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Robin slaughter, in Pittsboro, N. C, 222; by Italians, 102; by negroes, 105; in eight southern states, 105; in Texas, 106; in Tennessee, 107; in Louisiana, 108.
Robins, food of, 109; killed by cats, 75, 76, 81.
Robinson, Arthur, on automatic guns, 152. Roccolo, Itahan, for catching birds, 95, 97. Rochester Academy of Sciences, 391. Rocky Mountain Park, 352.
Rod and Gun in Canada, 66, 263, 374. Rod and Gun Club of Sheridan, Wyoming,
385.
Rogers, Josiah, 340.
Roosevelt, Kermit, 186.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 142, 249, 341. Rose, John ]., 102.
Rothschild, Walter, 14, 17, 137. Rubber culture and wild life, 192, 201. Ruffed Grouse, 65, 317.
Rush, Frank, 342.
Sage Grouse in California, 47.
Sage, Mrs. Russell, gifts bj', to cause of
bird protection, 395.
Sale of game, plague spots for, 279; pro-
posed for California, 361; suppress,
the, 306, 312.
Salt Lake, mortality in ducks on, 87. Sambar deer, 372.
Sanctuaries, demand for forest reserve, 267. Sanctuaries in India, 190.
Sandhill Crane nearly extinct in Alberta,
51.
Sandpipers, 229, 230; killed for food, 68;
Bartramian, 20; pectoral, 18; red-
breasted, 18, 31.
Sandwichmen employed in London, 128. Sanford, L. C, 20.
Saskatchewan, 45, 165.
Sauter, Frederick, 84.
Scab in Mountain Sheep, 83.
"wScatter" rifle for ducks, 60, 153. Schlcmmer, Max, 137.
in Lower California, 162, 169; in Gla- cier Park, 340; domestic, 273; curse of cattle and game, 335; opposition from owners of, 348.
Sheep-herders of Wyoming, 50.
Sheep, black, lumpy-jaw in, 83, 84.
Sheep owners exterminating Thylacine, 38. Shields, G. O., 58, 351; protects birds of
New York City, 101.
Shield's Magazine, 203.
Shikar Club of London, 384.
Shiras, 3rd, George, 306.
Shikaree, new status of native, 188. Shooting game in preserves, 358, 359. Shore birds, becoming extinct, in Montana,
49 ; Kansas, 48 ; Massachusetts, 48 ; Mich- igan, 49; New York, 49; North Dakota, 50; South Carolina, 50; Texas, 50; Wis- consin, 51; general status of, 227, 233; killed in Louisiana, 5; disappearing, 30.
Shore, W. B., on elk shipments, 166. Shrike, 80.
Skunk as bird destroyer, 78. Slaughter-grounds for wild fowl, 64. Slaughter, of wild fowl in North Carolina,
311; of non-game birds in North Caro- lina, 292; in Tennessee, 296; of deer in Montana, 287; in Louisiana, 5; of geese in California, 148; of band-tailed pi- geons, 22, 273; of protected chamois, 321; of song birds in New York City, 101; of starving elk, 90.
Sloanaker, J. L., on pinnated grouse, 47. Smith, Charles L., 317.
Smith, Lee H., 390.
Smyth, C. H., 43, 48.
Snakes as bird destroyers, 81.
Snares for pheasants, 197.
Snipe, Jack, portrait of, 230.
Snow Creek antelope preserve, 2; game
preserve, 348.
Society, Auciubon, National, 5ee Audubon;
Roj^al, for the Protection of Wild Birds, 127, 128, 135, 143. N. Y. Zoological, see Zoological Society.
South America, 169.
South Carolina, 45, 50, 105, 106; [deer killed
in, 172; almost hopeless condition of,
296; private preserves in, 360.
South Dakota, 45, 50, 59; few laws needed
by, 296.
Sparrow pest, 334.
Sparrows consume weed-seeds, 223. Spoonbill, Roseate, 20.
Sportsman, case of a, 57; character of true,
54, 58, 64; definition of a, 382. Sportsman's Platform, 384. Sportsman's Review, 363. Sports Afield, 263.
Sprague, John F., 48.
Spruce Woods Game Preserve, 354.
Sconce, Harvey
Scott, Thomas H., 340.
Sea-lion accepts protection, 317.
Seal, California Elephant, 40; West Indian,
in New York Aquarium, 39.
Sea otter, 52.
Seaman, Frank, phoebe birds of, 317. Sentiment in preservation of game, 244. Sequoia Park, 344.
Seton, Ernest T., 19, 85; map of elk bv, 163, 165.
Sharp-shinned hawk, 225.
Shea plumage bill, 291.
Sheep, big-horn, 71; next species to be-
come extinct, 161; killed by pumas, 78; in Colorado, 272; present status of, 161
J.,
47.
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