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INDEX 



Birds killed for food in, 217 

 Game preserves, in, 217 

 Definition of game-birds in, 



237 

 Eskimo, His use of bird eggs as 



food, 213 

 Evolution of game laws in the 



U. S., 265 



Extinction of birds, 302-5. 

 Eyess, The training of an, 121 



Falcon, Number of species of, 

 117 



Flight of, 118 



Use of a dog in training, 124 



Quarry of, 127 

 Falconry, 114 



History of,, 114-16; as a 

 noble sport, 116. 



Types of hawks employed, 

 117-20 



Terms used in, 120 



The training of the hawks, 

 121-25; their food, 126; 

 127 



Ancient laws pertaining to, 

 128 



Modern falconry, 129-31; in 



India, 130; Turkestan, 129, 



Siberia, 130 



Farallone Islands, Their rook- 

 eries depleted by egg hunt- 

 ers, 221 

 Feather dusters, Manufacture 



of, 194 



Feather Voyages, 187 

 Feathers, Origin, structure and 

 types of, 154-7 



Employed by savages, 160 



Artificial, 174 



Their use as down, 186 



Their use in the manufacture 



of toys, etc., 194 

 Federal Migratory Bird Law, 

 44 



Permitting Indians and Es- 

 kimos to kill birds, 159 



Passage of the Act, 230, 263, 



268, 278-80 

 Interpretation of the law, 



271 

 Cooperation in the law by 



the States, 2721 

 Federal ownership of birds, 



263 



Field-mice, 36, 37, 38, 49 

 Filoplume, Description of, 156 

 Fire, A cause of mortality 



among game-birds, 255 

 Fish, The number of species 



of, 5 



Flight of birds, Speed of, 99 

 Their destruction by birds, 



19, 20 

 Fly, Artificial, Manufactured 



from feathers, 194 

 Fowl, History of and breeds, 



61-63 



Artificial selections of, 66 

 Feathers utilized as down, 



186, 192 

 France 



Pigeons employed during 



war in, 103, 105 

 Laws governing the killing 



of song birds, 214, 215 

 Game-birds in, 234 

 Franco-Prussian War, Mes- 

 sages carried from Paris 

 by pigeons during, 103 



Game-birds 



The number of in the U. S. 

 and number of gunners, 

 231 



The value of birds, 232, 



Their definition, 234; in Eng- 

 land, 237 



Number of species in the 

 U. S. 238 



Mortality of, through disease, 

 254; through fire, 255; 

 through vermin, 256; 



