INDEX 



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Meadow-mouse, 48 et seq.; 

 common, 51; general habits, 

 56; plague of, 58; preven- 

 tion of plagues, 62 ; food of, 

 65; damage from, 66; pre- 

 vention measures, 68; pro- 

 tection of orchards against, 

 70. 



Merriam, Dr. C. Hart, 119, 

 122, 197, 245. 



Mink, 242; life of, 254; value 

 of, 256; trapping, 257; cul- 

 tivation for profit, 258; 

 care of, 260. 



Minkeries, 259. 



Mole-gopher, 113. 



Moles, 194; under the lawn, 

 194; strength of, 196; 

 methods of, 197; star-nosed 

 mole, 198. 



Montgomery, F. U., 9. 



Moose, 273. 



Mountain goat, 282. 



Mouse, 37 et seq.; pantry- 

 mouse, 37 ; meadow-mouse, 

 48 ; Japanese dancing 

 mouse, 38; prevalence of, 

 40; carry bacilli, 41; musi- 

 cal, 43; prairie mouse, 53; 

 food habits, 55 ; wild habits, 

 56; pine mouse, 53; deer 

 mouse, 68; pocket mouse, 

 68; harvest mouse, 68. 



Musk-hog, Texan, 282. 



Muskrat, 76 et seq.; mischief 

 done by, 76; value of, 78; 

 as a food, 80; recipe for 



cooking, 82; trapping, 84; 

 preparation of pelt, 88; 

 cultivation of, 89; possibil- 

 ities, 90; suitable places 

 and proper care, 91. 



Nelson, E. W., 66. 



Orchards, protection of 

 against mice, 70; against 

 rabbits, 173. 



Osgood, W. H., 213, 250, 269. 



Otter, 263. 



Peccary, 273. 



Pack-rat, 101 et seq.; thiev- 

 ing propensities, 102. 



Pekan, 243. 



Pennant's marten, 243. 



Pantry-mouse, 37 et seq. 



Pest of wild horses, 280. 



Phosphorus, use of in destroy- 

 ing pests, 290. 



Pine-marten, 242. 



Pine-mouse, 51, 53; food hab- 

 its, 55. 



Piper, Stanley E., 60. 



Pocket-mouse, 68. 



Poisoning and trapping, direc- 

 tions, 288 et seq.; waste of 

 effort, 288; phosphorus and 

 arsenic, 290; virtues of 

 strychnine, 292 ; poisoning 

 rats and house mice, 294; 

 poisoning field-mice, 296 ; 

 poisoning rabbits, 29H ; 

 poisoning prairie dogs, 299; 



