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INDEX. 



Iowa — conliimrd. 



great miiubers of Partridges killed 



in, 89. 

 great numbers of Partridges netted 

 ill, 89. 

 Ireland, "Woodcock in, 190. 

 Italia — her coasts devastated, 136. 

 Iris irides of birds, 35. 



J.iCK-Fr.osT nips vegetation, 62. 



Jack Curlew, 247. 



Jamaica, Reed-Birds in, 214. 



Japan, Snipes in, 194. 



Jersey, Ruffed Grouse in pines of, 143. 



Johnson, Dr. — remarks on cooking, 459. 



K 



Kalmia Clauca, 77. 



marsh laurel, 77. 

 Grouse and Partridges feed on, 77. 

 animals feed on, 78. 

 Kalmia Latifolia, 77. 



mountain laurel, 77. 

 Grouse and Partridges feed on, 77. 

 animals feed on, 78. 

 Ruffed Grouse feed on, 149. 

 author's comments on, 150. 

 Keel-boatmen of America, 51. 



their exploits with the rifle, 51. 

 snuffing the candle, 51. 

 driving the nail, 51. 

 Kentucky. Ruffed Grouse in, 143. 



Pinnated Grouse in, 158. 

 Keokvik, numbers of Partridges about, 

 110. 

 cooped and sent to New Or- 

 leans, 110. 

 Kill-deer Plover, 251. 

 Killing clean, importance of, 64. 



what distance in, 65. 

 for humanity's sake, 65. 

 verses in support of, 65. 

 King-snnke — curious experiments, 74. 



their wonderful endowments, 75. 

 Kitrcheuer, Dr., on the pleasures of the 



table, 465. 

 Knife, sporting, proper kind, 384. 



Lake Ontakio, Reed-Birds about, 211. 

 Laurel, mountain, (see Kalmia Latifolia,) 



77. 

 Laws, game, mere bagatelle, 178. 

 Leading of barrels, 398. 

 Low freed, 899. 



Lee, Jlrs., directions for mounting birds, 

 486. 

 her work on Taxidermy, 488. 

 Legislative enactments as to killing game, 



93. 

 Lepus cuniculus, 339. 

 sylvaticus, 330. 

 Lesser coverts — situation and character, 



34. 

 Levy, W. W. — celebrated duck-shooter, 

 285. 

 his draft of a battery, 291. 

 Lewis, E. — Snipe's nest on his estate, 198. 

 Liquors, bad, to be avoided, 498. 

 Locks of a gun, 404. 



importance of good, 405. 

 Greener's remarks on, 405. 

 Long-billed Curlew, 246. 

 Long Island, Pinnated Grouse on, 159. 

 Loral space, 35. 

 Louisiana, Pinnated Grouse in, 158. 



Reed-Birds, 210. 

 Louis Eustache Ude — comments on cook- 

 ery, 465. 

 Lynx — attack on Wild Turkeys, 141. 

 Lyon's, Captain — 



views on the ventriloquism of the 

 Arctic Fox, 222. 



M 



Magnus Apollo — 



Colonel Hawker the, 313. 

 Magnus Coquus of the ancients, 462, 

 Maine, Grouse met with in. 164. 

 Mallard or Wild Drake, 314. 



Anas Boschus — habits and haunts, 

 314. 



parent stock of tame Duck, 314. 



description, 315. 



in the ricefields, 316. 



on the Delaware, 316. 



in England, 316. 



decoy-ponds for netting, 316. 

 iMalta, Falcon captured at, 2i;(). 

 Mandibles, upper and lower, 35. 

 Martha's Vineyard, Pinnated Grouse on, 



159. 

 INIassachusetts, Grouse found in, 164. 

 Masillre, superior and inferior, 35. 

 Majo, Dr. — remarks on cooking, 459. 

 Measurement of birds, 36. 

 Mediterranean, Turkish cruisers in, 136. 

 Meleagris Gallopavo — wild Turkey, 126 

 jMentum, the chin, 36. 

 Mexicans, Wild Turkey domesticated by 



the, 138. 

 Migrations of Partridges, 81. 

 causes of their, 82. 

 singular actions during their, 

 82. 



