72 WING-SHOOTING. 



great numbers. At dark lie had secured about twenty, 

 and the following day, literally the last bird came to bag. 

 I saw the birds on the twenty-sixth, and counted eighty- 

 two. 



CHARGES FOR WOODCOCK SHOOTING. 



For a 12-gauge gun, I load as follows : — 



8J drs. of Hamilton Caribou, No. 5 poWder. 



Two pink-edged wads. 



1 oz. of No. 10 shot. 



And a Baldwin wad. 

 The p-rounds over which I am accustomed to hunt 



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usually afford some grouse-shooting, and in order to suc- 

 cessfully cope with that grand bird, and at the same time 

 to gather in the long bills, I load my shells with 1 J oz. of 

 No. 9 shot. 



SYNOPSIS. 



Then, early in the month of September you may ex- 

 pect to find cock in thickets containing water, while late 

 in the same month, after the equinoctial storms, in 

 thickets devoid of water, upon hill-sides, in corn-fields, 

 and upon sandy soils covered with elders and nettles. 

 Early in October, they are found in localities similar to 

 where found in the latter part of September, while late 

 in the same month more open grounds, studded with 



