176 LIST OF BIRDS. 



A LIST OF BIRDS, 



&c. &c. 



WHICH ARE MOST COMMONLY FOLLOWED BY 

 SHOOTING SPORTSMEN, 



ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, 



WITH 



THEIR PROPER NAMES, AS SELECTED BY BEWICK; THE 

 LATIN AND FRENCH FOR THEM, AS GIVEN BY LINNAEUS 

 AND BUFFON; AND OCCASIONAL DIRECTIONS RELATIVE 

 TO SHOOTING THEM. 



IN selecting this list, it becomes a question where 

 to draw the line between those which are, and those 

 which are not considered sporting birds ; but as many 

 shooters would be eager to kill what others would 

 scarcely deign to fire at, it is presumed that the better 

 way will be, not only to insert those which are fol- 

 lowed by the keen sportsman, but all that are com- 

 monly shot at for diversion or practice. 



With regard to the proper names of land birds, 

 there is little difficulty in selecting them ; but for 

 those of water birds, and particularly wildfowl, there 

 are so many provincial terms, that it would be a dull 

 and endless task to construe the appellations given 

 them by the decoymen, poulterers, and gunners, into 

 their proper names in natural history. For example : 

 the duribirds are called redheads on the South and 

 West Coasts, and Parkers or half-birds in the fens. 

 This is also a general term here for all birds under 



