INDEX 



Curlew, the, 218 ; on shooting, 

 294 



Curtis and Harvey's punt-gun 

 powder, 25; "Diamond Grain" 

 black powder of, 75 ; "Smoke- 

 less Diamond " powder of, 81 



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Decoys, 274 



Derbyshire, grouse-shooting in, 

 119 



De Ros, Lord, red-legged part- 

 ridges reared by, 141 



'^Diamond Grain" black powder, 



" Diss," a poodle, 103 



Dogs, sporting, 95-106 ; shooting 

 over, 224 



Dorsetshire, downs of, one time 

 haunt of the bustard, 108 



Dougall, Mr. J. D., powder ex- 

 periments by, 60 



Doyne, Rev. Charles, on snipe, 

 156 



Driving, game, 224, 225 ; partridge, 

 235-237 



Ducks, considered, 201 ; the shel- 

 drake or sheld-duck, 201 ; the 

 ruddy sheldrake, 202 ; the com- 

 mon wild-duck or mallard, 202- 

 206 ; the gadwall, 206 ; the 

 shoveller, 207 ; the wigeon, 208 ; 

 the pintail, 209 ; the teal, 210 ; 

 the pochard, 21 1; the scaup 

 duck, 212 ; the tufted duck, 212 ; 

 the golden eye, 213 ; the buffel- 

 headed, 214; the long-tail duck, 

 214 ; the harlequin duck, 214 ; 

 the eider duck, 215; the scoter 

 ducks, 215 ; on the shooting of, 

 283-292 



Duck shoulder-guns, 27-36 



Duck swivel-guns, 24-27 



Dunlin, the, 221 



E.G. powder, 28, 78 



E gyP l > exportation of quails from, 

 144 



Eider duck, the, 215 



" Ejector " cartridge, 83 



Eley Bros., Messrs., London, brass 

 cartridge-cases made by, 28 ; used 

 in punt-gun trial, 62 ; the load- 

 ing of cartridges by, 75 



Elliot's pheasant, 127, 130 



Empire powder, 78 



England, the quail in, 142, 143 

 Exmoor, black grouse on, 118 



Feilden, Col., quoted, 196 



l^ield. The, target experiments by, 

 7; Krupps' " Spezial" steel 

 tested by, 14, 16 ; on target ex- 

 periments, 41, 42 ; gun patterns 

 published in, 50-57 ; on the 

 weight of hares, 164; Mr. F. W. 

 Frohawk's statement on geese in, 

 189, 197 



Fox, depredations of the, 306 



France, gun -making in, 14 



Frohawk, Mr. F. W., quoted on 

 geese, 189, 190 



Gadwall, the, 206 



Game guns, considered, 1-18 



Geese, various species of, 188-192 ; 

 feeding, habits, and haunts of, 

 193-200 ; on shooting, 261-281 



Germany, gun-making in, 14; black 

 grouse in, 116 ; attempts to in- 

 troduce red grouse into, 120 



Godwit, the bar-tailed, 219 ; the 

 black-tailed, 219 



Golden-eye duck, the, 213 



Golden pheasant, 127 



Golden plover, the, 216; on shoot- 

 ing, 294 



Graham, Sir Richard, wild-duck 

 reared by, 292 



Grant, Mr. Duff, manager of the 

 Smokeless Powder Company, 6l 



Greener, Mr. W. W., of Birming- 

 ham, gun-maker, 13 ; special steel 

 for gun-barrels used by, 14 ; gun 

 for thin brass cases made by, 29 ; 

 excellence of duck-guns made by, 



59 



Greenshank, the, 219 



Grey-lag goose, 188, 191, 198 ; re- 

 sorts of, 263 



Grey plover, the, 217 



Griffith, Mr. R. W. S., superinten- 

 dent of the Schultze Gunpowder 

 Manufactory, on target experi- 

 ments, 42 



Ground Game Act, its effect on 

 hares, 165 



Grouse family, 113; capercaillie or 

 wood-grouse, 114-116; black 

 grouse, 116-119; re d grouse, 

 119-122; ptarmigan, 122-125; 



