CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER HI. 

 PINNATED GROUSE SHOOTING. 



Abundance in the Prairie States Of Service to the Farmer 

 Grouse Polygamous Booing ' of the Cocks in Spring Nesting- 

 time and Nests Rapid Growth of the Young Birds Supposed 

 Hybrids Grouse Shooting in August too Early The Easiest 

 there is The Corn-Fields the only Protection Grouse found at 

 Morning in Stubbles In Clear Weather no Shooting in the 

 Middle of the Day On Damp, Cloudy Days Grouse in Stubbles 

 all Day On Clear Days Shoot again towards Evening Grouse 

 in Pasture-LandShooting in McLean County Beware of Shoot- 

 ing too Quick Mr. Sulli vant's Great Farm Water for Men and 

 Dogs must be Carried, 55-71 



CHAPTER IV. 

 LATE PINNATED GROUSE SHOOTING. 



The Middle of the Day the best Time Good Shooting in Corn after 

 the Frosts Wheat Sowed in Corn-Fields No Shooting on Cloudy 

 Days November Shooting Best Grouse in Sod Corn A Day in 

 Champagne County Grouse will not Lie on Damp, Cloudy Days: 

 Indian Summer a Good Time The Prairies in Spring On 

 Bright Mornings in Winter Scene near Chatsworth, Iroquois 

 County, on a December Morning Necessity of Silence in Late 

 Grouse Shooting A Trip to Christian County, . . . 72-88 



CHAPTER V. 

 QUAIL SHOOTING IN THE WEST. 



Abundance of Quail in the Western States Increase in the Prairie 

 States Osage Orange Hedges a Great Cause Afford Nesting: 

 Places, Protect from Hawks, and Shelter in Severe Weather 

 Nesting Places and Nests The Quail Hawk Beginning of the 

 Shooting Best Shooting after the Frosts in November and De- 

 cember Up at Early Morning Fine, Clear Days Best Lie well 

 when Scattered Pack late in Fall Run in Damp and Wet 

 Weather Netting now Unlawful Quail Shooting on Salt Creek, 

 Sangamon River Quail not Difficult to Shoot Missed through 

 Haste Shooting on Shoal Creek, Missouri Quail in Hedges- 

 Quail in the South, . . . . . . . . . 89-106 



