INDEX 



205 



Migratory birds, 37 



Mink, 90 



Minnesota, 10 



Mohler, J. R., report of, 130 



Mole, 91 



Mormon goose, 138 



Muskrat, 92 



NATtJRAL ENEMIES, 15, 21, 27, 



71 

 Natural foods, 40, 44, 45, 47 

 Nests, 49, 54 

 Nesting grounds, 2 

 Nesting season, 21 

 Netherby Hall, 6 

 New Bedford, black ducks at, 



69 

 Northrup, King & Co., 40 

 North Dakota, 10 

 Number of drakes, 37 

 Nut plantation, 151 



Gates, Capt., quoted, 22, 32, 



note, 37, 49, 53, 94 

 O'Conor, J. C, quoted, 96 

 Ophthalmia, 129 

 Oregon, 10 



Organisms in mud, 27 

 Ottawa club, 96 

 Our Feathered Game, quoted, 



100, 113; cited, 144, 153 

 Owl, 86; decoy owl, 82 

 Overflow of game, 7, 125 



Paradise, wild ducks' 3, 25, 



100, see map 

 Pheasants, 6, 38 

 Pierce, Dr. R. V., 41, quoted, 44 

 Pike, 89, 92 

 Pinioning, 37, 38 

 Pin-tailed duck, 186 

 Plover, 146 



Plover eggs, 147 



Poison, 83 



Polygamy, 21 



Ponds, artificial, 6; location of, 

 24; abundant in America, 25; 

 desirable, 28; without cover, 

 how made attractive, 29; 

 public, 102 



Potamogeton, 44 



Prairie grouse, 75, 154 



Preferred stockholders, 108 



Prejudice, 102 



Preserve, 23 



Price, quoted, 81 



Prices, ducks, 15; eggs, 16; in 

 England, 32, 34; rented 

 hens, 35; market, 132, note; 

 geese, 134; eggs in America, 

 35; ducks in America, 36 



Princess Anne club, 99 



Propagation, 5, 23, 24 



Protective associations, 102 



Public waters, 102 



Purchase, time to, 36 



Quail preserves, ducks on, 24, 



25 

 Quiet, 24 



Rabbits, 81; foxes' bread and 

 butter, 89; buffers of peace, 

 90 



Ragged Island club, 99 



Ranch, duck, 25 



Rats, 75, 94, 119 



Reeds and rushes, 29 



Redden Quail club, 151 



Redhead duck, 9 ; market value, 

 10; breeding range and mi- 

 gration, 192 



Red-headed woodpecker, 78 



