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INDEX 



208, 209; habits, 209-211, 214 ; shoot- 

 ing, 211-213 ; difficulties of shooting, 

 215, 216 



Big Horn Mountains, necessity for 

 game preservation, 23, 24 ; grizzly 

 shooting, 259, 261, 262 



Bison, Bos americanus, 167 ; extinc- 

 tion of, 168, 172, 17s, 177, 178 ; 

 origin and name, 170; vast herds, 

 170-172 ; census of, 173, 174 ; ex- 

 termination owing to railroads, 172 ; 

 preservation, 174, 175, 331 ; range, 

 177, 331 : description, 176, 177, 331 ; 

 swiftness, 178, 179 ; hunting, 179- 



193 ; weapons and ammunition, 193, 



194 ; dependence of Indians on, 193, 

 "wallows" \note\, 176 



Bitter Root reserve, 25 



Black bear, Ursiis aTnericanns, 253 ; 

 food, 254; "hibernating," 255; 

 methods of hunting, 282, 289 ; anec- 

 dote of killing with bird-shot, 283, 



284 ; description, 284, 334 ; range, 

 284, 334 ; habits, 285, 286 ; flesh, 



285 ; food, 286 ; fondness of honey, 

 287, 288; easily intoxicated, 287, 

 288 ; cubs, 288 ; protection of, 289 ; 

 shooting in the South, 289-293 ; 

 bear-dogs, 289 ; varieties, 333, 334 



Black big-horn, Ovis stonei, 208 ; range, 

 209 



Black-faced caribou, Rangifer mon- 

 tanus, 330 



Black mountain sheep ; Stone's sheep, 

 Ovis stonei, 209, 210, 332 



Black-tailed deer, Odocoileus Columbi- 

 anus, 45, 95 ; confused with mule- 

 deer, III ; description and charac- 

 teristics, 111-113, 328; range, 113, 

 328; hunting, 113, 114; food, 114; 

 in Yosemite Park, 114-116 



Blake, Mr. Robert P., 264, 295, 296 



Blooming Grove Park, 33 



Blue bear, 297 



Blue Mountain Forest Association, 194 



Blue Mountain Forest Game Club, 

 buffalo preserve, 174, 194 



Blue Mountain preserve, 26, 28 ; in- 

 crease of deer, 35 



Bob-cat, see lynx 



Bonebrake, Mr. P. S., describes cou- 

 gar hunt, 307, 308 



Bonneville, Captain, quoted^ 171, 178, 

 188, 218, 231 



Boone and Crockett Club, qualifica- 

 tion for membership, 5, 6, 97 ; pres- 

 ervation of game, 22 ; moose, 79 



Brown, Mr. George [note], 69 



Brown bear, see black bear 



Buffalo, see bison 



Bull-and-bear fights, 257, 258 



Burro-deer, see mule-deer 



Cahoon, Mr. Georgk, 256; encoun- 

 ter with black bear, 283, 284, quoted 

 on black bear, 288, [note] 



Cahoon, Mrs. George, 283, 284 



California parks and reserves, 25 



Canada, buffaloes in, 174 



Canada lynx, Z. canadensis^ 315, see 

 lynx 



Canadian Rocky Mountain Park, 194 



Caribou, 39, 44; two species, 146; 

 range, 147, 152, 15 j, 160; size, etc., 

 148 ; color, 148 ; feet, 148 ; food, 149, 

 153, 154 ; tameness, 149 ; rutting 

 season, 150; horns, 150; flesh, 150; 

 curiosity, 150 ; shooting, 150, 151 ; 

 sense of smell, 151 ; weapons and 

 ammunition, 151 ; slaughter in New- 

 foundland, 153, 155-157, 158 ; shoot- 

 ing season, 154, 155 ; licenses, 155 ; 

 shooting-boxes, 158 ; abundance in 

 New Brunswick, 159 ; see woodland 

 caribou and barren-ground caribou 



Carson, Kit, 277 



Cartier, Jacques, quoted, 278, 279 



Cat family, Felidcs, 6, 7, 336 ; not true 

 game, 301 ; varieties in various coun- 

 tries, 301, 302, 336 



Catamount, see cougar 



Caton, Judge, 28, 40, 33, 44, 46, 50, 

 quoted, on moose, 79 ; mule-deer, 

 96. 97, 98; black-tailed deer, 114; 



