INDEX 



" ACT for the Protection of Wilde 

 Fowle," no 



Africa, north coast of, exportation 

 of quails from, 144, 145 ; land- 

 rail in, 148 



Airedales, as sporting dogs, 102 



Alpheraky, M. Serge, on geese, 

 190 



Alvanley, Lord, red-legged part- 

 ridges reared by, 141 



Amberite powder, 28, 77 



America, gun manufacture in, 14 



Amherst pheasant, 130 



Anson and Deeley, hammerless 

 guns, 35 



Antrim, attempts to establish black 

 grouse in, 117 



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Badger, the, described, 308 



Baker, Messrs. F. T., of Glasshouse 

 Street, W., gun-maker, 13 ; punt- 

 guns made by, 26 



Ballistite powder, 76, 77 ; for wild- 

 fowling, 80, 8 1 



Barwick, Smokeless Powder Com- 

 pany's Manufactory at, 61 



Bean goose, the, 188-191, 197 



Beech marten, the, 308 



Belgium, gun-making in, 14 



Berkeley Castle, resort of the wild 

 goose, 196 ; shooting of grey 

 goose at, 263 



Bernicle goose, the, 188, 199 



Bewick's swans, 185, 187 



Black grouse, haunts, appearance 

 and habits of, 116-119 



Blanch, Mr. , of Gracechurch Street, 

 E.G., gun-maker, 13 



Bland, Messrs. Thomas, West 

 Strand, gun-makers, 27 



Boethius, Hector, quoted on bus- 

 tards, 109 



Booth, Mr. E. T., naturalist, 123 

 Boss, Messrs., of St. James's Street, 

 single-triggered double gun made 

 by, 10 



Breadalbane, Lord, capercaillies 

 first re-established on the estate 

 of, 115 



Brent goose, the, 188, 199 ; shoot- 

 ing, 279 



Buffel-headed duck, the, 214 

 Bustard, the great, 107-113 

 Buxton, Sir Thomas Fowell, his 

 share in the re-establishment of 

 the capercaillie, 115 



Cannonite powder, 77 



Capercaillie or wood-grouse, ex- 

 tinction and re-establishment of, 

 1 14 ; habits and appearance of, 

 115, 116 ; shooting of, 228 



Caps, considered, 83 



Card-rack, for gun-testing, 44, 58 



Carrion crow, the, destructiveness 

 of, 301 



Cartridge-cases, 21 ; brass, 28, 70 ; 

 loading of, 71, 74, 83, 84 ; cost 

 of, 85 



Chronograph, for gun-testing, 44 



Coburn, Mr. F.. on geese, 191 



Cogswell and Harrison, Messrs., of 

 London, gun-makers, 13, 45 



"Colonel Hawker's Punt-Gun 

 Powder," 64, 65 



Cooppal powder, 77, 78 



Cox Brothers and Co., Derby, 

 makers of mould shot, 89 



Cromer, Lord, on exportation of 

 quails from Egypt, 144 



Cumberland, grouse-shooting in, 119 



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