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INDEX 



Birch Lake bird reserve, description 

 of, 304 



Bird-boxes, 177 



Bird census, in Manitoba, 173; in 

 United States, 175 



Bird-houses, at Ottawa, 192; dia- 

 grams of, 179; dimensions of, 180 



Bird protection and encouragement, 

 176 



Bird reserves, government, 300; in 

 Saskatchewan, 301 



Bird Rocks, as a bird reservation, 307 



Birds, analysis of stomachs of, 168; 

 destruction of enemies, 181; de- 

 struction of haunts of, 172; 

 economic value of, 166; feeding 

 habits of, 168; general, 143; local 

 abundance of, 172; slaughtering 

 grounds of, 24; vegetable food of, 

 183; weed seed scattered by, 170 



Bison (see buffalo) 



Black, George, quoted on caribou, 60 



Black bear (see bear) 



Blue geese (see geese) 



Bobcat, description of, 210 



Bonaventure Island, as a bird reser- 

 vation, 307 



Boy Scouts, value of, 287 



Boyd, Mossom, herd of cattalos of, 

 140 



Bradshaw, F., quoted, 30, 31, 45, 69, 



74. 251 



Braithwaite, Henry, quoted on wood- 

 land caribou, 68 



Brant, breeding ground of, 149 



British Columbia, game legislation 

 of, 283; reserves in, 253 



Brondgeest, J. T., quoted on antelope, 



73 

 Buffalo, almost disappeared, 113; 

 cross-breeding of, 138; destruction 

 of, 117; disposal of surplus of, 138; 

 distribution of, in Canada, 114; 

 domestication of, 136; end of, 

 hastened by railways, 119; former 

 meat supply of Indians, 118; fu- 

 ture of, in Canada, 136; in Europe, 

 5; last shipment of robes of, 122; 

 losses of, by storms, 116; methods 

 of slaughter of, 118; migration of, 



116; northern and southern herds, 

 120; protected by Indians, 119; 

 protection of, in parks. 113; range 

 of, 18, 113; slaughter of southern 

 herd, 120; suitable to winter con- 

 ditions, 137; where existing, 5 



Buffalo, wood, estimate of number of, 

 124; numbers increasing, 133; need 

 protection of reserve, 126; pro- 

 tected by Indians, 128, 133; range 

 of, 123, 127, 130; two separate 

 bands, 129 



Buffalo Lake bird reserve, descrip- 

 tion of, 305 



Buffalo Park, creation of, 134; de- 

 scription of, 240; number of buffalo 

 in, 135; wapiti in, 34; wild life in, 

 240 



Burnham, John B., on causes of 

 scarcity of grouse, 164 



Bury, H. T., quoted on moose, 52; 

 on woodland caribou, 69 



Cabot, Wm. B., quoted on Labrador 



and Niagara, 214-215 

 Camsell, C, report on wood buffalo 



by, 129 

 Canada, last stronghold of big game, 



26; status of wild life of, 2 

 Canada goose (see geese) 

 Canadian Birds, catalogue of, 149 

 Canadian sportsmen, advantages of, 



14 . 



Canadians, lack of appreciation of 

 wild life by, 7 



Caribou, 10, 56; as a source of meat 

 supply, II, 26; danger of extinction 

 of, 21; distribution of, 59, 69; eco- 

 nomic value of, 64; enormous 

 herds of, 63; habits of, 58, 61; 

 Osborn's, 70; spring killing of, by 

 Eskimos, 65; utilization of, by 

 Indians, 63; range of, 68; Rocky 

 Mountain, 71 



Caribou warble-fly, 67 



Catlin, on numbers of buffalo killed, 

 119 



Cats, as bird destroyers, 181 



Cattalo, at Scott, Sask., 142; breed- 

 ing of, 140 



