INDEX 



311 



through cultivation of the 

 soil, 257; through use of 

 automohiles, 257. 



Their increase under present 

 laws, 282 

 Game-breeding, Number of es- 

 tablishments in the U. S., 

 299 



Prices obtained for live 

 game-birds, 299 



Game-cock, 69 



Game-farms 



State farms, 294 



Description of New York 

 State farms, 297. 



The production of game- 

 birds, 298 

 Game-Laws. 



History of in England, 260 



Theories on, 259 



Effect of State laws upon 

 birds, 263 



Evolution of in the U. S., 

 265 



Reforms, 266 



Laws of New York State, 

 269; of Long Island, 270. 



Game code of U. S., 274. 



Weaknesses of the American 

 game-laws, 282 

 Game-preservea, History of, 

 295 



Private preserves in the U. 

 S., 296; their merit 296 

 Gannet, as a producer of guano, 



199, 201 

 Goldfish, employed in eradi- 

 cating mosquito larvse, 55 

 Goose, Domestic, 80 



History, production of, and 

 breeds, 80-82 

 Production of pdt4 de foie 

 gras, 81 



Commercial down from, 191 



Geese reared especially fur 

 plucking, 192 

 Goose, Wild 



Graylag the forefather of do- 

 mestic breeds, 81 



Canada goose under domesti- 

 cation, 82 



Use of live decoys in shoot- 

 ing, 148-50 



Slaughter of, 241 



Goshawk, 127, 123 

 Grain destroyed by birds, 42, 



43 

 Ground birds easy prey for 



hawks, 256 

 "Grouse disease," The virulence 



of, 255 

 Grouse, Ruffed, 46 



On the market, 226 



Bounty placed on, 235 



Slaughter of, 250 



Its alteration of habits, 251 



Open season for, 269, 

 Guano, Definition of, 196 



Constituents of, 197, 198 



History of, 202; introduced 

 to Europe, 203; sought by 

 U. S., 205-8; 



Amount exported from Peru, 

 209 



Amount now produced by 

 Peru, 211 



Value set on guano birds, 

 211 

 Guano Act, Passed by Con- 

 gress, 207 



Results of, 207-8 

 Guinea-fowl, 83 



History and production, 83 



Maintained on farms in 

 places of dogs, 142 

 Gulls, 58, 162 



A monument raised to, 31 



Easily lured to the gunner. 

 150 



Hawk 

 Cooper's, 9, 39, 119 

 Duck hawk, 39, 117 

 Goshawk, 9, 39, 119 



