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INDEX 



"Cripple-stoppers," 137, 166, 167 



ammunition for, 169 



covers for, 169 



for double punts, 167 



for single punts, 168 



Crown grants, 53 



— lands. Shooting game on, 56, 57 



— property, 52 

 Curlew, 334 



— Eskimo, 335 



— Sandpiper, 339 



— Stone, 325 



Curlew, length of bill, 125 



— shooting, 122-5 



— weight of, 124, 125 

 Cutter for wildfowling, 290 



Dabchick, 353 



Day-flighting, an experience, 101-103 



Decoying shore-birds and wildfowl, 96 



Distance-judging, 253 



Dressing for shooting-boots, 245 



Double-handed punt — specification, 



270, 272 

 Duck, Buffel-Headed, 319 



— Eider, 320 



— Ferruginous, 314 



— Golden-Eye, 316 



— Long-Tailed, 317 



— Scaup, 316 



— Sheld, 304 



— Tufted, 315 

 Duck decoys, 312 

 Duck-flighting, 99 

 Dunlin, 341 



Eider Duck, 320 



Elevating gear for punt-gun, 251-4 



Eley Bros., 23 



Eskimo Curlew, 335 



Evans, William, 20, 29 



Expenses — punt-shooting, 234-6 



Experiences- 

 Experiences- 



-Curlew shooting, 122-5 

 -Goose shooting, 117-22 



Ferruginous Duck, 314 

 Fielding Harmer, 48 

 Flashlight, Wildfowler's, 164 

 Fleur-de-Lys, 30, 31 

 Flighting — Day-, 87-106 



— Duck-, 99 



— Plover-, 104-6 

 Following-boat, 282 

 Foot-stretchers — for punt, 151 

 Forecasting the weather, 136 

 Foreshore rights, 53, 54, 55 



— shooting game on, 56, 57 



wild birds during close season 



on, 59 



Gad wall, 307 » 

 Game Act, 52 

 Garganey, 309 

 Glasses, " Minim," 47 



— "Fowlers," 48 

 Godwit, Bar-Tailed, 346 



— Black-Tailed, 346 

 Golden-Eye Duck, 316 

 Golden Plover, 331 

 Gondola, specification, 283 

 Goosander, 321 



Goose, Bean, 302 



— Bernacle, 304 



— Brent, 303 



— Grey Lag, 301 



— Lesser Snow, 300 



— Pink-Footed, 302 



— Red-Breasted, 304 



— White-Fronted, 303 



Goose shooting, Yorkshire Wolds, 



117-22 

 Grapnel, Folding, for punt, 162 



— ordinary, for punt, 162 

 Great Crested Grebe, 350 



