INDEX 



311 



through cultivation of the 

 eoil, 257; through use of 

 automobiles, 257. 

 Their increase under present 



laws, 282 



Game-breeding, Number of es- 

 tablishments in the U. S., 

 299 

 Prices obtained for live 



game-birds, 299 

 Game-cock, 59 

 Game-farms 

 State farms, 294 

 Description of New York 



State farms, 297. 

 The production of game- 

 birds, 298 

 Game-Laws. 



History of in England, 260 



Theories on, 259 



Effect of State laws upon 



birds, 263 

 Evolution of in the U. S., 



265 



Reforms, 266 



Laws of New York State, 

 269; of Long Island, 270. 

 Game code of U. S., 274. 

 Weaknesses of the American 



game-laws, 282 

 Game-preserves., History of, 



295 

 Private preserves in the U. 



S., 296; their merit 296 

 Gannet, as a producer of guano, 



199, 201 



Goldfish, employed in eradi- 

 cating mosquito larvae, 55 

 Goose, Domestic, 80 



History, production of, and 



breeds, 80-82 

 Production of p&t6 de foie 



gras, 81 



Commercial down from, 191 

 Geese reared especially for 



plucking, 192 

 Goose, Wild 



Graylag the forefather of do- 

 mestic breeds, 81 

 Canada goose under domesti- 

 cation, 82 



Use of live decoys in shoot- 

 ing, 148-50 

 Slaughter of, 241 

 Goshawk, 127, 123 

 Grain destroyed by birds, 42, 



43 

 Ground birds easy prey for 



hawks, 256 

 "Grouse disease," The virulence 



of, 255 



Grouse, Ruffed, 46 

 On the market, 226 

 Bounty placed on, 235 

 Slaughter of, 250 

 Its alteration of habits, 251 

 Open season for, 269, 

 Guano, Definition of, 196 

 Constituents of, 197, 198 

 History of, 202; introduced 

 to Europe, 203; sought by 

 U. S., 205-8; 

 Amount exported from Peru, 



209 

 Amount now produced by 



Peru, 211 

 Value set on guano birds, 



211 



Guano Act, Passed by Con- 

 gress, 207 

 Results of, 207-8 

 Guinea-fowl, 83 



History and production, 83 

 Maintained on farms in 



places of dogs, 142 

 Gulls, 58, 162 



A monument raised to, 31 

 Easily lured to the gunner, 

 150 



Hawk 



Cooper's, 9, 39, 119 

 Duck hawk, 39, 117 

 Goshawk, 9, 39, 119 



