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INDEX 



Homes, our, attracting birds to, 19. 



Hornaday's report, causes for de- 

 crease in bird life, 11 ; conclusions 

 regarding birds, 122; conclusion 

 regarding Western mammals, 138 ; 

 per cent of decrease in bird life, 2 ; 

 questions sent out, 1 ; recommen- 

 dations regarding birds, 123 ; rec- 

 ommendations regarding Western 

 mammals, 139 ; species reported as 

 extinct or becoming extinct, 136. 



House, feeding; for birds (figure), 

 60. 



House sparrow, injury caused by, 76. 



Humane Societies in the United 

 States and Canada, directory of, 

 147. 



Hummingbird (verses), 108. 



Hummingbirds, flowers for, 27. 



Hunt and fish, is it right to, 126. 



Hunting with a camera, 131. 



Illustrated Flora. Britton and 

 Brown, 22. 



Information, miscellaneous, 144. 



Injurious birds and mammals, 10. 



Injury caused by the house sparrow, 

 76. 



Is it right to hunt and fish ? 126. 



Island, bird; at Giessen, 29. 



Islands, groves, parks, and woods, 

 commemorative of noted ornithol- 

 ogists, 95. 



Jay, blue (verses), 117. 

 Jays, 70. 



Kobelt. Schutz den Vogeln, 40. 



Lack of food, the, 9. 



Lack of nesting places, 6. 



Lack of water, 7. 



Lake, Loon ; in Minnesota, 13. 



Lark, meadow (verses), 118. 

 League of American Sportsmen, 



Constitution, extract from, 133; 



directory of officers, 134; purpose 



and principles of, 132. 

 Liebe. Futterplatze fur Vogel im 



Winter, 63. 



Liebe. Nistkasten fur Vogel, 40. 

 Lime, 63. 

 List of birds from Brattleboro, Vt., 



53. 

 List of birds from Cheyenne, Wy., 



79. 

 Loon Lake in Minnesota, 13. 



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Magazines, 144. 



Mammals, injurious birds and, 10; 

 recommendations regarding, Horn- 

 aday's report, 139. 



Mammals and birds extinct, or be- 

 coming extinct, Hornaday's re- 

 port, 136. 



Martin, purple, nesting boxes for, 

 38. 



Masefteld. Wild Bird Protection, 40. 



Material, nesting, 62. 



Meadow lark (verses) , 118. 



Minks, 68. 



Minnesota, 6ird and arbor day law 

 of, 94; estimate of birds for, 3; 

 Loon Lake in, 13. 



Miscellaneous, 62. 



Miscellaneous information, 144. 



Mockingbird (verses), 101. 



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Natural enemies, protecting the 

 birds from their, 64. 



Nature, rural schools and, 30. 



Nature lover's point of view, game 

 protection from, 126. 



Nesting boxes, concluding remarks 

 on, 40; for bluebirds, 37; chicka- 

 dees, 36; creepers, 37; flycatchers, 

 38 ; nuthatches, 37 ; small owls, 

 38 ; swallows, 38 ; the purple mar- 



