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INDEX 



BirdB killed for food in, 217 

 Game preserves, in, 217 

 Definition of game-birds in, 

 237 

 Eskimo, His use of bird eggs as 



food, 213 

 Evolution of game laws in the 



U. S., 265 

 Extinction of birds, 302-5. 

 Eyess, The training of an, 121 



Falcon, Number of species of, 

 117 

 Flight of, 118 



Use of a dog in training, 124 

 Quarry of, 127 

 Falconry, 114 

 History o^, 114-16; as a 



noble sport, 116. 

 Types of hawks employed, 



117-20 

 Terms used in, 120 

 The training of the hawt;s, 

 121-25; their food, 126; 

 127 

 Ancient laws pertaining to, 

 • 128 



Modern falconry, 129-31 ; in 

 India, 130; Turkestan, 129, 

 Sibeiria, 130 

 Farallone Islands, Their rook- 

 eries depleted by egg hunt- 

 ers, 221 

 Feather dusters. Manufacture 



of, 194 

 Feather Voyages, 187 

 Feathers, Origin, structure and 

 types of, 154-7 

 Employed by savages, 160 

 Artificial, 174 

 Their use as down, 186 

 Their use in the manufacture 

 of toys, etc., 194 

 Federal Migratory Bird Law, 

 44 

 Permitting Indians and Es- 

 kimos to kill birds, 159 



Passage of the Act, 230, 263, 



268, 278-80 

 Interpretation of the law, 

 271 

 Cooperation in the law by 



the States, 272i 

 Federal ownership of birds, 



263 

 Field-mice, 36„ 37, 38, 49 

 Filoplume, Description of, 156 

 Fire, A cause of mortality 



among game-birds, 255 

 Fish, The number of species 



of, 5 

 Flight of birds, Speed of, 99 

 Their destruction by birds, 

 19, 20 

 Fly, Artificial, Manufactured 



from feathers, 194 

 Fowl, History of and breeds, 

 61-63 

 Artificial selections of, 66 

 Feathers utilized as down, 

 186, 192 

 France 

 Pigeons employed during 



war in, 103, 105 

 Laws governing the killing 



of song birds, 214, 215 

 Game-birds in, 234 

 Franco-Prussian War, Mes- 

 sages carried from Paris 

 by pigeons during, 103 



Game-birds 



The number of in the U. S. 

 and number of gunners, 

 231 



The value of birds, 232, 



Their definition, 234; in Eng- 

 land, 237 



Number of species in the 

 U. S. 238 



Mortality of, through disease, 

 254; through fire, 255; 

 through vermin, 256; 



