OBNEEAL INDEX. 



history, 73eteq. ; its natural habits, 

 73 ; varieties of, ib. jthebarrenhens, 

 73, 74 ; snowed in, 75 ; 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 tlie, 

 at the pairing ground, 85 ; at 

 the lek, 87, 88 ; to the pointer, 

 89 ; to the Fogel-Hund, 91 ; use 

 of the Stick-Niit, ib. ; of the 

 Bidvan, 93, 94 ; decoys for taking 

 the, 93 et n. ; stalking on foot, 

 ."> ; in a sledge, 96, 97 ; traps 

 and snares for capturing, 99-102. 



Bias-Hal, the, 430. 



Blennies, the, 482 4s 1 ; the Crested, 

 482 ; the Viviparous, 484. 



I'.luss, shooting by, 154. 



Bloss, construction of, for catching 

 Game Birds, 68 et n. ; mode of 

 using it, 69. 



Bloss och HAf, for capturing Game 

 Birds, TII. 



Blubber of the Seal, utilities of the, 

 111'. 



Bonus Castle, 293 ; its origin, L'O I ; 

 besieged by the Danes, 294, 295. 

 296, 297 ; a terrible explosion, 

 396. 



Bohus-Lao, the classic part of Scan- 

 dinavia, 318 ; its antiquities and 

 historical remains, 319 et in/. ; 

 ( >! man's historical notice of, 15s 

 1 : fishing carried on at, for 

 the capture of the Dog-fish, 



Boh us Skargard, the chief fishery of 

 Sweden, 57n, deserted by the 

 herring*, 57 I. 57*. 



Bonito, the Plain, -177. 



Breeding habits of the Ca) 



25 ; of the Black-Cock, 82 ; of 



the Woodcock, 19:i; of the 



( 'iiiniiion Snipe, 233. 

 Brill, the, 5.V,. 

 Bullfinch, the, I'll. 

 Bulvan, shooting to the, 71 ; use of 



the, in sporting, 93 etn., '.'1. 

 Bur Med Drag-nut, for capturing 



Hawks, 264. 

 Bur Mrd Shi.-ndo Nnt-Bagar, for 



capturing Hawks, '2> '<''<. 

 Bustard, Great, exceedingly scarce 



in Sweden, 181 ; natural history 



of the, 181 et seq. ; mode of 



capture, 1*3. 

 Bustard, the Little, 184 ; Collared 



or Ruffed, ib. ; the Trotting, !b. 

 Butterfish, the, 183. 

 Bygel-Dona, a contrivance for 



snaring birds. _ II'. 



C. 



CALL-NOTE of the Woodcock, 1 92. 



Capercali, the largest of the Euro- 

 pean Gallinte, 1 ; has a wide 

 geographical range, ib. ; its phy- 

 sical characteristics, 26 ; acci- 

 dental varieties of the, '2 1 '! ; 

 sterile hens, 4 ; its chosen haunts, 

 Ui. ; its food, !/,. ; their rousting 

 in the snow, (i, 7 ; its partial 

 migrations, 7 et seq. ; its occa- 

 sional bewilderment, 1 .'! ; its pug- 

 nacious disposition, 15; bewitch- 

 ment of the, 16 ; anecdotes of 

 the, 1'!, 17 ; pairing grounds of 

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

 combats between the cocks, - I ; 

 breeding. 25 ; curious crosses, -''> ; 

 making love to a goose, 27 ; ene- 

 mies of the, 28 ; rearing the 

 young, 29 ; domestication of the. 

 .".i> ; its treatment in confinement, 

 <">! : its naturalization, in Scot- 



