544 Ittinois NaturAL History SurveEY BULLETIN 
Martes 
americana, see Marten 
pennanti,; see Fisher 
Meadowlark, 382, 399 
Megastomatobus cyprinella, 364; see also 
Redmouth buffalo 
Melyridae, 403 
Mephitis mephitis, 469; see also Skunk 
Mice, 398, 399, 469, 471, 478, 479, 481, 487 
Michigan, Lake, 458 
Micropterus dolomieu, 361; see also Small- 
mouth bass 
Microtus, 398 
Midge, 371 
Millet, 420, 421, 422, 426, 428; see also Japa- 
nese millet, Walter’s millet, Wild 
millet 
Mink, 472—8, 514—5 
catch, 472, 473, 474, 492, 493, 496, 502, 515, 
534 
damage and control, 392, 473, 478 
distribution, 472, 475, 478, 512, 514 
use of drainage ditches, 443, 475, 501 
economics of, 437 
fur 
quality, 496, 497, 498, 503 
value, 452, 472, 473, 491 
habitat, 441, 443, 444, 475, 501 
hunting, 472, 474, 475, 502 
income, 472, 474, 493, 494, 496, 502, 505, 515, 
Bota 30 
management, 438, 478 
popularity, 462, 473, 474, 478, 481, 501, 502 
population, 435, 473, 474, 493, 501, 502, 515 
use of stripmines, 444 
trapping, 438, 474, 475, 495, 502 
Minnow, 358, 359, 364, 375; see also Blunt- 
nosed minnow, Bullhead minnow, 
Top minnow 
Minytrema melanops, 365 
Miridae, 1—234; see Index, 223 
Mississippi River, 435, 439, 440, 441, 450, 456, 
465, 475, 489, 490, 516, 517, 518, 520, 
523, 52705281532 
Mollusks, 456 
Mongrel buffalo, 360, 364 
Morone interrupta, 363; see also Yellow bass 
“Mouse hawk,” 398 
Moxostoma 
anisurum, 365 
aureolum, 365 
Mud plantain, 420 
Mulberry, 461 
Muskellunge, 358 
Muskrat, 453—9, 513—4 
catch, 453, 454, 473, 492, 493, 496, 502, 513 
534 
damage and control, 453 
distribution, 453, 513 
use of drainage ditches, 443, 453, 456, 458, 
501 
economics of, 437 
b 
Volume 
Muskrat—continued 
fur 
handling, 498, 499 
quality, 457, 496, 497, 498, 503 
value, 452, 473, 491, 535 
habitat, 441, 443, 444, 456, 501 
income, 453, 454, 493, 494, 496, 502, 505, 51 
535, 536 
laws, 452 
management, 437, 438, 453, 458, 496 
overtrapping, 456 
popularity, 453, 454, 481, 502 
population, 454, 455, 473, 475, 502 
cycles, 455 
predation of, 456, 473 
use of stripmines, 444, 456 
trapping, 438, 453, 454, 457, 475, 495, 502 
Mustela 
frenata,; see Long-tailed weasel 
rixosa; see Least weasel 
vison; see Mink 
N 
Najas guadalupensis, 430, 433; see also 
Southern naiad 
National Fur Tax Committee, 511 
Nelumbo lutea, 430, 433; see also American 
lotus 
Noctuidae, 402, 403 
Nodding smartweed, 420, 421, 424, 425, 432 
Northern barred owl, 398 
Northern grouse, 395 
Northern pike, 358 
Northern redhorse, 365 
Notemigonus crysoleucas auratus, 364; see a 
Golden shiner 
Notropis cornutus, 365 ) 
Nutgrass, 418, 420, 421, 423, 424, 427, 432: se 
also Sedge 
O 
Oak; see specific references 
Oats, 403, 404, 405 
Ohio River, 439, 516, 520, 523, 527, 528, 533 
Ondatra zibethica; see Muskrat 
Onized Lake, 360, 361, 369 
Opossum, 459—62, 518—20 
catch, 459, 460, 473, 492, 493, 496, 502, 519, 
534, 536 
damage and control, 392, 398, 459 
distribution, 441, 459, 518 
fur 
quality, 496, 497, 498, 503 
value, 452, 459, 491, 493, 501, 535 
habitat, 441, 449, 461 
hunting, 460, 461, 472, 495, 501, 502 
income, 459, 460, 493, 494, 496, 502, 519, 53. 
536 
management, 462 
popularity, 459, 460, 469, 473, 502 
