Index 



Arenaria interpret, see Turnstone. 

 Arenaria melanocephala, black turn- 



stone, 487. 

 Atlantic Coast 



Shore-bird shooting, 316. 



Stilt sandpiper resort, 356. 



White-rumped sandpiper resort, 



374-375- 



[See also names of places, Long 



Island, eft:.] 

 Audubon 



Labrador duck, 161, 162. 



Smew specimen, 200. 

 Australia 



Black swan, 260. 



Geese, 218. 



Sea-duck, 121. 

 Aythya affinis, lesser scaup duck, 



137- 



Aythya americana, see Red-head. 

 Aythya collaris, ring-necked duck, 



140. 



Aythya marila, scaup duck, 134. 

 Aythya vallisneria, see Canvas-back. 

 Avocets [recurvirostrida~\ 



American, 331. 



Characteristics of family, 330. 



Diagnosis of family, 573. 



Baird's sandpiper \_tringa bairdii~\ 



376. 



Baldpate \jnareca americana~\ 91. 

 Barnacle goose [branta leucopsis~\ 



250. 

 Barrow's golden-eye \clangula island- 



ica~\ 147. 

 Bartramian sandpiper [bartramia 



long^ca^^da~\ 428. 

 Battery-shooting, 8. 



Description of battery, 32. 

 Great South Bay, 33-37. 

 Legislation against, 32. 

 Bays, goose-shooting on, 205. 

 Bean goose [anser fabalis~\ 231. 

 Belding's rail \_rallus beldingi} 275. 



Belted piping plover \_ALgialitis me- 

 loda circumcincta~\ 473. 



Bering Islands, Steller's duck resort, 

 163, 164. 



Bernicla canadensis minima, cack- 

 ling goose, 242. 



Bernicula nigricans, black brant, 

 248, 544. 



Black-bellied plover \_squatarola 

 squatarola~\ 456. 



Black-bellied tree-duck [dendro- 

 cygna autumnalis] 253. 



Black brant [branta nigricani\ 248, 



544- 

 Blackbreast, black-bellied plover, 



457- 

 Black duck [anas obscura~\ 79. 



Characteristics and habits, 80-84. 

 Hybrids with mallard, 75, 201. 

 Shooting, 81-83. 

 Black duck, red-legged [anas ob- 



scura rubripes~\ 84. 

 Black-necked stilt [himantopw 



mexicanus~\ 333. 

 Black oyster-catcher \Jicematopus 



bachmani\ 494. 

 Black rail [porzana jamaicensis~\ 



291. 

 Black swan found in Australia, 



260. 

 Black-tailed godwit [limosa limosa\ 



403. 



Black turnstone [arenaria melano- 

 cephala'} 487. 



Blinds, duck-shooting from, 9. 

 Bush-blinds, see that title. 

 Construction of blind, 19. 

 Red-head shooting, 126. 

 Blue goose [chen cczrulescens~\ 225. 

 Blue-winged teal [querquedula dis- 



cors~\ 99. 

 Boats for duck-shooting, 19. 



Skags, 52. 



" Boleadores " used in catching 

 swans, 260. 



