Index 



[The numbers in heavy-faced type refer to the pages in Parta I and II on which the species are 

 described. AU names of each species given in the text are indexed, - including most of those 

 commonly used by New England gunners.] 



Abbott, C. C, 20, 21, 108, 317. 

 Actitis macularia, 322. 

 iEgialitis meloda, 354. 



semipalmata, 352. 

 Agassiz, Louis, 406. 

 Aix sponsa, 105. 

 Allen, F. H., 293. 



Glover M., 62, 90, 136, 147, 162, 176, 182, 

 206, 216, 218, 222, 234, 256, 263, 271, 281, 

 292, 298, 304, 311, 317, 328, 332, 336, 355, 

 425, 443, 461, 462, 485, 492. 

 J. A., 44, 77, 84, 92, 96, 100, 108, 171, 176, 

 184, 216, 234, 256, 263, 271, 279, 287, 292, 

 296, 298, 304, 311, 317, 321, 327, 331, 337, 

 343, 349, 355, 358, 376, 409, 410, 422, 481. 

 William H., 266. 

 Amadas, Philip, 7, 478. 

 Ames, C. H., 464. 

 J. H., 214. 

 An&s platyrhynchos, 71. 

 rubripes, 76. 

 tristis, 80. 

 Anderson, R. M., 30, 463. 

 Angell, Walter A., 381, 461. 

 Anser albifrons gambeli, 175. 

 Archer, Gabriel, 9, 100, 403, 484. 

 Ardea canadensis, 485. 

 Arenaria interpres morinella, 359. 

 Argal, Sir Samuel, 7. 

 Arquatella maritima maritima, 268. 

 Atkinson, George E., 461. 

 Attwater, H. P., 424. 



Audubon, J. J., 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26,29, 42, 

 48, 53, 62, 68, 72, 87, 92, 94, 101, 104, 

 107, 114, 117, 132, 138, 149, 171, 173, 

 176, 211, 222, 220, 230, 234, 239, 261, 

 269, 271, 283, 286, 291, 295, 299, 304, 

 308, 310, 336, 342, 349, 355, 361, 363, 

 364, 365, 366, 367, 385, 387, 392, 404, 

 409, 411, 412, 413, 416, 419, 433, 443, 

 444, 445, 446, 451, 479, 480, 493, 494, 

 517, 618. 

 J. W., 53, 396, 411. 



Aughey, Samuel, 31 

 Auk, Great, 399. 



Razor-billed, 

 Auks, 2. 

 Avocet, 230, 231 



, 319, 351, 353, 356, 499, 514. 



Bacon, S. E., Jr., 142. 



Vaughan D., 338. 



Badger Bird, 294. 



Bagg, Egbert, 131. 



Baird, S. F., 218, 230, 316, 409, 492. 



Baldpate, 83, 84, 85, 86, 103, 571, 572. 



Bangs, Outram, 84. 



Bank-bird, 227. 



Barlowe, Arthur, 7, 478. 



Barnes, R. M., 54. 



Barrows, Walter B., 424, 455. 



Bartlett, H. W., 267. 



Bartramia longicauda, 315. 



Bartsch, Paul, 424. 



Bates, F. A., 137, 166. 



Batty, J. H., 216. 



Baxter, J. Bert, 462. 



Beach-bird, 290. 



Seal, F. E. L., 327, 396. 



Bearse, Russell, 204. 



Beetle-head, 335, 340. 



Belknap, Jeremy, 184, 385, 437, 473, 491. 



Bendire, Charles, 377. 



Bent, Arthur C., 116, 136, 172, 199, 313. 



Berteau, C. P., 420, 432. 



Beverly, Robert, 490. 



Beyer, George H., 422, 457, 461. 



Bigelow, Henry B., 97, 186, 424. 



Birds, causes of decrease of, 510, 547, 549. 



decrease of, 18, 32, 44, 47, 61, 01, 65, 68, 72, 

 77, 82, 87, 92, 96, 104, 107, 114, 122, 126, 

 130, 136, 140, 145, 149, 155, 164, 167, 171, 

 173, 179, 184, 185, 195, 208, 211, 222, 232, 

 234, 236, 237, 246, 248, 249, 250, 256, 257, 

 263, 264, 265, 269, 271, 272, 275, 279, 280, 

 283, 287, 292, 296, 298, 301, 304, 307, 311, 

 316, 317, 331, 323, 328, 332, 337, 343, 349, 

 353, 355, 362, 365, 372, 376, 379, 380, 386, 

 387, 388, 395, 409, 410, 413, 414, 415, 421, 

 424, 426, 436, 448, 456, 458, 475, 483, 491, 

 492, 501, 505. 

 erroneous opinions regarding decrease of, 



549-556. 

 former abundance of game, 6, 14, 20, 30, 

 44, 47; 65, 68, 72, 77, 96, 107, 130, 136, 142, 

 149, 171, 173, 178, 184, 185, 195, 222, 236, 

 246, 256, 263, 271, -275, 278, 279, 283, 286, 

 291, 292, 310, 316, 331^ 337, 341, 342, 349. 



