INDEX. 



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Spain — 



introduction of AVild Turkey from, 

 137. 



gun-barrels imported from, 447. 

 Spaniels, terms applicable to, 40. 



verses in memory of a, 192. 

 Sporting, terms used in, 40. 



general ignorance of these terms, 

 40. 



easily acquired, 40. 



writers on, 40. 

 Sportsmen — 



should be careful of birds in win- 

 ter, 69. 



hints to, 87. 



practical observations for, 88. 



should keep cool, 105. 



during rainy weather, 105. 



should not be too eager, 107. 



should refresh themselves, 118. 



directions for, to hunt dogs, 118. 



should flush the game, 118. 

 Sportsman's Beef, how made, 481. 

 Sprain, how to be treated, 504. 

 Sprigtail, 324. 



Pintail, 324. 



Anas acuta, 324. 



handsome duck, 324. 



habits and haunts, 324. 



abundant in England, 324. 



description, 324. 

 Spring Cramp — how used, 881. 

 Squirrels, 350. 



varieties, habits, locality, 351. 



general characteristics, 351. 



activity and strength, 353. 



captivity of, 354. 



other characteristics, 355. 



enemies of, shooting, 356. 



Barking, flesh of, 357. 

 Squirrel, Gray, 358. 



migratory, 358. 



dimensions, locality, 358. 



habits and migrations, 359. 



cooking, 484. 

 Stalev, Andrew, shooting in company 



with, 130. 

 Stirlev, John, White Snipe in possession 



of, 208. 

 Stock, gun, shape of, 402. 



various styles of, 403. 

 Stockton, H. H., remarkable Partridge 



shot by, 84. 

 Stockton, Commodore — 



experiments on bursting of guns, 

 418. 

 recoil of guns, 

 418, 424. 

 Stockings, shooting, 396. 

 St. Ildephonso — 



Woodcocks feeding in aviary of, 173. 



St. Lawrence River, Reed-Birds on, 



211. 

 St. Louis, game shipped from, 110. 

 St. Petersburg — frozen markets, 467. 

 Striker of a gun, 377. 

 Stone Curlew, (see Willet.) 

 Summer Duck, 326. 



Anas sponsa, 326. 



Wood Duck, 326. 



beautiful fowl, 326. 



delights in the small streams, 326 



description, 327. 

 Surface-boat, (see Battery.) 

 Swallows, the primary feathers in, 34. 

 shooting, a mere knack, 50. 

 Swan, American, 337. 



Cygnus American, 337. 

 Swan, Ti-umpeter, 337. 



Cygnus bucinator, 337. 



habits, haunts, 337. 



easily domesticated, 338. 

 Swans, a whiteness of, 42. 

 Sweden, Snipes in, 195. 

 Sykes, Mr. — patent powder-flask, 370. 



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Tapahannock marshes — 



Partridges shot on, 78. 

 Tarsi, shanks of the legs, 35. 

 Taxidermy — 



art of preserving and mounting 



birds, 484. 

 directions for skinning birds, 485. 

 Lee, Mrs., work on, 488. 

 Brown, Captain, work on. 488. 

 preserving egg-shells, 48'.). 

 Teal, Blue-winged, 317. 

 Anas discors, 317. 

 habits and haunts, 317. 

 their food, 318. 

 how best cooked, 318. 

 description, 318. 

 Teal, Green-winged, 319. 

 Anas crecca, 319. 

 habits and chai-acteristics, 319. 

 Telltale Snipe. 258. 

 Godwit, 258. 



Greater Yellow-shanks, 258. 

 Scolopax vociferus, 258. 

 Tennessee — 



Ruffed Grouse in barrens of, 



143. 

 Pinnated Grouse in barrens of, 

 143. 

 Tertiary, third quill-feathers, 34. 



their position and character, 34. 

 Tetrao umbellus, 143. 

 cupido, 156. 

 Canadensis, 164. 

 saliceti, 164. 



