INDEX 239 



Insectivorous birds, economic value of, see economic value of 

 wild life. 



destruction of 16, 46 



laws protecting 25, 26, 44, 65 



methods of preventing damage by 130, 131 



International treaty with Canada 27 



Introduction of foreign species of birds and animals, 



98-101, 120, 121, 131, 155-159 



Iowa game warden's mistake 74, 99 



Italians and negroes destructive of bird life, 16, 46, 61, 134, 194, 211 



Lacey bird law 180 



Lambay, Island of, stocked with deer 121 



Legitimate sport and use of game, 



90-92, 95, 103, 104, 106-108, 155, 206, 219, 221 



Limit to possibilities of restocking 9, 13-15, 188 



Long close seasons and immunity from slaughter indispensable, 



99, 117, 118, 137, 170 



Losses due to insects 49-53, 194, 209 



Maine, Conservation of deer and moose in 108, 109 



Manual of instruction needed 220 



Market hunters 21, 22, 32, 44, 77, 88, 97, 98, 172 



Record kept by a professional 32 



Mauritius, Island of 75, 166 



McLean- Weeks law, see Federal Migratory Bird law. 



Measures needed for preserving species, 13-15, 38, 88, 92-101, 



111, 112, 117-119, 122-124, 165, 169, 170, 198, 211, 212, 220-222 



Campaigning for, and legal steps 173-180, 186 



Funds needed for 36, 38, 177, 180-187 



Immediate action imperative 167, 169, 175, 186, 188 



National Forests made national game preserves 179, 193 



National Forests, Hunting permitted in 40-43, 179, 193 



New York's solution of the deer problem 132, 133 



State law excellent 96, 133, 219 



New Zealand stocked with deer 120, 121 



Ohio and other states nearly denuded of wild life . .11, 15, 74-77, 164 



Species of birds exterminated in 76 



Permanent Wild Life Protection Fund . ..209 



