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Index 



San Joaquin Valley [continued'\ — 

 Geese, abundance in recent 

 years, 533. 

 Sand-hill crane shooting, 553. 

 Scaup duck \_ayt/i}'a marila'\ 134. 

 Scaup duck, lesser, {^aythya affi-nis'] 



137- 

 Scolopacidiv, species of shore-birds, 



336. 



\^See also Woodcocks, Snipes, 

 and Sandpipers.] 

 Scolopax rusiicola, European wood- 

 cock, IT,%. 

 Scoters — 



American, 174. 



Despised by hunters, 176, 185. 



Line shooting, 62. 



Surf scoter, 182. 



Velvet scoter, see that title, 



"White-winged scoter, see that 

 title. 

 Sea-ducks [fuligulina:'] — 



American eider, 168. 



American golden-eye, 143, 



American scoter, 174. 



Australian variety, 121. 



Barrow's golden-eye, 147. 



Buffle-head, see that title. 



Canvas-back, see that title. 



Characteristics, 118-121. 



Diagnosis of family, 567. 



Diving experts, 118. 



Down of eider, 119. 



Eider, see that title. 



Harlequin duck, 157. 



King eider, 172. 



Labrador duck, see that title. 



Lesser scaup duck, 137. 



Masked duck, 188. 



Northern eider, 166. 



Old-squaw, 153. 



Pacific eider, 170. 



Red-head, 51?^ that title. 



Ring-necked duck, 140. 



Ruddy duck, 185. 



Sea-ducks \^continued'\ — 



Rufous-crested duck, 121. 



Scaup duck, 134. 



Scoters, see that title. 



Shooting, 61. 



Spectacled eider, 165. 



Steamer-duck, 120. 



Steller's duck, 162. 



Surf scoter, 182. 



Velvet scoter, see that title. 



White-winged scoter, see that 

 title. 

 Semipalmated plover \_irgialitis 



se>7iipalmata'\ 466. 

 Semipalmated sandpiper \_ereunetes 



pusilltis'] 388. 

 Sharp-tailed sandpiper [tringa acu- 

 minata^ 368. 

 Sheldrake, see Ruddy sheldrake. 

 Shinnecock Bay — 



Dowitcher shooting, 349. 



Shore-bird shooting, 306. 

 Shooting, see Duck-shooting, Goose- 

 shooting, etc. 

 Shore-bird shooting — 



Amherst shooting, 309-312. 



Chesapeake Bay sport, 307-309. 



Destruction of game, 303, 316. 



Monomoy Island experience, 

 1886, 303. 



Season, 302. 



Shinnecock Bay experience, 306. 



Wading the marshes, 312. 



\^See also Shore-birds.] 

 Shore-birds \_li77iicolcc\ — 



Avocets, see that title. 



Characteristics and habits, 317- 



319- 

 Destruction, 303, 316. 

 Diagnosis of family, 572. 

 Godwit, see that title. 

 Golden plover, see that title. 

 Haunts, wide range of birds, 315. 

 Jacanas, see that title. 

 Oyster-catchers, see that title. 



