612 



INDEX. 



Birds, causes of decrease of — Con. 



former abundance of game — Con, 

 353, 354, 360, 364, 370, 378, 380, 385, 395, 

 401, 404, 405, 417, 420, 433, 444, 448, 452, 

 454, 469, 470, 473, 474, 475, 478, 483, 489, 

 490. 



increase of, 78, 89, 116, 119, 120, 122, 313, 

 331, 370, 371, 384, 390, 395, 604, 505, 609, 



520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 568. 



large numbers killed, 14-22, 27, 28, 51, 52, 

 108, 140, 141, 149, 158, 179, 198, 211, 222, 

 238, 239, 240, 246, 247, 263, 264, 279, 280, 

 291, 342, 343, 344, 346, 379, 381, 402, 403, 

 405, 408, 409, 419, 420, 421, 427, 438, 439, 

 441, 448, 450, 454, 464, 513, 614, 515, 519, 



521, 537, 539, 540. 



Bishop, Louis B., 29, 256, 279, 296, 304, 311, 328, 

 337, 421. 



Watson L., 377. 

 Bitterns, 8, 9. 

 Blackbird, 351. 

 Blackbirds, 432, 579. 

 Blaxkbreast, 335. 



Little, 282. 

 Black-head, 16, 121. 

 Black-tail, 297. 

 Blatchley, W. S., 408. 

 Blommaert, Samuel, 9. 

 Blood, C. L., 206. 



Edmund, 247. 

 Bluebill, Little, 124. 

 Bluebills, 115, 121, 125, 1.30, 166, 523. 

 Bluebird, 335. 

 Blue Peter, 221. 

 Blue-wing, 95. 

 Boardman, George A., 51, 53, 62, 68, 128, 131, 



133, 176, 214, 234, 365, 409. 

 Boats, shooting from, 536. 

 Bobolinks, 579. 



Bob-white, 1, 6, 22, 32, 33, 251, 367, 36S, 384, 508, 

 514, 545, 546, 565, 567, 581, 590. 

 fruits eaten by, 582. 

 seeds eaten by, 583. 

 Bogert, W. S., 523. 

 Bonaparte, Charles L., 549. 

 Bonasa umbellus to^ata, 377. 



umbellus, 377. 

 Bottle-head, 335. 

 Bourne, Edward E., 437. 

 Boutwell, M. M., 345, 441. 

 Bowles, J. H., 203, 204, 475. 

 Boyle, B. J., 373. 

 Brackett, Foster H., 203. 

 Bradford, William, 405. 

 Braislin, W. C, 199. 

 Brant, 2, 8, 9, 15, 183, 523. 

 Branta bernicla glaucogaatra, 183. 



canadensis canadensis, 177. 

 butchinsi, 182. 



leucopsis, 193. 



nigricans, 192. 

 Brant-bird, 282, 359. 



Brant, Black, 189, 192. 

 Brass-back, 340. 

 Break Horn, 60. 

 Brereton, John, 9, 484. 

 Brewer, T. M., 135, 145, 176, 182, 211, 

 230, 231, 234, 311, 327, 332 349, 353, 

 358, 363, 365, 409, 492. 

 Brewster, C. E., 513. 



WiUiam, 41, 44, 51, 69, 77, 84, 

 96, 108, 114, 125, 133, '134, 

 158, 162, 176, 203, 206, 207, 

 218, 220, 228, 261, 264, 271, 

 285, 287, 304, 314, 317, 349, 

 391, 440, 441, 442, 454, 456, 

 485, 487, 491. 

 Brimley, C. S., 441, 461. 

 Broad-bill, 166. 

 Brooks, Charles, 436. 

 Brown, C. B., 461. 



Chas. H., 89, 115, 116. 

 Frank A., 272. 

 Neal, 462. 

 Brown-back, 253. 

 Brown Bank-bird, 225. 

 Brown, Marlin, 294. 

 Browne, F. C, 206. 



G. E., 203, 206. 

 Brownie, 270. 

 Bruce, David, 58. 

 Bruner, Lawrence, 30, 461. 

 Bubier, G. M., 247, 298. 

 BufHngton, S. L., 88, 130. 

 BufHe-head, 135, 168, 572. 

 Bull-head, 3J5. 

 Bull-peep, 274. 



Bureau of Biological Survey, 75, 169, 

 235, 273, 365, 373, 396, 494, 498, 518, 568, 

 590. 

 Burlingame, Benjamin, 487. 

 Burrage, Henry S., 7, 401, 402, 479. 

 Burroughs, John, 200. 

 Bush, Ben O., 457, 464. 

 Butler, A. W., 517. 



Benjamin F., 442. 

 Butter Ball, 135. 

 Butter-bill, 153. 

 Butter-nose, 153. 

 Button, Sir Thomas, 22. 

 Buzzards, 464. 



Cabot, Mrs. Eliza, 387. 



Samuel, 176, 440. 



S., Jr., 206. 



Hugh, 380. 

 Cahoon, C. A., 92, 130. 

 Cairns, J. S., 461. 

 Calidris leucophsea, 290. 

 Campion, C, 462. 

 Camptorhynchus labradorius, 411. 

 Canachites canadensis canace, 37&. 

 Cape Bace, 57. 

 Cape Racer, 57. 



162, 196, 

 572. 578. 



