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Index 



Armaria interpres, 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, etc.] 

 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 [recurvirostridce] — 



American, 331. 



Characteristics of family, 330. 



Diagnosis of family, 573. 



Baird's sandpiper [tringa bairdii~\ 



37°- 

 Baldpate [mareca americana'] 91. 

 Barnacle goose [branta leucopsis] 



250. 

 Barrow's golden-eye [clangula island- 



ica~\ 147. 

 Bartramian sandpiper [bartramia 



longicauda] 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 [j&gialitis 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 nigricans'] 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 [himantopus 

 mexicanus] 333. 



Black oyster-catcher [hamatopus 

 bachmani] 494. 



Black rail [porzana jamaicensis] 

 291. 



Black swan found in Australia, 

 260. 



Black-tailed godwit [limosa limosa] 



4°3- 

 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 ccerulescens] 225. 

 Blue-winged teal [querquedula dis- 



cors] 99. 

 Boats for duck-shooting, 19. 



Skags, 52. 

 "Boleadores" used in catching 

 swans, 260. 



