Local Names of Migratory Game Birds—index. 79 
Little, 149. 
Little bay, 149. 
Marsh, 149, 150. 
Mud, 149. 
mp, 149. 
Bluebill widgeon, 137. 
Blue-billed shoveler, 149. 
widgeon, 148. 
Bluebills, p. 19. 
Blue brant, 169.1, 173. 
coot, 218. 
crane, Little, 205, 206. 
dove, 316, p. 73. 
goose, 169.1. 
marsh hen, 221. - 
mud hen, 218. 
pigeon, 312. 
plover, 234. 
pond hen, 221. 
rail, 218, 219. 
snow goose, 169.1. 
wavy, 169.1. 
Bluehead, 148. 
Blue-headed pigeon, 323. 
quail-dove, 323. 
turtle, 323. 
Bluelegs, 265. 
Blue-Peter, 218, 221. 
Blue-Petie, 221. 
Blue-rock, 312, 313. 
Blue-stocking, 225. 
Blue-streak, 155. 
Bluewing, 140, 141. 
Blue-winged duck, 133. 
goose, 169.1. 
shoveler, 142. 
teal, 140, 141. 
Common, 140. 
Louisiana, 140. 
Southern, 140. 
Western, 141. 
Bluish goose, 169.1. 
Bob, 494. 
Bobber, 167. 
Bobolink, 494. 
Bob-up, 256. 
Bog bird, 228. 
Bog snipe, 230. 
Bog-sucker, 228. 
Bonaparte sandpiper, 240. 
Boobies, p. 27. 
Booby, 149, 167. 
eoot, 167. 
duck, 163. 
Booby, sleeping, 167. 
Boreal phalaropes, 7p. 47. 
Bottle-head, 270. 
Bottle-nosed diver, 166. 
Bottom-feeding ducks, 7p. 4. 
Bow bird, 263. 
snipe, 263. 
Bowhead birds, p. 47. 
Bowing bird, 263. 
Box coot, 166. 
Brachvogel, 264. 
Bracket, 129. 
Bracket sheldrake, 129. 
Brancheur, 144. 
Branchier, 144. 
Branchu, 144. 
Brand goose, 173. 
Brant, 169, 169.1, 171, 172, 172a, 
172b, 172c, 173, 174. 
Bald, 169, 169.1. 
Bald-headed, 169.1. 
Black, 169, 169.1, 172a, 173, 174. 
Black sea, 174. 
Blue, 169.1, 173. 
Brown, 172c. 
Canada, 172. 
Common, 173. 
Eagle-headed, 169.1. 
Eastern, 172a, 173. 
Eastern sea, 173. 
Fish, 169. 
Goose, 172a. 
Gray, 169.1, 171, 172a.. 
Harlequin, 171. 
Hutchins, 172a. 
Light-bellied, 173. 
May, 173. 
Mottled, 171. 
Pied, 171. 
Prairie, 171. 
Sea, 165, 173, 174. 
Silver, 169.1. 
Specklebelly, 171. 
Speckle-breasted, 171. 
Speckled, 171. 
Spotted, 171. 
White, 169. 
White-bellied, 173. 
White-headed, 169.1. 
White-headed bald, 169.1. 
Yellow-legged, 171. 
Brant bird, 243, 249, 251, 283. 
coot, 165. 
goose, 173. 
snipe, 243, 283. 
Branta bernicla, 173. 
canadensis, 172. 
canadensis canadensis, 172. 
huteninsi, 172a. 
minima, 172c. 
eccidentalis, 172b. 
leucopsis, 175. 
nigricans, 174. 
Brassback, 272. 
Brasseye, 151. 
Brass-eyed whistler, 151. 
Brass-wing diver, 165. 
Braut-ente, 144. 
Breakhorn, 129. 
Brent, 173. 
Brent goose, 173. 
Brewer’s duck, 132. 
Bridal duck, 144. 
Bride, 144. 
Bride duck, 144. 
Bridled dove, 322. 
Brighteye, 151. 
Bristletail, 167. 
Bristle-thighed curlew, 268. 
Broadbill, 142, 167. 
Bastard, 150. 
Bay, 148. 
Big, 148. 
Black-headed, 148. 
Creek, 149. 
Deep-water, 148. 
Fresh-water, 149. 
_Goshen, 149. 
Greater, 148. 
Greenhead, 149. 
Hard-headed, 167. 
Lesser, 149. 
Broadbill, Little, 149. 
Little creek, 149. 
Mud, 149. 
Pond, 149. 
Red-headed, 146. 
River, 149. 
Salt-water, 148. 
Sleepy, 167. 
Winter, 148. 
Broadbill bluebill, 148. 
dipper, 167. 
Broad-billed coot, 163. 
sandpiper, 245. 
Broadbills, p. 19. 
Broad-faced mallard, 142. 
Broady, 142. 
Bronze head, 151. 
Brown bank bird, 222. 
brant, 172c. 
-coots, p. 27. 
crane, 205, 206. 
Common, 206. 
Large, 204. 
Little, 205. 
Northern, 205. 
Southern, 206. 
curlew, 264 
diving teal, 167. 
duck, 133, 167. 
Little, 153. 
mallard, 133. 
marlin, 249. 
phalarope, 222, p. 47. 
sandpiper, 246. 
snipe, 231, 249. 
teal, 167. 
tree duck, 178. 
Brownback, 231, 239, 249, 262. 
Western, 231. 
Brown-backed 
286. 
Brownie, 239. 
Brown-legged black duck, 133. 
Brunette, 243. 3 
Bucephale, Petit, 153. 
d’ Amérique, 151. 
d’Islande, 152. 
Buck, Spring, 130. 
Mississippi, 130. 
Buckeye, 150. 
Buck-ruddy, 167. 
Buffalo-headed duck, 153. 
Buffbreast, 234, 262. 
Bufi-breasted merganser, 129. 
sandpiper, 262. 
sheldrake, 129. 
Bufile duck, 153. 
Bufflehead, 153. 
Buffle-headed duck, 153. 
Bugler, 181. 
Bull, 212. 
Bull coot, 165. 
peep, 240, 248. 
rail, 208. 
whitewing, 165. 
Bullet-winged duck, 148. 
Bullhead, 151, 256, 270, 272. 
plover, 270. 
snipe, 281. 
Bull-headed plover, 272. 
Bullheads, p. 19. 
Bullneck, 147, 150, 167, 172c. 
Red-headed, 147. 
Bullneck goose, 172c. 
Bullnecks, p. 19. 
Bull’s-eye, 270, 272. 
Bumble-bee, 242, 246. 
Bumble-bee coot, 167. 
duck, 8 ‘oe 
eep, 242, 246. 
Bumnplespee=urzen 167. 
Bumble-bee-dipper, 153. 
Bunting, Rice, 494. 
Bunty, 150. 
Burrow duck, 141.2. 
Busch-schnepfe, 228. 
Bushschnip, 228. 
Bustard, 172. 
Butler duck, 142. 
Butter bird, 277, 494. 
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