CONTENTS. V 



Wilson's Snipe 121 



When Snipe arrive in New England . . . .121 



How to shoot Snipe 122 



How Snipe fly 123 



The Peculiarities of Snipe . • . . . 124 



Snipe Shooting-Grounds 125 



A Story of a Tame Snipe 126 



Proper Gun and Charge for Snipe .... 128 



Bay Shooting 129 



Frank Forrester's Opinion of it 130 



Black-Bellied Plover 131 



Willett, or Stone Curlew 131 



Red-Breasted Snipe 132 



Clapper-Rail, or Mud-Hen 132 



Esquimaux, or Short-Billed Curlew, &c. . . . 133 



Wild-Fowl Shooting . . . . . • 134 



Wild-Duck Shooting ...... 134 



The best Season for shooting Ducks .... 134 



Shooting on Lakes or Ponds 135 



Varieties of Ducks on Northern and Western Lakes . 137 

 Manner of shooting Ducks or Geese on Lakes or large 



Ponds 138 



The Canvas-Back Duck 140 



Toling Ducks 142 



Boating Ducks 148 



Netting Ducks 150 



Dug-outs . . . 152 



Point Shooting . . . . . . . 153 



Harbor Shooting 154 



Coot-Shooting . 155 



Brant-Shooting 159 



Manner of shooting Brant 160 



Rabbit-Shooting ............ 162 



How to hunt Hares or Rabbits . . . . 164 



