CONTENTS. V 



WILSON'S SNIPE 121 



When Snipe arrive in New England . . . .121 



How to shoot Snipe 122 



How Snipe fly 123 



The Peculiarities of Snipe 124 



Snipe Shooting-Grounds 125 



A Story of a Tame Snipe 126 



Proper Gun and Charge for Snipe . . . .128 



BAY SHOOTING 129 



Frank Forrester's Opinion of it . . . . . 130 



Black-Bellied Plover 131 



Willett, or Stone Curlew 131 



Red-Breasted Snipe .132 



Clapper-Rail, or Mud-Hen 132 



Esquimaux, or Short-Billed Curlew, &c . . . 133 



WILD-FOWL SHOOTING 134 



Wild-Duck Shooting 134 



The best Season for shooting Ducks .... 134 



Shooting on Lakes or Ponds 135 



Varieties of Ducks on Northern and Western Lakes . 137 

 Manner of shooting Ducks or Geese on Lakes or large 



Ponds 138 



The Canvas-Back Duck 140 



Toling Ducks 142 



Boating Ducks ...'..... 148 



Netting Ducks 150 



Dug-outs 152 



Point Shooting . 153 



Harbor Shooting . . . . . .154 



Coot-Shooting . . . ... . . 155 



BRANT-SHOOTING . . . . . . . . 159 



Manner of shooting Brant ..... 160 



RABBIT-SHOOTING .... ... 162 



How to hunt Hares or Rabbits . . . . 164 



