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INDEX 
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Carrier Pigeon No. 018025 . 653 
Disease Again Appears Among Ducks .!!.. 429 
Economic Value of the Song Birds, The . 44 
Feather Trade, The . i 39 
Feather Trade’s “Amendments,” The .!...!! 41 
Feathers and Tariff . 43 
Fifty Thousand Dollars Worth of Diamond Backs!' 810 
Pooling the Crow . 7 g 
Fox Farming in Newfoundland . . 44 
Fox Ranches in Alaska . 70 
Hedgehogs . ]]!! 44 
His Highness, The Silver Fox . 781 
Lowest Forest Fire Loss ..[ 467 
Migratory Bird Protection . 4, 
Mountain Devil . g I2 
National Association of Audubon Societies .! 561 
National Organization to Study Forest Insect Prob¬ 
lem . ygc. 
New Game Preserve, A ... 7 g 
New National Bison Herd .748 
Notable Progress in Quail Propagation . 7 8 s 
Protection of Bird Life . I0 
Protection of Wild Birds. The . !!!..!! 139 
Protective Coloring and Mimicry in Animal Life .. 754 
Raccoons Also . 425 
Sanctuaries for Wild Birds . I0 
Story of Mushkodasa the Partridge, The . ec. 
Wild. Duck Epidemic at Tulare Lake . c 74 
Wild Pigeons . 7 c 
Will . Sharks Devour Mien? . 429 
Winter Sleepers . 676 
GAME BAG AND GUN. 
After New Brunswick Moose . 
After Platypus . , 0I 
Afternoon With the Grouse, An . 620 
Again the Wild Pigeon .” 525 
Alabama Dove Season . ,7, 
Alabama Shooting . 621 
Amateur,' An ..491 
■Bears' are Ifat In North Carolina . cqc 
Beasts' of Prey Killed by Foresters . 467 
Mi :ef Synopsis of Game Conditions . 440 
Bringing Back the Game ... . 623 
” aner. Prof., and his Lr. Basket . 271 
California Duck Season Promises Well . 556 
Canvasback in Massachusetts . 446 
Canadian EagP Hunt . 556 
Cape Cod Cranberuvs . , 01 
Christmas Hunt Down in Dixie, A . . 4y o 
Commissioner Adams of Massachusetts . 140 
Conservation in New York State. 826 
Cooking Game . . 204 
Cottontail Sport .'.. 67 . 
Curley’s Duck Hunt . 790 
Day^ in Barnegat Bay, A . . 467 
Day’s Shooting in Newchwang . 621 
Death of Major Lacev . 466 
Deer Killed in New Jersey . 72 e 
Defending the Cow Bird . 
Drumming of Spruce Partridge .462 
Duck and Quail Season Commences . 616 
Duck Hunting in Eastern North Carolina . 39c 
Duck Malady, The . 465 
Duck Shooting in the Fog . ..... 523 
Enforcing Game Laws in Delaware . . 140 
Every Man a Game Warden . 524 
Field for Naturalists, A . 462 
Fish and Game and the Importance of Their Con¬ 
servation . g 4 2 
Forest Officers Help State Protect Game ... 679 
.Game Birds in New York State . 462 
Game in Connecticut . 23R 
Game in New Jersey . 723 
Genuine and True, The . I7 2 
Grouse Shooting ." jgg 
Heavy Slaughter of Deer on Opening Day .! 107 
Help! Help! . I7 , 
High Power Rifles . 782 
How Wounded Ducks are Lost . 173 
Howl of the Northeaster, The . 492 
Hunting in California .172, 271, 590 
Hunting Story of Weakness, The ...’ 271 
Increase of Bob Whites in Beaufort . 300 
Indian Arrowheads . 363 
Inside Route to Florida . 203 
Tes’ Waitin’ for Fall . 306 
Laddie . ,41 
Market Hunters Oppose Fish and Game Commission 714 
Meat Guns . 554 
Migratory Birds . 793 
Moose on the Cover, The . 534 
Morning With the Long Bills, A . 682 
My First Shooting Expedition . 677 
New Fish and Game Association . 700 
Newfoundland Notes . 590 
New Game Laws of California Defined . 107 
Nova Scotia Guides’ Tournament . 365 
October Days . 335 
Old Hammer Gun, The . 171 
Old Squaw Shooting ’Round Plymouth Bay . 778 
Old Yellowlegs and the Cigarbox Tolers . 141 
Open Season for Game in U. S. and Canada .... 436 
Phantom Rabbit of Buck’s Alders, The . 270 
Private Parks do not Protect Game . 757 
Prohibition of Importation of Birds Into Australia 107 
Quail is Mothered by Turkey Hen . 647 
Rector Goes a Wading, The . 818 
Regulations for Protection of Migratory Birds _ 463 
Rifle is as Rifle Does . 394 
Rusty Pen, The . 716 
Shooting and Fishing Places Near the Big Cities . 721 
Shooting Game From an Automobile ..721, 794 
"Shooting Up” the Feeding Grounds . 784 
Single Barrel 16 Gauge a Winner . 524 
Snipe Shooting in Virginia .. 204 
Some Souvenirs in My Collection . 685 
Speaking of Bears .Page^. 
Sportsmen in Panama-Pacific International Exposi¬ 
tion . 2 j8 
State and Private Shooting Preserve, The . 649 
Steel Traps a Cruel Abomination . 7I r 
Taking of Old Black Neck, The .. 402 
There Goes a Partridge . 683 
Tragic Fate of Warden Reinbold . 386 
True Cylinders . 5 8 g 
Vanishing Shore Birds, The . 370 
Washington Notes .„. 690 
Watch on the Rhine, A .. 205 
West Virginia Fish and Game Association . 687 
Wichita (Okla.) National Forest and Game Preserve 300 
SEA AND RIVER FISHING. 
Acknowledgment, An . 78 
American Fisheries Society . 239 
Anglers’ Club of New York . n 
Anglers’ Club Tournament . 494 
Anglers’ Casting Club of Chicago . 108 
Angling Horse, The . 333 
Anglers’ Casting Club, The . 173 
Arkansas, Eel Story, An . 366 
Bait on the Hook . 399 
Bass of White Lake, The . 527 
Black Bass Fishing at West Port . 206 
Blow On, Northwind . 461 
Bonnie Brook . 12 
California Streams Being Surveyed . 559 
California Striped Bass . 353 
Casting at Long Beach . u 
Catfishing on the Nodaway . 794 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club .108, 303 
Channel Bass Fishing—Barnegat Section 1913 ... 460 
Chinook Salmon . 761 
Color of Trout’s Flesh . 227 
Columbus Anglers’ Club .108, 143 
Contributors, To . 39y 
Day With the Black Bass, A . 761 
Do Unto Others . 401 
Dry Fly in Nova Scotia . 12 
Dry Fly at Grand Lake Stream . 78 
Dry Fly Fishing . 401 
Early Prevaricator, The . 720 
Famous Forest and Stream Writers Whom I Have 
Known . 209 
Famous Land of Leatherstocking, The . 510 
Fish Stories . 593 
Fish That Might Have Been . 681 
Fishing . 367 
Fishing in California.45, 109, 174, 226, 366, 401 551 
Fishing in Cape Colony . 493 
Fishing in Newfoundland .45, 268 
Fishing in Wisconsin . 174 
Fishing Season Most Notable on Record . 689 
Fishing Within City Limits ... 339 
Florida Fishing . 591 
Fly-Casting in New South Wales . 109 
Fly-Casting Records Smashed . 49, 
Fly-Fishing With a Casting Rod . 109 
For Early Closing of Lake Trout Season . 355 
From Jim to Jack . 46 
From Randle to Paul . 810 
Fry, Fingerlings and Fish . 622 
George’s Prize Fish . 366 
Golden Shad or Skipjack . 557 
Good Fishing in Bay District . 399 
Green, Chester R. 644 
Hand Made vs. Machine Made Rods . 142 
Illinois Casting Club .13, 109, 175, 239, 269, 302, 367, 
399, 526, 810 
In the Lake Toxaway Country . 558 
Interstate Casting Tournament . 366 
Is a “Dogfish” a Young Shark? . 399 
Jefferson County Sportsmen’s Association . 13 
Kansas City Bait and Fly-Casting Club. 108, 175, 239, 
„ 303, 367, 526 
Lake of a Thousand Trout, The . 815 
Lake Sunapee Fishing Association . 11 
Large Trout . 78 
Magna Est Veritas . in 
Massachusetts Game Legislation . 77 
Mess of Striped Bass, A . 269 
Minnesota Fishing .,... 716 
Murray Cod and Yellow Belly Perch . 591 
National Association of Scientific Angling Clubs.303, 383 
Necessity of a Fishing License, The . 558 
Nets and Netting . 78 
New National Tournament Casting Association .. 387 
Newark Bait and Fly-Casting Club .143, 268, 303 
Newfoundland Angling . 226 
North Carolina Trout Fishing . 77 
North Shore Casting Club .159, 239, 461 
Nova Scotia Salmon . it 
Obliging Game Warden, An . 78 
Pitfalls . 290 
Raised Around Forest and Stream Campfire. 793 
Restocking of Trout Streams Under Way . 354 
Restoring the Susquehanna Fishing . 571 
Sagacity of Fish, The . 644 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club.367, 399, 461, 326, 593, 703 
Single Hand Distance Casting . 143 
Sixth Tournament of N. A. S. A. C. 269 
Size of Mesh in Fish Nets . 268 
Sport in Australia . 323 
St. Louis Fly and Bait Casting Club 108, 175, 268, 303, 367 
Stocking of Coast Streams With Fry . 171 
Stories at the Silly Cod . 302 
3,640,000,000 Fish Eggs Planted. 159 
Trout, To a . in 
To Preserve Fish Two Years . 13 
Trout Fishing in Germany . 46 
Trouting in British Columbia . 655 
Trouting on the Pine . 822 
Tuxedo Trout Season . 77 
Twenty-one Pound Pompano From Florida . 46 
Wisconsin Small Mouth Bass, A . 143 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
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Adams,- Wm. C. I4 „ 
All the Working Tools Except Patience . 38 
And Here the Secret' Playground of the Deer ... 421 
Anticipation and Realization .. 137 
And Perhaps it would Come to This . 102 
Any old Ape might Sing “Here Comes My Daddy 
Now” . 617 
Anglers . 4 i 
And they Got Right Up when they Heard the 
Eel Stories . 105 
As he Made the First High Leap . 456 
As They Looked to the Birds . 204 
Asbury Park Fishing Club . 207 
At Long Beach . 407 
Author, The, and his Best Stud Pigeon . 72 
Author, The, His Inspiration and the Outfit . 133 
Bedros Showered Curses on the Tunes . 717 
Best of all Game Birds, The . iqg 
Billings, C. W. 535 
Billy Gardner Learning How they Build ’em at 
Long Branch . 19 
Bird Catching in Massachusetts . 7 
Bird Killing in Connecticut . 8 
Bird Killing in Georgia . 8 
Bringing in an Old Black Duck . 492 
Capt. Eddie Keeps Target . 49 
Chinese Sportsmen . 7 
Christmas in Yellowstone . 551 
Correct Way to Hold a Pigeon . 135 
Cramped and Cold but Happy . 583 
Croatan Indians in Robeson Co., N. C. 458 
Currie, Gilbert and Author at Camp . 646 
Day with Prairie Chickens in Canada, A . 673 
Dead .. 22 
Delta of Upper Yellowstone River . 585 
Device for Feathering Arrows . 113 
Does His Smile Denote Success? . 527 
Doughty, Dr. J. W. 274 
Dogs of the Hospice, The . 522 
Dr. Weston Trophy . 306 
Dr. Henry Van Dyke and Major Burnham . 333 
Du Pont Gun Club Trophy . 308 
Du Pont Gun Club Specimen . 374 
Even the Darkies Fish Along the Swamp Side ... 527 
Emerson, Wallace . 423 
Ever Helpful Guide, The . 525 
Eastern Handicaps . 118 
Fall of the Big Bull, The . 647 
Feather River Map . 425 
Fishers . 104 
Five Pounder, A . 261 
Florentine Cock Imports From Italy . 72 
Forks Pool on Grand Codroy, Newfoundland ... 45 
Frank Made a Clean Double . 648 
Fractured Joint Matted With Fine Grass . 429 
Gibbs, H. D. and Elmer Shaner . 214 
Golden Shad or Skipjack . 557 
Good Catch, A . 356 
Grasping the Axe Firmly in Both Hands . 619 
Greenwich Gun Club Traps .... 27 
Guide in Harness, The . 616 
Gulls Moving Widgeon . 813 
Gun . 374 
Hall Mark of the Tribe, The . 751 
Happy Couple, A . 781 
He would Tell us Stories by the Hour .. 9 
Holder, Charles F. 815 
Home Practice is Essential . 39 
Hove To Off the Horn ....1... 265 
Hunting Preacher and Some of his Trophies, The.. 750 
Hurt, John, et al., at Old Rock Dam . 111 
Imported English Runt and Mondaine . 73 
In a Duck Blind . 712 
Isn’t This Worth Preparing For? . 167 
It was a Chance for a Fair Catch .. 822 
J. Stuart Blackton’s Virginia . 15 
Loner Dropped Into the Decoys, A . 395 
Long Distance Salmon Casting . 365 
Looking Backward . 138 
Making Indian Arrow Heads . 796 
Mather, Fred . 202 
Many Birds were Flying North . 517 
Milking the Cocoanut .;. 749 
Monument Rock . 228 
Most of Them were Scattered Birds . 486 
Mountain Trail, A . 759 
My First Deer . 325 
My Mule on a “South Stroll” . 391 
Nemours Gun Club Squad . 185 
Nessmuk . 200 
Off For a Week’s Camping Trip . 454 
One of Charles Cremin’s Camps . 645 
One of the First Inhabitants of Ft. Laramie . 520 
One of the Perils of the Sea . 327 
One of Them Wanted to Bet Me . 719 
Only Two Fell at the Next Shot . 171 
Original “Fish Waltz,” The . 168 
Our Guide . 228 
Passenger Pigeons . 75 
“Pat” With a Couple of White Tipped Woodcock. 718 
Perfume King, The . 74 
Perilous Position, A .’. 371 
Pheasant’s Nest . 3 6 3 
Preparing a Caribou Roast for Thanksgiving Dinner 614 
Preparing the Eats . 75*5 
Presently, However? I saw a Boat Putting Off.. 234 
Proved to Be a Flock of Fifty or More Mallards.. 587 
Pursuit .. 4 ' 
Pretty Bag. A . 651 
Quick Catch, A . '35 
Red-Backed Sandpipers . 396 
Ready to Draw . 35 ° 
Return to Camp, The . 49 ' 
Returning Satisfied . 5 8 ' 
Robinson. Rowland E. '97 
Schultz, J. W. 209 
Setting Out the Stools . 5°3 
