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INDEX 



Great numbers of, 243-4; 

 and slaughter of, 245 

 Skins of birds 



Used by savages, 159 

 Commercial uses of, 162 

 Slaves on strike because of eat- 

 ing too many wild ducks, 

 240 

 South Africa, Ostrich farming 



in, 177, 180 

 Sparrow, English 

 Destruction of seventeen year 

 locusts by, 33; of grain by, 

 42 

 History of introduction to 

 America, 45-6 ; present 

 population, 53 

 Squab rising, 110-12 

 State rights 

 Concerning game-birds, 262 

 Infringement upon by Federal 

 Government, 268 

 Strawberries destroyed by 



birds, 41 

 Sudanese, Rearing of ostriches 



by, 180 

 Swallow, Barn, 54 

 Swan, Feathers used for down, 



192 

 Sweden, Protection of birds in, 



217 

 Swift, 54 



Talking birds, 139; and how 



taught, 141 

 Terns 

 Easily lured to the gunner, 



150 

 Commercial skins, 162 

 11,000 killed by one man, 

 164 

 Texas, Depletion of gull rook- 

 eries in, 220 

 Themistocles, 59-60 

 Trapping 

 The art developed by the an- 

 cients, 144 

 The taking of hawks and song 



birds in decoys, 151 

 Cage trap described, 152-3 



Methods employed in Italy, 

 216 



Forbidden by law, 274 

 Treaty with Canada concern- 

 ing Migratory birds, 280; 

 its scope, 280-1 

 Tumbler pigeon. The training 

 of, 92, 93 



Causes of tumbling, 93 

 Turkey, Domesticated, 78 



History of domestication, 78 



Origin of the name, 78 



Breeds, 79 



Vulnerability to disease, 79 



Production in the U. S., 79 

 Turkey, Wild 



Marketing, 229 



Former numbers, 246 



Present range, 247 



Shooting seasons, 274 



U. S. Department of Agricul- 

 ture, 33, 38, 51 

 Campaign to defeat feather 



trade, 169 

 A definition of game-birds by, 

 236 



Venezuela, Egrets killed for 



their plumes in, 186 

 Verdun, Pigeons employed at 



the battle of, 106 

 Vulture 

 Turkey, 57 

 Old World, 57 



War 



Pigeons used in, 104-9 

 Birds as food in, 218 

 Water-fowl 



Destruction of, 226, 240 



Numbers in America, 239-40 



Weapons employed in shooting, 



228; and laws governing 



their use, 274-5 



Weeds destroyed by birds, 35, 



36 

 Wren, House, 53 

 Wyandotte, The origin of the 

 breed, 65 



