INDEX 



NOR 



,ltze's, 199-205; EC, 200- 

 : and gun headaches, 201 ; 

 r. black-powder in grouse driving, 

 ii. 370 



Norfolk, characteristics of an or- 

 dinary covert, ii. 7 ; pheasant 

 rearing in, 32 ; pheasant shoot- 

 ing in, 142; partridge driving 

 in. . 



Norwegian stove, its use in phea- 

 sant culture, ii. 31 



OAK, the, advantages of in game 



preserves, ii. 138 



Onslow, Shropshire, pheasant rear- 

 at, ii. 53 



beds, use of in game pre- 

 serves, ii. 203 

 Outfit for shooters, i. 250 

 Owls. ii. 95 



PARAFFIN, the use of in gun clean- 

 ing, i. 193, 194 



Partridge preserves, danger from 

 kestrel, ii. 70 ; methods for in- 

 creasing partridges, 256, 257; 

 suitable ground for nesting, 

 257 ; perfect nesting place 

 illustrated, 257 ; use of young 

 firs in preserving, 257 ; inter- 

 breeding, its results, 258 ; killing 

 the male birds, 258; Colonel 

 Montagu on, 258 ; how to in- 

 -e stock : changing eggs, 259 ; 

 criticism on the introduction of 

 foreign birds, 259 ; superiority 

 of the home species, 259, 260; 

 suitable land for establishing 

 partridge.-:. 200; hand - reared 

 '.i i; eggs for rearing, 

 protect from vermin and 

 rooks. _>;<>, 2r,l 



Partridge shooting : wildness of 



birds, i. 2, ii. 207 ; with choke 



and cylinder bores, i. 69-71, 79, 



-:} ; results of experiments 



PAR 



illustrated, 84 ; near shots at, 

 111 ; suitable shot, 210 ; driving 

 and shooting over dogs con- 

 trasted, ii. 4, 8, 9, 207-209; 

 favourable estates for, 142, 143 ; 

 depredations of rooks on par- 

 tridges, 143 



Partridge shooting, ' walking : ' de- 

 scription of the system, ii. 207- 

 209; advice on walking, 209, 

 210; when to start, 210, 211; 

 walking downwind, 211, 213 ; 

 upwind, 211-213; return to 

 morning beats in afternoon, 212, 

 213 ; times for root and stubble 

 shooting, 213, 214 ; duties of the 

 owner preparatory to the shoot : 

 study habits of the birds, 214, 

 215 ; shoot the old birds, 215 ; 

 beat the stubble, 215 ; wet v. 

 dry cover, 215, 216 ; how to find 

 birds, 216, 217 ; assistance of 

 drivers, 217, 218 ; effect of the 

 human voice on game, 218 ; 

 avoid shooting near boundary, 

 219 ; illustrated examples of how 

 to obtain shots, 219-227 ; mark- 

 ing dead birds, 227, 228 



Partridge shooting, ' driving : ' ha- 

 bits of the birds in autumn and 

 winter, ii. 229-231 ; conditions 

 under which driving is successful, 



231, 232; long and short drives, 



232, 233 ; distances of the drives, 



233, 234; general instructions 

 regarding driving, 234, 235; 

 Example I., driving birds on 

 their own ground, 236-239 ; Ex- 

 ample II., influence of the wind 

 on driving, 239-241; Examples 

 III. and IV., influence of the 

 wind on position of the shooters, 

 212-244; Example V., driving 

 against a side wind, 244, '21~>; 

 Example VI., position and duties 

 of drivers, flankers, and stops, 

 245-247. 254-2.36; 'holding the 

 birds up,' 246 ; drive to the cen- 



