INDEX 



American voles, 50. 

 Antelope, 273 ; pronghorned, 



284. 

 Arsenic, use of in destroying 



pests, 290. 



Bachman, Dr., 252. 



Badger, 263; badger burrows, 



265 ; prehistoric plowing, 



267; aids the farmer, 268. 

 Bailey, Vernon, 96, 99, 157, 



238. 



Barabaschi, Dr. P., 42. 

 Barium carbonate as a poison, 



294. 

 Bats, 201; species of, 202; 



economic relations, 204. 

 Beaver, 94 et seq. 

 Belgian hare, 177. 

 Bell, Dr. Robert, 123. 

 Bighorn, 273, 383. 

 Bison, 284. 

 Black fox, 243. 

 Blanford, W. T., 7. 

 Bowen, George T., 82. 

 Breeding foxes, 227; mink, 



259; skunks, 271. 

 Bristoe, W. M., 187. 

 Buffalo, 273. 



Bull-snakes, 188. 

 Bush-rat, 101. 



Canadian fur-bearers, 243. 



Carcajou, 243. 



Caribou, 273. 



Chase, A. W., 103. 



Chipmunk, 144 et seq.; the 

 burrow and its furniture, 

 145; familiarity, 147. 



Construction, rat-proof, 28. 



Cotton-rat, 68, 105; habits, 

 106. 



Coues, Dr. Elliott, 46, 260, 

 266, 267. 



Coyote, 232 et seq.; character 

 of, 233; beneficial food hab- 

 its, 235; injurious food 

 habits, 236; as a pest, 237; 

 fencing against, 241 ; traps 

 for, 311. 



Cultivation of muskrats, 89; 

 of the mink, 258; of 

 skunks, 270. 



Cummins, L. C., 187. 



Dancing mice, 38. 

 Deer, 273 et seq.; native 

 American, 273; capability 



315 



