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Index 



K 



Kennard, Frederic H., 3, 28, 



54, 152, 167, 190, 216 

 Kentucky, Frankfort, 46 

 Killing for market, 40 

 King, Professor, 91 

 King of the Pacific, 57 

 Kingbird, 33 



Kingbird, flycatcher, food of, 104 

 Kinglets, value of, work of, no 



Labrador, 52, 77; duck, extinc- 

 tion of, 45, 46 

 Landlord, bird lover as, 192 

 Lapland longspurs, 12, 139 

 Lark, shore, 139 

 Law, Federal Migratory Bird, 



259 

 Laysan, 56, 57; slaughter on, 



61,62 

 Lighthouses, "bird rests," 256; 



damage done by, 255 

 Lime, bird, 66 

 Locusts, destruction of, 86; 



Rocky Mountain, 103 

 Longspur, Lapland, 12, 139 

 Lumbermen, damage done by, 



263 



M 



MacKaye, Percy, 118, 231, 281 



Magdalen Islands, 52 



Maid of the Mist, 14 



Malaria, 104 



Man -o '-war birds, 59 



Market: cold storage, 44; game 

 dealers, 44; growth of, 44; 

 gunning, 256; gunners, pro- 

 fessional, 44; hunter, 64; 

 methods used, 64; milliners, 

 44; the passing of, 256; 

 plumage, 39, 40; plume hunt- 

 ing, 256 



Marsh hens, 27 



Martins, purple, 12, 109; situa- 

 tion of nest boxes, 209 



Massachusetts, 12, 13, 75; New- 

 ton Centre, 152, 167; Stone- 

 ham, 134; Woods Hole, 51 



Mauritius, Island of, 78 



McAtree, W. L., 191 



Meadowlarks, 70; economic 

 status of, 107; value of, 107; 

 Western, 107 



Mealworms, study of, 165 



Meat, raw, 138 



Meriden, N. H., i, 2, 4, 5, 31, 

 33, 144, 145, 156, 163, 190, 

 199, 214, 220, 231 ; bird baths, 

 229; Bird Club, 137, 140, 228, 

 231, 273, 281, 289; destroying 

 bird enemies, 240 



Merriam, Clinton Hart, 264 



Mexico, Gulf of, 1 1 



Mice, meadow, damage done 

 by, 30; destruction of, 97 



Michelet, Jules, 122 



Michigan, in 



Miller-birds, 59 



Milliners' market, 44 



Miners, damage done by, 262 



Mink, 25 



Minnesota, 289; Natural History 

 Survey, 12 



Minnetonka Game Refuge, 289 



Mocking birds, value of, in 



Mormons, 84 



Music, origin of, 120 



Muskrats as egg-eaters, 29 



N 



Natural enemies of birds, 20 

 Nature, balance of, 38 

 Nebraska, 89, 103, 109 

 Negroes, teachers of, 262 

 Nest boxes, Berlepsch, 128, 200; 

 best places for, 205; cleaning 

 of, 214; condition of, 202; 

 general situation of, 202; 

 position of, 203; preparation 

 for hanging, 204; selection of, 

 201; sizes, 204; time, reasons 

 for, 201 

 Nesting material, 217 



