xiv CONTENTS 



CHAPTEB PAGB 



VII. Birds in Relation to Agriculture .... 166 



ECONOMIC VALUE. FEEDING HABITS OF CHIEF GROUPS. 

 LOCAL ABUNDANCE OF BIRDS. METHODS OF PROTECTION 

 AND ENCOURAGEMENT. PROVISION OF NESTING FACILITIES. 

 NESTING-BOXES OR BIRD-HOUSES. THE DESTRUCTION OP 

 ENEMIES. PROVISION OF FRUIT-BEARING TREES AND 

 SHRUBS. LIST OF TREES AND SHRUBS BEARING FRUITS 

 ATTRACTIVE TO BIRDS. THE PROVISION OP OTHER FORMS 

 OF FOOD AND OF WATER. BIRD SANCTUARIES. 



VIII. The Enemies of Wild Life and the Control of 



Predatory Animals 193 j 



WOLVES. COYOTE. COUGAR. THE WOLF AND COYOTE 

 PROBLEM AS AFFECTING LIVE-STOCK INTERESTS. THE NE- 

 CESSITY OF ORGANIZED CONTROL BY HUNTING AND TRAP- 

 PING. CONTROL OF PREDATORY ANIMALS IN THE UNITED 

 STATES. LESSER PREDATORY MAMMALS. PREDATORY BIRDS. 



IX. The Periodic Fluctuations of our Fur-Bearing 



Animals 213 



VARYING HARE OR RABBIT. LYNX. FOXES. WOLVES. 

 MARTEN. FISHER. MINK. SKUNK. MUSKRAT. CONCLU- 

 SIONS. 



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Reserves for Game and Wild Life in Canada 2351 



THE NATIONAL PARKS. JASPER PARK. THE ROCKY MOUN- 

 TAINS PARK. WATBRTON LAKES PARK. ELK ISLAND PARK. 

 BUFFALO PARK. ANTELOPE PARK. YOHO PARK. GLACIER 

 PARK. REVELSTOKE PARK. POINT PELEE NATIONAL PARK. 

 PROVINCIAL RESERVES FOR GAME AND WILD LIFE. NEW 

 BRUNSWICK GAME RESERVE. GASPESIAN FOREST, PISH, 

 AND GAME PRESERVE. TREMBLING MOUNTAIN PARK. 

 LAURENTIDES NATIONAL PARK. ALGONQUIN PARK. QUETICO 

 FOREST RESERVE. RONDEAU PROVINCIAL PARK. PROVII^- 

 CIAL GAME RESERVES IN MANITOBA. PROVINCIAL GAME 

 RESERVES IN SASKATCHEWAN. GAME RESERVES IN AL- 

 BERTA. ELK RIVER RESERVE. YALAKOM GAME RESERVE. 

 STRATHCONA PARK. MOUNT ROBSON PARK. THE CLEAR- 

 WATER AND SMOKY RIVERS RESERVE. SPECIAL RESERVE 

 FOR MOUNTAIN SHEEP. SUMMARY OF GAME RESERVES IN 

 CANADA. PROPOSED GAME RESERVE FOR NOVA SCOTIA. 



