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Sauer, C. O., quoted, 67, 76. 



Schmidt, F., quoted, 291, on map, 163. 



Schorger, A. W., quoted, 213. 



Seton, E. T., quoted, 135, 142. 



Sex ratio, see species. 



Sharpshin, 57. 



Sharptail grouse. See Prairie Chickens. 



Shelford, V. E., map by, 19. 



Shelterbelts, coniferous, 71, 72, 74. 



Shimek, B., map by, 18. 



Shooting preserve statute, 131, 268. 



Shuffle. See Quail. 



Slashings, 169, 170. 



Sleet, The Big, 76; on plumage, 79; records 

 of, 76. 



Smartweed, 181. 



Smith-Hughes Act, 265. 



Snowfall records, 76, 81. 



Snowshoe rabbits, cycle chart, 142, 143; dis- 

 tribution, 91, 96; effect on plantations, 

 97; fluctuation in relation to cottontail, 

 94; fluctuation or cycle, 96, 135; kills per 

 acre, 91, 97; mobility of, 97; population 

 density, 97; Trempealeau irruption, 95. 



Snowy owl, 140, 142. 



Species ratios, 119, 292, 151. 



Sportsman-farmer relationships, 268. 



Sportsmen's organizations, 259. 



Spruce hen, 135, 150, 158. 



Soil, erosion, 17, 88, 247; origin, 17. 



Soy beans, 181. 



Squirrel, 17. 



State game observers, 137, 138, 144, 146, 

 171. 



Stevens, J. H., quoted, 45, 166. 



Stick-tights. See Tick Trefoil. 



Stoddard, H. L,, quoted, 31, 42, 51, 54, 58, 

 70, 80, 87, 157, 165. 



Straggling. See Ringneck and Hungarian. 



Streams, character by types of range, 18, 20, 

 21; stability of, 249, 250. 



Sumac, 181. 



Sunday laws, 255. 



Sunflower, 181. 



Survey, conclusions of, 167; field method, 

 23; persons consulted, 272; routes, 22. 



TARTARY buckwheat, 180. 



Tax delinquent lands, 246, 256. 



Terrell, C. B., quoted, 180, 204. 



Thief Lake projects, 202. 



Tick trefoil, relation to woods quail, 69; as 

 winter food, 81. 



Tickets, hunting, 132. 



Ticks, 154, 183. 



Till plain type, 17, 20, 61, 162, 169. 



Timber, chickens roosting in, 177; disper- 

 sion of, 19, 20. 



Tinan, C., quoted, 162. 



Toll charges. See charges under species. 



Tractors, 65. 



Training camps, 241. 



Training for game men, 209. 



Transition type, 17, 20. 



Trapping. See species. 



Trespass, laws, 253, 255. 



Tularemia, in wild quail, 56. 



Turkey, census and kill, 190, 192; compara- 

 tive persistence, 189; distribution, 189, 

 190; outline for study, 193; plants, 190, 

 191, 192; populations, 190; preserves, 

 192; purity of stock, 192; north bound- 

 ary of, 189, 191; seasons, 197; weights, 

 192; fact-finding, 269. 



Types of game range, areas, 16; characters, 

 17; chicken range, 168; description, 18; 

 map, 13. 



UNGLACIATED hills of Ohio, 13, 61. 

 Universities. See Agricultural colleges. 

 Upper Mississippi type, 17, 20, 221, 249. 



"VERMIN," 108, 122. See also species. 



WALKER, quoted on map, 45. 



Wardens, federal, 207. 



Waterfowl, bag limits and hours, 207; 

 breeding grounds, 201, 203; census, 204; 

 charges, 209; clubs, 206, 209; commer- 

 cial preserves, 206, 207; composition of 

 kill, 210, 212; concentration areas, 203; 

 cripple: kill ratio, 208; land values, 208; 

 law enforcement, 206; limits and hours, 

 207, 216; posting of lands, 251; pre- 

 serves and clubs, 201, 207, 210; refuges, 

 201, 202, 205, 206, 207, 209, 210, 

 242 ; restoration projects, 202 ; seasons, 

 215; shooting practices, 207; trends in, 

 200. 



Wayne, A. T., quoted, 49. 



Weather, quail and, 74, 81; records, 75, 76, 

 81. 



Weeds. See species of. 



Weevils, 181. 



Weights of game. See species. 



Western quails, 31. 



Wheaton, quoted, 25, 162, 230. 



Whitetail deer. See Deer. 



Widmann, O., quoted, 111, 155, 166, 173, 

 175, 230, 232. 



Wight, H. M., quoted, 36, 120, 245. 



Wilcox, R. F., photographs by, 60. 



Wild turkey. See Turkey. 



Wilderness game lands, acquisition of, 267. 



Williamston plan, 132, 260, 268. 



Wilson's snipe, see Jacksnipe. 



Winter feeding, chickens, 177, 179; Hun- 

 garians, 121; quail, 67, 72, 74. 



Winter losses. See species. 



Woodlots, debrushing of, 59 ; grazing in, 59 ; 

 fires in, 245; per cent of, 18; products, 

 61 ; reproduction of, 61 ; tax laws, 160, 

 257, 268. 



Woodruff, F. M., quoted, 25. 



YEATTER, R. E., quoted, 36, 116. 



