INDEX 



343 



Stone's black mountain sheep (see 



sheep) 

 St. Lawrence, bird reservations in 



Gulf of, 307 

 Strathcona Park, 254 

 Swallows, feed on adult insects, 169 

 Swamps, effect of drainage of, 23 

 Swans, trumpeter, 145; whistling, 144 



Taverner, P. A., 241, 255; estimate 

 by, of birds on Bonaventure 

 Island, 308; on Canada goose, 146; 

 on scarcity of grouse, 164; on 

 whistling swans, 144 



The Pines game reserve, area of, 250 



Thrush, food of, 168 



Tit, blue, insect food of, 167, 168 



Townsend, Dr. C. W., quoted, 154, 



319 

 Trading posts, new, in Canadian 



Arctic, 60 

 Trapping of wolves, coyotes, 204 

 Treaty on bird protection, resolu- 

 tion on, 267 

 Tree-creepers, insect food of, 168 

 Trees and shrubs attractive to birds, 



184-188 

 Trembling Mountain Park, 244 

 Turtle Mountain game reserve, area 



of, 249 

 Tyrrell, J. B., on barren-ground 



grizzly bear, 107; on caribou, 63; 



on moose, 52; on musk-ox, 94 

 Tyrrell, J. W., quoted on caribou, 65 



United States, animals extend range 

 to, 5; raising deer and other large 

 animals in, 37; wild life lost to, i 



United States Dept. of Agriculture, 

 bird census of, 175 



Useful Birdsand Their Protection, 181 



Utah Live Stock Board, estimate by, 

 of losses of sheep by wolves, 206 



Vancouver, bird sanctuary in Stan- 

 ley Park at, 192 

 Vermont, experience of, 8, 9 



Wallachia, buffalo of, 5 



Wapiti, or elk, 4, 5; as meat supply, 



36; bulletin on, 37; decreasing in 

 Alberta, 31; distribution of, in 

 Saskatchewan, 30; estimated num- 

 ber of, 28; habits of, 35; in British 

 Columbia, 32, 33; in Manitoba, 30; 

 popular name for, 4; range of, 28; 

 representative of European rein- 

 deer, 26 



Warblers, insect food of, 168 



Wascana game reserve, 251 



Waterton Lakes Park, description of, 

 238; wapiti in, 34; wild life in, 239 



Weed seeds eaten by birds, 169 



Wharton, W. P., estimate by, of 

 buffalo in 1912, 134 



Wheeler, Dr. W. M., Preface, v 



Whistling swan (see swan) 



White Bear Lake bird reserve, 304 



White, James (J. W.), buffalo in 

 Wainwright Buffalo Park, 135; on 

 sale of reindeer meat, 325 



White wavey geese, 149 



Wild fowl, slaughtering grounds of, 24 



Wild life, conservation of, 7, 18; con- 

 ditions militating against, 235; re- 

 lation of Indians to, 12; danger in 

 numbers of, 19; economic devel- 

 opment of, 10; enemies of, 193; 

 extermination of, 17; protection of, 

 by Dominion Government, 258; rec- 

 reative value of, 13; relation of, 

 to natives, 12; value of, to farmers, 

 291 



Wild Life Conservation, 9 



Wild Life Protection, Advisory Board 

 on, 259 



Wild life protection, individual effort 

 in, 286 



Wilderness of the Upper Yukon, 

 quoted, 77 



Wilkins, George H., quoted on musk- 

 ox, 95 



Williams, Bryan, quoted, 33, 53, 70, 

 83, 88, 198 



Wilson, Dr. C. W., quoted on moose, 



53 

 Wintemberg, W. J., discovery of, 41 

 Wire fences, effect of, on antelope, 72 

 Wolverine, fluctuations in, 232 

 Wolves, bounty paid on, in Alberta, 



