, 572. 

 Bull-head, 335. 

 Bull-peep, 274. 



Bureau of Biological Survey, 75, 

 235, 273, 365, 373, 396, 494, 498, 518, 

 590. 

 Burlingame, Benjamin, 487. 

 Burrage, Henry S., 7, 401, 402, 479. 

 Burroughs, John, 200. 

 Bush, Ben O., 457, 464. 

 Butler, A. W., 517. 



Benjamin F.. 442. 

 Butter Ball, 135. 

 Butter-bill, 153. 

 Butter-nose, 153. 

 Button, Sir Thomas, 22. 

 Buzzards, 464. 



Cabot, Mrs. Eliza, 387. 

 Samuel, 176, 440. 



211, 212, 218, 

 353, 355, 357, 



84, 87. 90, 92, 

 134, 136, 157, 

 207, 214, 215, 

 271, 273, 279, 

 349, 3.55, 387, 

 456, 457, 464, 

 615. 



159, 162, 196, 

 , 568, 572, 578, 



