INDEX. 



503 



Snipe, Double or Solitary, 214. 



habits of, 199. 



" humming " of, 200. 



in a storm, 17. 



Jack, 214, 215. 



Sabine's, 214. 



shooting, 201-2 1 1. 



springe for, 218. 

 Sparrowhawk, 311. 

 Spring-hook, 378. 

 Springes, 216-218. 

 Spur-strap for duck boots, 437. 

 Squacco Heron, 247. 

 Squirrel, 327, 328. 

 Stint, Little, 241. 

 Stoat, 327. 

 Storm Petrel, 267. 

 Surface Ducks, 3, 28. 

 Swans, 164, 167. 



Bewick's, 167, 171. 

 Hooper, 167, 168. 

 Mute, 173. 

 Polish, 167, 1 68, 172. 



Taking a shot, 355. 

 Timing a shot, 359. 

 Teal, 59. 



anecdote of a, 60, 61. 

 Tory Island, 282. 

 Towing-rope, 371. 

 Trunnions for swivel-guns, 401. 

 Turnstone, 243. 

 Tuscar Rock, 279. 



Vessels, 331-346. 



Waterhen, 253. 

 Water Rail, 253. 

 Weather, effects of, 14. 



getting ashore in rough, 



367. 



signs of foul, 1 8. 

 Weather-warnings, 491-493. 

 Weasel, 327. 

 Wexford floats, 25, 26. 

 Harbour, 25. 

 Whimbrel, 237. 

 Wigeon, American, 49. 



breeding in Ireland, 35, 



48, 49. 



Common, 35. 

 habits of, 41, 43. 

 haunts of, 47. 

 Wildfowl preservation, 493-498. 

 Woodcock, 218. 



carrying young, 225. 

 effects of frost on, 16. 

 habits of, 221,223. 

 shooting, 227-229. 



Yawl, 332-336. 

 building details, 335. 

 midship section, 332. 

 versus Cutter, 333. 



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