INDEX 



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Charges of guns, i. 50-52, 208-210, 

 217-219 



China, or glass, eggs, their use in 

 pheasant culture, ii. 29 



Choke-bores, and cylinder-bores 

 contrasted, i. 67 ; explanation of 

 'choke,' 67; attributes of, 67- 

 73 ; distances at which they kill 

 game birds, 79 ; Lord de Grey's 

 use of, 80 ; what a choke can do, 

 80-83 ; illustrated examples of 

 ; riven game birds and 

 rabl i ; charges for 



choke-bores, 208-210 ; disadvan- 

 tages of, for grouse driving, ii. 

 . 369 



Cleaning guns, i. 173-197 



Collie, ii. 278 



Coops and nesting-boxes for hatch- 

 ing and rearing pheasants, ii. 7'2, 

 75; advantages of coops over 

 ing boxes, 77 ; specimens of 

 nesting boxes with runs, 78-80 ; 

 how to make the nest, 81 ; how 

 to protect coops &c. from ma- 

 rauders, 86 ; labelling, 88 ; where 

 to place coops in the rearing 

 field, 94-97 ; runs for attaching 

 to a coop, 97, 98 ; roosting rails 

 to accompany, 104 ; the con- 

 struction of coops, 128-136 



Coops for catching pheasants, ii. 

 1,62 



Copper-cap guns. Sec Muzzle- 

 loading guns 



Covert shooting. See Pheasant 

 shooting ; and Rabbits and Rab- 

 bit shooting 



Curtis and Harvey's powder, i. 200, 

 205 



Custard for young pheasants, ii. 

 112, 113 



Cylinder - bores, contrasted with 

 choke-bores, i. 67 ; attributes of 

 cylinder - bores, 73 - 77 ; Mr. 

 Greener's strictures on, criticised, 

 78, 79 ; distances at which they 

 kill game birds, 79 ; Lord Wal- 



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singham's use of, 80 ; what a 

 cylinder can do, 80-83; illus- 

 trated examples of shots at 

 game birds and rabbits, 84-90 ; 

 charges for cylinder-bores, 208- 

 210; for grouse shooting, ii. 

 369 



DAMASCUS gun-barrels, i. 59-63 



Dealers, pheasant egg, ii. 37 



Decoy pigeons for woodpigeon 

 shooting, ii. 429-452 



Derbyshire, grouse shooting in, 

 ii. 9 



Detonators. See Muzzle-loading 

 guns 



Diarrhoea in pheasants, ii. 73, 

 127 



' Direct,' explanation of the term, 

 i. 131 



Diseases of pheasants, ii. 73, 122- 

 127; of grouse, 271-274 



Dogs, shooting over and driving 

 contrasted, ii. 1-14 ; chained dog 

 for protecting young pheasants 

 &G. 86 ; use of dogs for par- 

 tridge shooting, 207-209, 228; 

 Col. Hutchinson's work on dogs, 

 209, 464 ; use of. for grouse 

 shooting, 263-268, 274-276, 279- 

 298, 366, 370, 371 ; on break- 

 ing dogs for the gun, 288, 289, 

 4 ( ',4 ; uselessness of books on, 

 464; how to break, 465, 466; 

 chastising and rewarding, 466 

 -470; owners v. keepers as 

 trainers, 470, 471 ; retrievers, 

 472-509. See Retrievers 

 ! Double-barrel guns, i. 7 



Doves, ii. 461-463 



Dress, for beaters, ii. 200 ; colour 

 of dress, for partridge shooting, 

 253, 254 ; for grouse shooting, 

 295, 350, 351, 376; for wood- 

 pigeon snooting, 452, 453 

 I Drivers. See Beaters 



Durham, grouse shooting in, ii. 9 



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