INDEX 



Accipiterinae, Employed in fal- 

 conry, 119 



Aeroplane, Pigeons flown from, 

 109 



Albatross, Distribution, 5 

 Slaughter on Laysan Island, 



167 



Eggs taken as food, 222 

 Guano, 222 



Aldrovandi, on breeds of fowl, 

 63 



American Army, Employment 



of pigeons in, 104-5 

 Captures pigeons from Ger- 

 mans, 107 



Trains pigeons to fly by 

 night, 108 



American Guano Co., Organ- 

 ized,, 206 



American Ornithologists' Un- 

 ion 

 Campaign to end feather 



trade, 169 

 It draws up the Audubon 



Law, 170 

 Defines game-birds, 236, 267 



Amphibians, Number of epe- 

 cies, 5 



Anchovy. Great numbers eaten 

 by guano birds, 199 



Argentina, Ostrich farms of 

 181 



Armada, An apparatus for kill- 

 ing wild duck, 227 



Audubon, John James, Ob- 

 serves enormous flocks of 

 wild pigeons, 6 



Audubon Law, Adoption of, 

 170 



Incorporated with federal Mi- 

 gratory Bird Law, 275 

 Audubon Societies, National 

 Association of, 



Founded, 172 



Campaign for bird protection, 



278 



Automobile, Employed as an 

 accessory to shooting, 257 



Use as such prohibited in 

 some States, 258, 274 



Bag-limit, controlled by law, 



275 

 Baiting pools for ducks, 147, 



225 



Bats, Producers of guano, 196 

 Battery, Employed in shooting 



water-fowl, 226 

 Bayne Law, Enacted, 230 

 Belgian Homers, 96 

 Belgium,, The center of pigeon 



flying, 96 



Pigeons captured by Ger- 

 mans, 107 

 "Bird-day," Established in 



some States, 290 

 Bird-lime, Employed for cap- 

 turing small birds, 152 

 Birds of paradise. Character 



of plumes of, 156 

 Hunted for their plumes, 



167 



Birds, Number of species, 5, 6 

 Diseases of, 8, 255 

 Destruction of insects by, 11, 



12, 32, 42, 53 

 Destruction of rodents by, 



36, 37 

 307 



