Index 



Caribbean clapper rail [rallus longi- 

 rostris caribceus] 281. 



Carolina rail [porzana Carolina] 

 284. 



Carter, E., discovery of Barrow's 

 golden-eye, 149. 



Casarca casarca, see Ruddy shel- 

 drake. 



Charadriida, see Plovers. 



Charadrius apricarius, European 

 golden plover, 461. 



Charadrius dominicus, American 

 golden plover, 461. 



Charadrius dominicus fulvus, Pacific 

 golden plover, 462. 



Charitonetta albeola, buffle-head, 150. 



Chatham Bay 



Brant departure, 247. 

 Brant-shooting, 38. 



Chaulelasmus streperus, gadwall, 87, 



527- 



Chen carulfscens, blue goose, 225. 



Chen hyperborea, lesser snow goose, 

 219. 



Chen hyperborea rivalis, greater 

 snow goose, 223. 



Chen rossii, Ross's snow goose, 

 227. 



Chenalopex tzgyptiacus, Egyptian 

 goose, 217. 



Chesapeake Bay 



Canvas-back destruction, 129. 

 Shore-bird shooting, 307-309. 



Chesapeake dog, value in duck- 

 hunting, ii. 



Cinnamon teal [ querquedula cya- 

 noptera] 102, 512. 



Clangula clangula americana, 

 American golden-eye, 143. 



Clangula islandica, Barrow's golden- 

 eye, 147. 



Clapper rail [rallus crepitans~\ 270, 



277- 



Clapper rail, California, \rallus ob- 

 soletus\ 276. 



Clapper rail, Caribbean, [rallus longi- 



rostris caribous'] 281. 

 Clapper rails 



Characteristics, 278-280. 

 Eggs once abundant, 280. 

 Subspecies, 278. 

 Clubs for hunters, 10. 



California duck-hunting clubs, 



509,511. 



Currituck Club, see that title. 

 Live decoys, 17. 

 Long Point duck-hunting, 46. 

 Massachusetts goose-hunting, 



236. 

 Cobb's Island, robin-snipe shooting, 



360. 



Colorado River, mouth of, congrega- 

 tion of birds, 558-564. 

 Common brant \_brantabernicla'] 243. 

 Common redshank \_totanus tetanus'} 



4I5- 



Connecticut, rail-shooting at Essex, 



268-270. 

 Cooper's sandpiper \Jringa cooperi\ 



37- 

 Coots [fulicin(e\ 270, 272. 



American, 298. 



Diagnosis of family, 572. 



European, 301. 

 Coots, name for white-winged scoter, 



180. 



Corn crake \crex crex~\ 293. 

 Craft, see Boats. 

 Crex crex, corn crake, 293. 

 Crymophilus fulicarius, red phala- 



rope, 320. 

 Curlew sandpiper \tringa ferru- 



ginea-] 385. 

 Curlews 



Bristle-thighed, 449. 



Eskimo, 444. 



European, 438. 



Hudsonian, 440. 



Long-billed, 435. 



Whimbrel, 448. 



