INDEX 



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Ducks, species — Continued 

 ring-necked duck, 117 

 rosy-billed duck, 139 

 ruddy duck, 117, 153, 174, 176 

 scaup duck, 142, 143, 153 



greater, 117, 119 



lesser, 117, 119, 136-7, 155, 

 167, 173, 176, 178 

 scoter, 142, 163 



surf, 117 



velvet, 117 



white-winged, 117, 119, 153, 

 173, 175-6, 178 

 sheldrake, see Merganser 

 shoveller, 117, 119-20, 137, 139, 



ISO, IS3-4, 156-7, 167, 177 

 spotted-billed duck, 139 

 teal, 120, 137, 139, 150, IS3-4, 



156-7 



blue-winged, 117, 119, 123, 137, 

 153, 15s, 167, 177 



cinnamon, 117, 119, 139, 167 



garganey, 139 



green-winged, 117, 119, 137, 

 139, 141, 155, 167, 177 



Pampas, 139 

 tree duck, 123, 139, 178 



fulvous, 139, IS7 



red-billed, 139, 157 

 tufted duck, 135, 150 

 widgeon, see Baldpate 



European, 139, 150, 157 

 Dynamiting, 138 



Eastman, George, 236 

 Education, 265 

 Egg-eating, 79 

 Egg, ants', 37 



boiled, 36, 38, 40-2 



distributed, 82 



keeping, 33, 155 



laying, or production, 32-3, 59, 

 72-3, 81, 132, 152-4, 196 



setting, 33 



taking, 33, 155 



thin-shelled, 141 



transporting, 155 

 Egret, 197-8 

 Enclosure for ducks, 137-8, 164, 



167 

 Enemies, see Vermin 

 English system, ducks, 149-51 

 Enteritis, 46 

 Entrance-hole, size, 219, 221-2 



Escape, 47 



Evans, Wallace, 11, 14, 16, 27, 40, 

 44, 46, 6s, 109, 136, 140, 147, 



157, 164-S, 171 

 system, 84-6 

 Evergreens, see Vegetation 

 Exercise important, 2$ 



Failures, reasons for, 151-2 

 Farmer's Bulletins, 54, 109 

 Farming, goose, 188-91 

 Feather-plucking, 79 

 Feeder, automatic, 264 



hanging, 264 

 Feeding wild birds, 6, 70, 95, 181-3, 

 236-46, 255-65 



on ground, 262 



seasons for, 258-9 



stations, 6 

 Fencing, 21-4, 43-4, 71-2, 83-4, 87, 



120, 138, 160, 166 

 Fertility, 158 

 Fields, fenced, 43 



rearing, 43, 161 

 Fighting, 57, 78, 96, 187, 192 

 Finch, 259 



gray-crowned rosy, 257 



house, 214 



purple, 235 

 Finley, William L., 99 

 Fish, 118, I2J, 142, 154 



heads, 139 



live, 136 



minnows, 136, 138-9 



raw, 196 



scrap, 127 



shell-, 142, 176 

 Flicker, 212-13, 222, 225, 227-8, 230, 



248, 2S7 

 Flies, 39, 41 

 Flycatcher, 259 



crested, 214, 222, 225, 230 



least, 235 

 Food, animal, 26, 39, 42, 127-8, 130, 

 143, 168-70, 171, 174-5 



-bell, 264 



-box, 264 



browse, 61, 64, 185, 192 



for adults, 24-7, 64-5, 72, 125, 

 127-31, 136, 138-43 



for young, 35-42, 167-177 



forcing, 26-7, 127, 130 



grain, 25, 38, 40, 61, 127-30, 142, 

 152, 170-1, 185, 192-3, 196, 259 



