365 



Scent, retention of, ii. 263. 

 Scolopacidffi, i, 40 : ii, 9. 

 Scolopax, minor, i, 40, 86, 169, 215. 



Wiisonii, i, 40, 91, 137. 



Noveboracensis, i, 40 : ii, 24. 

 Setter, the merits of, i, 180, 317. 



compared with Pointer, i, 318. 



Lewis, Dr.'s, opinion, i, 310. 



Long, Mr.'s, opinion, i, 323. 



breeds and points of, i, 317. 



the English, i, 318. 



the Irish, i,319. 



the Russian, i, 320. 



field management of, i, 354. 



kennel management of, i, 335. 



food of, i, 338. 



diseases of, i, 347 



breaking of, i, 355. 

 Shinnecock plains, i, 52. 

 Sibley, Mr., " Hal a Dahcotah," ii, 

 255. 



his Deerhouiids, ii, 256. 

 Skunk Duck, ii, 92. 

 Slaughter river, ii, 153. 

 Snipe, i, 40. 



varieties of the, i, 40. 



birds wrongly teimed, i, 39. 



Bay, i, 39 : ii, 9. 

 Snipe, the Common, i, 40, 91, 137. 



wrongly termed English, i, 160. 



arrival of the, i, 141. 



alighting of the, i, 155. 



breeding of the, i, 160. 



cry of the, i, 161, 165. 



departure of the, i, 166. 



description of the, i, 191. 



flight of the, i, 145. 



habits of the, in spring, i, 145, 160, 

 162. 



habits of the, in autumn, i, 210. 



migrations of the, i, 141, 166, 210. 



return of the, i, 166. 



weight of the, i, 167. 



swim with ease, i, 163. 



perch on trees, i, 161. 



drum with the wings, 1, 160. 



never tower, i, 156. 



how to cook, i, 167. 

 Snipe shooting, i, 137, 210. 



in spring, i, 137. 



in autumn, i, 210, 266. 



knack of, i, 147. 



best dress for, i, 149. 



best dogs for, i, 147. 



best ground for, i, 144. 



Snipe, oest shot for, i, 148. 



best weather for, i, 142. 



best way to beat, i, 151. 



best way to mark, i, 156. 



at Pine Brook, i, 1.53. 



at Chatham, i, 163. 



at Chateau Richer, i, 166. 



near Lorette, i, 164. 



near Niagara, i, 141. 



near Quebec, i, 160, 164, 166. 



on the Delaware, i, 140. 



in Salem county, N. J., i, 211. 



in Orange county, N. Y., i, 166. 



in Georgia, i, 211. 



on Long Island, i, 143. 

 Snipe, only two proper, i, 40. 



the Red-breasted, i, 40 : ii, 24. 



wrongly termed Quail, ii, 24. 



Dowitcher, ii, 24. 



the Robin, a misnomer for the 

 Red-breasted Sandpiper, ii, 9. 



the Lesser Yellow-leg, a misno- 

 mer for the Yellow-shank Tat- 

 tler, ii, 16. 



the Greater Yellow-leg, a misno- 

 mer for the Tell-tale Tattler, 

 ii, 18. 



the Meadow, a misnomer for the 

 Pectortil Sandpiper, ii, 14. 



the Quail, a misnomer for the 

 Red-breasted Snipe, ii, 9. 



the Horsefoot, a misnomer for the 

 Turnstone, ii, 29. 



the Winter, a misnomer for the 

 Red-backed Sandpiper, ii, 12. 



the Jack, a misnomer for the Pec- 

 toral Sandpiper, ii, 14. 



the Marlin, a misnomer for the 

 Great Marbled Godwit, ii, 22. 



the Ring-tailed Marlin, a misno- 

 mer for the Hudsonian Godwit, 

 ii, 23. 



the Teeter, a misnomer for the 

 Spotted Sandpiper, ii, 32. 

 Snipe, bay shooting, ii, 113. 



in Boston Bay, ii, 113. 



in the Great South Bay, ii, 116. 



at Egg Harbor, ii, 116. 



best guns for, ii, 119. 



best men for, ii, 115. 



best shot for, ii, 116. 



best powder for, ii, 119, 317. 



how to call, ii, 117. 



how to kill,ii, 118. 



how to clean guns after, ii, 318. 



