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GENERAL INDEX. 



history, TZetseq. ; its natural habits, 

 73 ;varietiesof, ij-jthebarrenheiis, 

 73, 71 ; snowed in, 7-> ; burrows 

 in the snow, 76 ; a migratory 

 bird, 76, 77 ; pairing season, 78 ; 

 his spel, 79, 81 : looked on as a 

 barometer, 79 n. ; his combative 

 propensities, 80 ; pairing time, 

 81 ; breeding time, 82 ; curious 

 crosses of the, 83 ; shooting the, 

 at the pairing ground, 8o ; at 

 the lek, 87, 88 ; to the pointer, 

 89 ; to the Fogel-Hund, !il ; use 

 of the Slick-Nut, ih. ; of the 

 Bnlvan, 93, 94 ; decoys for taking 

 the, 93 et n. ; stalking on foot, 

 9o ; in a sledge, 96, 97 ; traps 

 and snares for capturing, 09-102. 

 Bliis-Hal, the, 430. 

 Blennies, the, 482-484; the Crested, 



482 ; the Vivijiarous, 484. 

 Bloss, shooting by, 1.54. 

 Bloss, constrnction of, for catching 

 Game Birds, 68 et n. ; mode of 

 using it, 69. 

 Bloss och Haf, for capturing Game 



Birds, 711. 

 Blubber of the Seal, utilities of the, 



442. 

 Bohus Castle, 293 ; its origin, 294 ; 

 besieged by the Danes, 294, 29.5, 

 296, 297 ; a terrible explosion, 

 296. 

 Bohus-L'an, the classic part of Scan- 

 dinavia, 318; its antiquities and 

 historical remains, 319 et seq. • 

 Odman's historical notice of, 458, 

 459 ; fishing carried on at, for 

 the capture of the Dog-fish, 

 558. 

 Bohus Skarg&rd, the chief fishery of 

 Sweden, 570, deserted by the 

 herrings, 574, 578. 

 Bonito, the Plain, 477. 

 Breeding habits of the Capercali, 



25 ; of the Black-Cock, 82 : of 



the AVoodcock, 193 ; of the 



Common Snipe, 23.3. 

 Brill, the, 536. 

 Bullfinch, the, 244. 

 Bulvan, shooting to the, 71 ; use of 



the, in sporting, 93 et n., 94. 

 Bur Med Drag-niit, for capturing 



Hawks, 264. 

 Bur Med Sliiende Niit-Bfigai-, for 



capturing Hawks, 263. 

 Bustard, Great, exceedingly scarce 



in Sweden, 181 ; natural history 



of the, 181 et seq. ; mode of 



capture, 183. 

 Bustard, the Little,. 184 ; Collared 



or Ruffed, ib. ; the Trotting, ib. 

 Butterfish, the, 483. 

 Bygel-Dona, a contrivance for 



snaring birds, 249. 



C. 



Call-note of the AVoodcock, 192. 



Capercali, the largest of the Euro- 

 pean Gallinfe, 1 ; has a wide 

 geographical range, (7^ ; its phy- 

 sical characteristics, 26 ; acci- 

 dental varieties of the, 213; 

 sterile hens, 4 ; its chcsen haunts, 

 ib. ; its food, ib. ; their roosting 

 in the snow, 6, 7 ; its partial 

 migrations, 7 et seq. ; its occa- 

 sional bewilderment, 13 ; its pug- 

 nacious disposition, 15; bewitch- 

 ment of the, 16 ; anecdotes of 

 the, 16, 17 ; pairing grounds of 

 the, 19, 20; harem of the, 22; 

 combats between the cocks, 24 ; 

 breeding, 25 ; curious crosses, 26 ; 

 making love to a goose, 27 ; ene- 

 mies of the, 28 ; rearing the 

 young, 29 ; domestication of the, 

 3(1 ; its treatment in confinement, 

 31 ; its naturalization, in Scot- 



