141-1943 
amselflies, 371 
ecatur, Lake, 367 
elta Pond, 360, 361 
es Plaines River, 532 
ewberry, 383, 391, 402, 403, 406, 409 
idelphis virginiana; see Opossum 
lodia teres, 402, 403 
og 
training, 452, 463, 467, 468, 485 
wild, 528, 529, 531, 532; see also Coyote 
damage and control, 400, 411, 437, 471, 489 
ogwood, 404; see also Panicle dogwood 
orosoma cepedianum, 364; see also Gizzard 
shad 
ouglas Lake, 418 
ragonflies, 371 
rainage, effects of, 378, 379, 386, 456, 461, 501 
rainage ditches, wildlife use of, 389, 414, 441, 
443, 453, 456, 457, 461, 472, 475, 501 
uck (see also specific references) 
dabbling, 418, 427, 431 
diving, 418 
food plants (see also specific references) 
of Illinois River valley, 417—33 
preferential rating of, 417—33 
uck Island, 418 
Farm Lake, 360, 361 
uck Pond, Pollywog Association, 360, 361 
uck potato, 420, 421, 423, 426, 427, 432 
E 
ast St. Louis Hunting Club, 533 
chinochloa 
crusgalli, 422, 424, 432; see also Wild millet 
frumentacea, 424, 432; see also Japanese 
millet 
W alteri, 422, 432; see also Walter’s mullet 
dwards Pond, 360, 361 
laphe obsoleta obsoleta, 400 
leocharis, 428 
palustris, 428, 432; see also Spike rush 
Im, 405 
mbarrass River, 445 
ntomostraca, 371 
ragrostis hypnoides, 421, 426, 432; see also 
Teal grass 
rimyzon sucetta kennerlii, 365 
sox vermiculatus, 365 
uarctos americanus ; see Black bear 
uphorbia corollata, 402 
F 
armer City Golf Course Lake, 360, 361 
elis 
concolor; see Panther 
domesticus; see Cat, domestic 
ield sparrow, 382 
INDEX 
541 
Fish (see also specific references) 
management; see Lake management 
as muskrat food, 456 
Fish and Wildlife Service; see U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service 
Fisher, 435, 436 
Flathead cat (fish), 364, 365 
Fleabane, 388 
Flowering spurge, 402 
Fork Lake, 360, 361, 366, 371, 372, 373, 374 
Formicidae, 403 
Fox, 520—3; see also Red fox, Gray fox 
bounties, 452 
catch, 521, 534 
damage and control, 411, 437, 501 
distribution, 520 
fur 
quality, 503 
value, 493, 501 
hunting, 437, 495, 511 
income, 521 
laws, 452 
popularity, 462, 478 
population, 495, 501, 522 
cycle, 483, 521 
trapping, 472 
Franklin’s ground squirrel, 400 
Frog, 398 
Fundulus notatus, 365 
Fur (see also specific animal) 
handling, 498, 503 
laws, 437, 438, 451, 500, 501, 507, 508, 509, 
510 
quality, 435, 496, 503 
selling, 500, 503 
trade, 496 
history of, 435 
value, 452, 491, 535 
Fur-taker (main reference), 449; see also 
Hunter, Trapper 
age, 450 
density, 449, 450, 501 
income; see Furbearers, also specific animal 
licensed, 449, 451, 452, 500, 501, 507, 508, 509, 
510 
number, 449, 450, 451, 454, 501, 507, 514, 515, 
517, 518, 519, 522, 524, 527 
unlicensed, 438, 500, 501, 505, 507, 508, 510 
Fur-taking, illegal, 438, 450, 457, 468, 500, 501 
Furbearers (see also specific animal) 
catch, 435—537 
trends in, 511 
damage and control, 390, 392, 397, 408, 437 
distribution, 435—537 
patterns, 506, 511, 512 
economics of, 436, 437; see also income 
from (below) 
habitat, 435, 441, 500, 501 
habits, 436, 437, 500 
income from, 435—537; see also economics 
of (above) 
laws; see Fur laws 
