XXXIV 



INDEX. 



Partridge — contiymed. 



cause of these migrations, 82. 

 flight of — whirring noise, 82. 

 flight of English, 83. 

 change in color of plumage, 



83. 

 white or pied, 82. 

 remarkable, in possession of 



author, 84. 

 hints on hunting, 87. 

 formed into coveys, 88. 

 time for killing, 88. 

 taken in traps, 88. 

 abundant in Iowa, 89. 

 nooses of horse-hair to catch, 



90. 

 eating eggs of, 90. 

 numbers destroyed in 1855 



and '5G, 91. 

 game-ordinances disregarded, 



92. 

 whistle of the, 94. 

 driving into nets, 94. 

 efforts to introduce into Eng- 

 land, 96. 

 actions of old and young, 97. 

 best to break dogs on, 97. 

 retaining scent, 98. 

 enemies of, 102. 

 probable abundance or scarcity 



of, 104. 

 haunts of, 104. 

 where to find, 105. 

 dry and warm weather, 105. 

 wet and boisterous weather, 



105. 

 further hints on hunting, 107. 

 early dawn — at noon, 107. 

 when they feed, 107. 

 before leaving their roost, 



108. 

 seldom roost in same place, 



108. 

 during snow, 109. 

 Partridges — 



shooting in Delaware, 109. 



Virginia, 110. 

 season of 1851 and '52, 110. 

 numbers in vicinity of Keokuk, 



110. 

 numbers taken in nets, 110. 

 Phillips, Clem. T., kills sixty-one, 



111. 

 good shooting, 112. 

 Frank Forrester's opinion of difii- 

 culty of killing American, 112. 

 taking the field, 112. 

 how to act when hunting, 115. 

 wounded birds, 121. 

 most difiicult of all birds to shoot, 

 121. 



Partridges — continued 



frequently give forth no scent, 



121. 

 to split and broil, 471 

 Pectus — the breast, 36. 

 Pennet's, Mr., account of shooting Geese, 



330. 

 Percussion caps, 373. 



how made, best kind, 373. 

 substitute for, 375. 

 Perdix Virginianus, (see Partridge,) 66. 

 Pharaohs, Snipe in the country of the, 



194. 

 Pheasant, or Ruffed Grouse, 143. 

 Philadelphia, game hawked about, 92. 



contrary to municipal ordinances, 



92. 

 gun-makers of, 435, 441. 

 Phillips, Clem. T.— 



kills sixty-one birds. 111. 

 Pigeon, killing with a rifle, 50. 

 exploits in shooting, 51. 

 Pike, celebrated Rail-pusher, 227. 

 Plover, Golden — 



Charadrius pluviales, 250. 

 habits, food, 250. 

 how best killed, 251. 

 description, 251. 

 Plover, Black-bellied, 248. 



Bull or beetle-headed, 249. 

 Grass or Field, 251. 

 Piping, 251. 

 terms applicable to, 41. 

 Poking shot not to be admired, 61. 

 Porter's, William T., account of Squirrels, 



360. 

 Potatoes a, la Maitre d'Hotel, 480. 

 Pot-hunter — a despicable fellow, 86. 



how to act in company with a, 

 87. 

 Potterer, or poking-shot, 51. 

 Powder-flasks, 369. 

 prover, 411. 

 Powers, N., of Iowa — 



load of game collected by, 63. 

 Prairie Chicken, (see Grouse.) 

 Prescott refers to the Wild Turkey in his 



"Conquest of Mexico," 138. 

 Primaries, large quill-feathers, 34. 

 their position and use, 34. 

 peculiarly constructed in the 

 Hawk, 34. 

 Pugh, English artist, anecdote of, 85. 



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Quadrupeds, change of pelage in, 38. 

 Quail not a Partridge, 80. 



difi'erent in habits, 80. 

 flesh, 80. 



is polygamous, 80. 



