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Index 



Diseases, cholera, bubonic plague 



17 



Dodo, extinction of, cause, 78 



Dogs, bird, 71; destroyers, 77; 

 Esquimau, 77 



Dormouse, 30 



Dough bird, extinction of, 51-53 



Dove, mourning, food of, 91 ; 

 wild, 190 



Drinking pools, necessity for, 

 219 



Ducks, 14, 17; Labrador, ex- 

 tinction of, 45; mallard, nest 

 boxes of, 213; value of, 88; 

 wild, 191; wood, nest boxes, 

 213 



Dutcher, William, 123, 148, 199 



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Early settlers: friends of birds, 

 destruction of bird enemies, 43 

 Eckstorm, Fanny Hardy, 102 

 Eggs, auks, 39; destruction of, 

 25; eider ducks', 24; Esqui- 

 maux, 39 ; as food, 39 

 Egret, snowy, extinction of, 54 

 Elements, help against, 17 

 Enemies, savage people, civilized 



man, 37 



English Sparrow as a Pest, 79 

 Epidemics, 17; at Utah, 237 

 Ermine, 26 

 Esquimaux, 39 



European sparrows, extermina- 

 tion of, 241 



Farmers' Bulletin, 79 



Farmers, destroyers of birds of 



prey, 64; help given by, 263 

 Faxon, C. E., 189 

 Fay School, Southborough, 



Mass., 270 



Feathers, for women's hats, 40 

 Federal Migratory Bird Law, 



259 

 Feeding devices, Audubon food 



house, 1 52-1 55; food bell, 155; 

 "food dish," 156; food tray, 

 147; food tree, 156; food 

 trolley, 160; stuffed cocoanuts, 

 159; weathercock food house, 

 149-151 ; window box, 148 

 Feeding ground, 4 

 Feeding stations, 134, 135, 146 

 Ferry Hall, Lake Forest, 111., 270 

 Finches, 16, 59; purple, 129, 138, 

 144; sharp-tailed, 27; value of, 

 1 08 

 Fisher, A. K., 35, 82, 92, 94, 98, 



159 



Fisher, Walter K., 58 



Flickers, 34, 138; nesting box, 

 199; situation of, 209; value of, 

 101 



Flies, house, destruction of, 104; 

 ichneumon, destruction of, 85 



Floods, effect of, on ground- 

 nesting birds, 13, 14 



Flycatchers, great-crested, nest- 

 ing box, 199, 209; method of 

 feeding, 103 



Food bell 155 



"Food-cake, ''158 



"Food-dish," 156 



Food houses, 142; Audubon, 152- 

 1 55 ; weathercock, 149 ; descrip- 

 tion of, 151 



Food shelters, 147 



"Food stone," 138, 158 



Food tray, description of, 147 



Food tree, 5; description of, 156 



Food trolley, 142; description of, 

 use, 1 60 



Forbes, Professor, 112 



Forbush, Edward Howe, 16, 37, 

 75, 87, 90, 247 



Foreigners, ignorant, damage 

 done by, 259; trouble with, 

 260 



Forest fires, damage done by, 

 255; prevention and evils, 42 



Forestry, 254 



Foxes, enemies of birds, 22, 23; 

 good points, 24 



Frankfort, Kentucky, 46 



