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INDEX 



Destruction of fruit by, 41, 



42 



Destruction of grain by, 43 

 Effect upon vegetation, 13-18 

 Effect upon locubt plagues, 



31 



Enemies of, 9, 10 

 Man's destruction of, 237- 



289 



Money value of, 48-50, 286 

 Bird -organ, Use of in training 



canaries, 137 

 Bison, Vast herds of, 6 

 Blackbirds, As grain eaters, 



etc., 42-44 

 Bluebird, 53 

 Bobolink, 44, 236; marketing 



of, 228 

 Brahma, Origin of the breed, 



66 

 Breeding of birds in captivity, 



184 



Brown Thrasher, 53 

 "Bullet," The pigeon holding 

 the world's record for 1000- 

 mile flight, 98 

 Bullfinch, Training it to 



whistle, 137 



Numbers imported to U. S., 

 138 



Cabbage butterfly, 29 

 Call-bird, Used to lure others 



into a cage, 153 

 Employed by Italians, 216 

 Call-ducks, Uses of, 146 

 Canary, Distribution of wild, 



135 



Breeds, 136 



Importations into U. S., 138 

 Methods of shipment, 138 

 Natural color, 135 

 Training, of, 136 

 Employed in the detection of 



noxious gases, 143 

 Canker worm destroyer, 33 

 Cannon, employed by market 

 hunters, 226 



Caribou, Vast herds of, 6 

 Castings ejected by hawks, 126 

 Cat, an enemy of game-birds, 



256 



Catbirds, The number of, 53 

 Census of birds, 51 

 Chase, Henry 



Code for state game-laws, 



273 

 Cherries, Destruction of by 



birds, 41 

 Chestnut blight carried by 



birds, 121 



Chili, No guano beds in, 204 

 Chili-saltpetre, Origin of, 197; 



nitrate beds of Peru, 204 

 China, Bird nests eaten in, 223 

 Chincha Islands, The home of 



guano birds, 198, 199, 202. 

 History of, 202 

 Destruction of guano beds, 



203-4, 208 



Mortgaged to private cor- 

 porations 208 

 Cholera, Transmitted to pigs 



by vultures, 21 

 Cock-fighting, 60, 61 

 Cockatoos, As pets, 140 

 Collodion, Messages written on 



for carrying pigeons, 103 

 Color, Of feathers, 157, 158 



In domestic pigeons, 91 

 Columella, On breeds of fowl, 



63 

 Compania Administradora del 



Guano 



Scientific methods of protect- 

 ing guano birds, 210 

 Condor, Sought for feathers, 



168 



Conservation 

 Policy of U. S. government 



and factors governing, 289 

 Its future in America and the 



world, 300 

 Cormorant, 99 



Food of, 19, 20, 199 

 Life history, 200 



