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INDEX-VOLUME XV. 



BDITORIAL. 



Page 



A Broidentd Field 263 



Alaska Lettera. 503 



Along the Shore 124 



Amerioan Arms Abroad 5 



Amerioan-Oanidian Match 4i 



Anglers and Augling 24 



ADgliiig Contests 124 



Antelope Hunting 383 



Anthracite i, 24, 44 



Baruum as a Fiehculturist 204 



Battery Shooting 264 



Bay Snipe Shooting 4, 24, 123 



Black Bass, Size of 204 



Blue Fishing 224 



Breeding Quail in Confinement 44 



Buckland'a Death 403 



Backs County Association 4 



Central Fiscultural Society 403 



Central Park 253 



Chemistry for Sportsmen 243 



Credit Where Due 4 



Creedmoor Fall Meeting 63, 123, 148 



Defiance of Law in New Yoik g24 



Deep Sea Dredging 164 



DevilFishes 164 



Disgrace to the Rifle World 104 



DlTTMAB Spobting Powdeb : — 



Dittmar Kepuriiatej His Own Powdor 



Chemistry of Explosivej 



Orders of Explosives 



Detonation 



Explosives of Two-fold Constitution 



Evading Detonation 



Exposure Appreciated 



Detonation Expei iments 



They Fail to Keply 



Dlttmara' Abracadabra 



(These' articles have been republished m 

 pamphlet form). 



Dog Killers 



Dog Men, Beware 



Eastern Fiel 1 Trials 



English Kifle Challenge 383, 423, 



Evading Detonation 



Field Ti i»ls 



Field Trials K-ports 



Fish Commission 



Fish Eggs for Dislribntion 



Fishery Exhibitions 



Fish in Season 



Fish out of Water 



Fiehways 



Floating Eggs 



FoBEST AND Stkeam Bird Notes 



Food of Young Fishes 



From the Watt r to the Fire 



Game Fish of Texas 



Game Protectors 3, 



Game Protection in Wyoming 



Gigantic Fish Trap .^^n .-...T..r-.. 



Graj'.ing Dinner «^...„.A.lr-if..». ... 



Greene Smi h ^. JhSJ:.r.... '. iJ. . . . 



Gull Island Club.... :...■»: 



Gun Frauds , 



Hancock and Rifle Practice 



Haid Times tor the" _ 



How He is Mistaken .V. 



How the Press RegardJ^it, . .X'S^S. r. ~l.\... 



How They Do It in Bit " 



How to Study Nature 



Hunting Cars 



Identification of Fishes 



" Idle Time Not Idly Spent " 



Inllau Burial Customs 



Irish Victory 



It Is the Cat 



Kennel Club Suggestion 



Kind Words 



Launch of the Raft 



Live Paper 



Maine System 



Manslaughter on the Range.. 



Michigan Association 23. 



Neglected F jahea 



New Hampehre Commiesion 



Newspapers' Responsibilities 



New York Fish Commission 43, 



New York Game Law 



Next Fall's Shooting 



Northville Hatchery 



No=e and Pace 



N. R. A Crisis 



Election 



Our Midsummer New Year 



Pacific Coast Fishes 



Pennsylvania Field Trials 



Piseco 



PitbirgFish 



Poor CLildien's ChristmaB 



Preserved Game Orouuda 



Proposition to Gent omen Sportsmen 



Refrigerator Amendment 463, 



Rhode Island Fish Commission 



Salmon Habits 125, 



Salmon in Calidonia Creek 



Salmon Myih 



Sea fcd Cans 



Shinnicock Bay Dtath Trap 283, 324, 



Sixttenth Century Dog Lore 



Southward.. 



Page 

 Sportsmen's Association of Western Penn. . . 203 



Stateo Island Astooiatioa 463 



S till Reverberating c03 



Sti iped Bass 264 



Suepen-ion Biidgo 165 



Tailiam's Shot 105 



Team Captain an 1 Cuetom House 25 



They Fail to R»plv 243 



Tileslon Memorial Fund 43, 103, 148, 424 



Trapped Birds tn Long Island 283 



Trout at Ten DuUars Per Pound 464 



Turbot atd Soil ia Amerion 103 



U. S. Fish Commissicn Report, 1878 443 



Walton's Complete Angler 343, 364 



Where WeSlaud 444 



WicUersheimer P.e.oerviug Fiuid 263 



Wisconsin AssccatiOH, 4c3 



Tarns 284 



SPORTSMAN TOURIST. 



All Around Noles 165 



Camp Cream o' Tartar 65, 84 



CampNoiei.... 45, 46 



Chikataud Chilcoot 325 



Chbistmas Reunion :— 



A Viaou of the Past 404 



'•The Spirit" Crowd 404 



Sporis of Bygone Years 405 



Cobb's Island 65 



Cojurd'Aleue Lake 285 



Eagle and Other Maite Lakes 65 



From North Can lii.a 505 



Game a' d Fish About Denver 326 



Gull Island 464 



Hints on Antelope .'■hooting 84 



HoFonhe Magnettiwan 224 



Huniiigiu Montani 204 



luaCounry House Librjrv 344 



In the Canadian Wilis 344 



.lamestown's'lhanksgiving Proclamation .384 



Log of the Favorite 444, 484, 504 



Loi'g Point 26 



Midsummer Fox Chase 26 



Moral 1 ale for Poachers 26 



Mouiitaiu Quail... 445 



Non-Residcnt Game Laws 185 



No cs on Deer Hunting in Canada 365 



November, poem 305 



Ocicbcr, poem... 185 



Old Time Negio Huntsman 185 



Panama— the place of many fishes 244 



Piioguing on the Sqnaiook 424 



Prair.e Fire on ihe Sevier '/TS 



Proving a Dog Poisoner's Good Characler. . 205 



Rail Shooting on i he Delaware 64 



Rough Notes from the Woods. 26, 46, 84, 125, 



304, 325 



St. Regis River Region 326 



Snoek Fi.hiug in 'iable Bay 105 



Southwest Floiida 264 



Spirit Coterie 485 



Sd( rts of Bygone Days 405 



Story from Monroe 285 



Summer Sport in Alaska 305 



'Jenueesea Hunting Grounds 306 



Thousand Islands and Down the St. Law- 

 rence 5 



Tim Pond 165 



Tramp After Trout in Colorado 244 



Trigger and Reel on Martha's Vineyard 305 



West Virginia Fox-chase 844 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



Albino Rat 407 



Algie, Collecting 27 



American Association 85 



American Museum 265 



Anatidas (Sea Wat- rfowl) 285 



Anatinas (.See Waterfowl) 345 



Animals of North Carolina and Tennessee. .. 106 



Bald Headed Men Beware 127 



Basking Shark 426 



Bear, Tiny 466 



Beaver's Habits 265, 285, 307, 426 



Beaver in Iowa 137 



Beavers Partiallv Domesticated 148 



Bird Choked by Fish ■ 47 



Birds' Flight 265 



Birds Phing against the Light 226 



Birds, Food of 485 



Birds, SensOH of 385 



Birds, Winter 486 



BitersBit 47 



Blackbirds in Town 148 



Black-tailed Deer, Weight of 427, 481 



Brazilian Edentate 186 



Burrs and Burrs 206 



California Fishes 165 



Canvas Back in Rhode Island 447 



Captive Cats 127 



Chickens Returning to Wild State 448 



Crows and Fruit 85 



Darters, Food of 205 



Deep Sea Dredging 7, 185 



Deer and Deer's Horns 6 



Deer's Horns Locked 426 



Deer's Horus, Remarkable 447 



Deer, Tame 225 



Duck Caught by Mussel 47 



Ducks, Wild, Description of (see Waterfowl) 

 Esls' Instinct 328 



Page 



English Sparrows' Habits..... 225, 285 



English Sparrows in Canada ; 366 



European Cuckoo 128 



European Ruff in Mass 186 



Fascination. 245 



Fishes, Effects of Cold and Heat on 425 



Fishes, Heiiring of 165 



Fishes of California 165 



Fish Hawk and Eagle 525 



Flying Fish 265 



Food of Marine Animals 245 



Forbes on Food of Birds 205 



Fruit Grower's Lament '27 



PuliguliniB .385 



Garpikes' Food 165 



Geese, Wild, Description of (See Waturfowl) 327 



Geographical Society Astray 407 



Gulls in Central Park SS6 



Hawk and Crow 85 



Heron and Snake 86 



Herons anl Cormorants I06 



Heron's Food 7 



Honey Birds' Intelligence 12'7 



Humming Bird Domesticated 286 



King Birds Catch Fish 85 



King Bird, White 7 



Kingfisher, Late 427 



Krider's Collection 206 



Louisiaua's Ancient Hunting Grounds 245 



Mallard, Heavy 286 



Marine Invertebrates 225 



Marked Salmon 128 



Menageiie Animals 127 



Merginaj (See Waterfowl) 465 



M'grations, Late 466 



Minnesota Birde, Partial List 461 



Mocking Bi-d in Canada 67 



Mollusca of Riverdale 245 



Monkey U.-es Tools ,... 265 



Moose and Bear Fight 85 



Mountain Sheep 66 



Musk Ox 66 



Nations 1 Academy 327 



National Museum 406 



Naturalists' Directory 366 



Nighthawks Migrating 127 



Nuttall Bulletin 8B6 



Oiang, Sick 345 



Oalrioh. Domestication of 606 



Oivls 106 



Owls' Food 165 



Packard's Zoology 66 



Panther's Scream 307 



Pappabotte 246 



Parti idge Fly 127 



PhiladelpbiaZoo 485 



Pme Grosbeak in Minnesota 436, 467 



Pine Grosbeak in Mastaohusetts 506 



Quail, Albino 447, 507 



Quail, Breeding in Confinement. 167, 206. 446, 506 



Quail's Egs'S 148 



Quail, Mountain 447,485 



Quail, Tame , 186,225 



Qui.il, Weight of 286 



Babbit, Black 366 



EailCanght by Oyster 47 



Rail,lnland 265 



Rails in Ktntucky 307 



Rat with Collar 27 



Rattletnake, Enormous 67 



Riverdale Mollusca 245 



Rufl'ed Grouse, Habits 427 



Ruffed Giousp, Tame 27 



Ruffed Giouse, Weight of (see Game Bag 



and Gun) 286 



Seals' Habits 206 



Seaweeds, CoUecting 27 



Sharks Swallowing You'rg..225, 245, 365, 407, 446 



Sharks, Vivipaious 265 



Shell Distribution 148 



Skunk Bite 286 



Snakes 365 



Snake's Anatomy 206 



Snake Bites 307 



Snake Anlidotee 366 



Snake Ealing Fish 148 



Snake Eating Rat 7, 47 



Snake Eating Snake 7, 66 



Snakes' Focd 306 



Snakes' Habits 386, 446, 466, 506 



Snakes ill Kentucky 286 



Snake Poison Experiments 225 



Society of American Taxidf rmists 407 



Song and lusectivoious Birds 485 



Squirrels, Black and Gray 485 



Squinela' Habits 426 



Squirrel's Winter Store 7,67 



Sqnurrels, Sumelhing About 345 



Sling Ray 1 



Sun and Moon Visible 186 



Swallows' Late Stay 307 



Swans, Wild (sea Water Fowl) 285 



Ttal(tee Water Fowl) 365 



Temperature and Rainfall 225 



Three-leggt d Hen 447 



Tiipartite Contest 85 



Vii gini* Field N ot es 225 



Wagtail, Migration 407 



Wasp and Spider 106 



Water Bug 485 



West Indies Oinilhology 205 



Winter Birds 307 



Woodcock in Captivity .. .27, 66, 148. 286, 426, 456 



Paos 

 Wiens, Peieieteut 328 



Watebfowl, Desceivtions of: 



General Description... ..„ ■ 285- 



(Sioarts — Ameiioan cr Whistling, Trumpeter 



285. 806 



(A^se 286, 307 



Autumnal Sea Duck dST 



Bald Brant 327 



Barnacle 327 



Blue 327 



Brant 327 



Canada 82T 



Common Wild 32T 



Cornfic'.d Duck 327 



Emperor 327 



Fulvous Tree Duck 327 



Gray 321 



Horned Wavy 327 



Painted. 32T 



Pi airie Bi ant 327 



Boss' 327,466 



Snow 827,466 



Speckle-belly 327 



White Brant 327 



Whitt-fronted 327 



Winter or FUght 327 



Ituoks.— ,286, 845, 366, 385, 



406, 425, 466 



Amerioan Scoter 426> 



American Widgeon 345- 



Ealdt ate 346. 



Bai row's Golden Eve 40ft 



Big Blackhead 38& 



Black 345 



Black MaUard 34s 



Blnebill 386 



Bluewltiged Teal 366 



Broadbill 385 



Buffle Head 406 



Butter Ball 406 



Canvas-back 386 



Cinnamon Teal 366 



Coot 425 



Copptrnose 42fr 



Crested 365 



Dipper 406 



Dusky 345 



Eider 425 



EDglish Teal 365 



European Widgeon 345- 



Pish 4C5. 



Flocking Fowl 385- 



Fiesh-water 345- 



Gadwall 845- 



Ganot 406- 



GoldenEya 406- 



Gooaander 465 



Gray 345 



Greater Scaup 386 



Grcenbead 345 



GrtenwingedTeal S66 



Harlequin 426. 



Hooded Merganser 469i - 



Inland 845. 



King Eider 425- 



Labrador 406. 



Lesser Scaup 385 



Little Blackhead 385 



Long-Tailed 406 



Mallard 34& 



Meiganoer 466 



Old Squaw 406 



Old Wife 406 



Pacific Elder 425 



Pheasant 345 



Pied 40o 



Pintail ,„345. 



Pochard 386 



Baft 385 



Red-breasted Merganser. , 465- 



Redhead 386 



Ring-necked 3S5' 



River 345 



River Broadbill 386- 



Rocky Mountain Garrot 4C . 



Ruddy 460 



Salt- Water Teal , "T 



Saw-billed Diver 466 



Sea 386. 



Sea Coot 425 



Sheldrake 



Shoal-water 346 



Shoveler 365 



Skunk-head 426 



Snuff-taker 426 



South Southerly 406 



Spectacled Eider 425 



Spirit 406 



Spoonbill 366 



Spilgtail 345 



St. Domingo 485 



Stelier'B Eider 426 



Surf 425 



Tufted 385 



Velvet 426 



Whistler 406 



Whitebelly 345- 



White-winged Coot 425 



Wood 365- 



