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INDEX. 



Otter, 328, 329. 

 Owls, 312. 

 Oyster-catcher, 243. 



Paddles, 431. 



cruising, 433. 

 double-bladed, 432. 

 Petrel, Storm, 267. 

 Phalarope, Grey, 242. 



Red-necked, 243. 

 Pintail, 49. 



nesting in Ireland, 51. 

 Plover, Golden, 174-182. 



Grey, 174-180. 



Green, 174-182. 

 how to approach, 181. 

 Plover-netting, 183-197. 

 Plovers, 21, 22. 

 Pochard, 95-100. 



Red-crested, 101, 102. 

 Powder, 421, 422. 

 Preservation of Wildfowl, 493- 



498. 



Provincial names, 23. 

 Puffin, 265. 



Punt, on sailing one, 371/372, 374- 

 Punts, 336, 343, 444. 



construction of, 444-473. 



dimensions of, 467-471. 



double-handed, 339-342. 



floor-edge of, section, 460. 



single-handed, 343. 



stem of, 45-45 2 - 



stern of, 457. 



wood for, 459. 

 Punt-shooting no slaughter, 345. 



Rail, Land, 251. 

 Water, 253. 

 Ramrod, folding, 384. 

 Ranges of guns, 361. 

 Razorbill, 265. 

 Recoil, 400. 



Recoil-board, 407. 



rope, 404, 405. 



spring, 409, 477. 

 Redshank, Common, 239. 



Spotted, 240. 

 Retrieving cripples, 353. 

 Robinson Crusoe, 27. 

 Rowing-seat, folding, 368. 

 Rowing-spurs, movable, 453. 

 Rudders, 435. 

 Ruff, 242. 



Sail, a safe, 375. 

 Sanderling, 242. 

 Sandpipers, 239. 



Common, 240. 



Curlew, 241. 



Green, 240. 



Purple, 243. 



Scaup, 102-105. 

 Scoter, Common, no, in. 

 Surf, in, 112. 

 Velvet, in, 112. 

 Seafowl on the Skelligs, 254-270. 

 Seals, 329, 330. 

 a tame one, 330. 

 large grey, 330. 

 Seat, folding, for punt, 368. 

 Setting-pole, 430. 

 Shearwater, Great, 285-287, 289. 



Manx, 267. 



Sheldrake, 63. 



origin of name, 64. 



Ruddy, 66. 



Shooting with a swivel-gun, 347. 

 Shot, 422, 423, 478-482. 

 Shoulder-guns, 379, 380. 

 Shoveller, breeding in Ireland, 55. 



habits of, 53. 



Shutters, movable, in coaming, 466. 

 Skelligs, the, 254, 278. 



Seafowl of, 254-270. 

 j Smew, 123. 

 I Snipe, 198. 



