CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



INTRODUCTION, ......... 7 



BAY SNIPE, COOT, AND OTHER WILD FOWL SHOOTING ON THE 



ATLANTIC COAST. Isaac McLellan, . . . . .15 



THE WOODCOCK. William Jarvis, ..... 31 



THE QUAILS OF CALIFORNIA. T. S. Van Dyke, . . 61 



THE RUFFED GROUSE. C. A. Cooper, ..... 79 



INLAND DUCK-SHOOTING IN THE UNITED STATES. John G. Smith, . 119 

 BOB WHITE. Amory R. Starr, ...... 139 



SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, SPRUCE GROUSE, AND PTARMIGANS. Walter 



M. Wolfe, . . . .171 



PLOVER-SHOOTING. E. Hough, ...... 197 



THE WILD PIGEON. William Bruce LeffingweU, . . . . 217 



SNIPE AND SNIPE-SHOOTING. Thomas C. Abbott, . . . 237 

 WESTERN FIELD SPORTS IN EARLY DAYS. Samuel C. Clarke, . . 259 

 FIELD ETIQUETTE.^. E. Pond, ..... 273 



PRAIRIE CHICKENS PINNATED GROUSE. William Bruce Leffingwell, 279 

 THE WILD GOOSE. C. R. Tinan, . . . . .311 



WILD TURKEY SHOOTING. George W. Baines, . . . . 343 



CONCERNING POINTERS AND SETTERS. John M. Tracy, . . 375 

 THE CANVAS-BACK DUCK. William Bruce Leffingwell, . . . 403 

 GUNS. Arthur W. Du Bray, . . . . . .421 



COURSING. #. Irwin Royce, M. D., . . . . 443 



