INDEX 



315 



methods of shooting, 224, cost 

 of, 227 ; on the close-time of, 

 228, 229 



Guisachan, Reeves' pheasant es- 

 tablished at, 127 



Guns, game, considered, I ; ap- 

 pearance of, 3 ; quality of, 4 ; 

 workmanship of, 4 ; simplicity 

 of, 5 ; stocking of, 6 ; shooting, 

 6 ; balance and fit of, 6 ; recoil, 

 8 ; single-triggered double, 10 ; 

 gun-barrels, 13 ; manufacture of, 

 16 ; on buying a, 17 ; wild-fowl 

 guns considered, 19 ; choice of, 

 2O ; stocks of, considered, 21 ; 

 duck swivel-guns, 24-27 ; duck 

 shoulder-guns, 27-36 ; testing, 

 37 ; target results and gun pat- 

 terns, 41-65 ; powders for, con- 

 sidered, 66-80 ; caps and cart- 

 ridge-cases, 83; \\adding, 84; 

 shots considered, 87-94 > guns 

 used for partridge-shooting, 237 ; 

 for wildfowl-shooting, 260; for 

 goose-shooting, 279-281 



H 



Hamilton, Mr. Barrett, on snipe, 157 



Hares, considered, 163-167 ; on 

 shooting, 254-257 



Hares Preservation Acts in England 

 and Ireland, 166 



Harlequin duck, 214 



Harrison, Mr. Edgar (Messrs. Cogs- 

 well and Harrison), manufacturer 

 of guns, 17 ; wild-fowl gun de- 

 scribed, made by, 36 



Harting, Mr. J. E., 136 ; red- 

 breasted goose shot by, 188 



Hawker, Colonel Peter, description 

 of his gun, 14 ; comparison of 

 gun-making in time of, and present 

 time, 66, 188 ; extract from diary 

 of, 230 



Hendon, shooting ranges of the 

 London Sporting Park Company 

 at, 51 



Henrite powder, 78 



Hertford, Marquis of, his rearing of 

 the red-legged partridge, 141 



Holkham marshes, pink-footed 

 geese on the, 194, 195 



Holland and Holland, Messrs., of 

 98 New Bond Street, excellence 

 of punt-guns made by, 27 



Hooded crow, the, 303 



Humber, grey geese on the, 192 



Iceland, the wild'swan in, 186 

 Imperial Schultze powder, 78 

 Ireland, attempts to introduce black 

 grouse into, 117; the quail in, 

 142, 143; snipe in, 157, 158; 

 the bernicle goose in, 199 ; the 

 shoveller in, 207 ; grouse-shoot- 

 ing in, 227 ; mountain hare in, 

 163 ; Hares Preservation Act in, 

 1 66 



Irish Naturalist, The, 157 

 Iveagh, Lord, his attempt to re- 

 instate the bustard, 108 



J 



Jackdaw, the, egg-stealing pro- 

 pensity of, 304 

 Jay, the, destructiveness of, 304 



K 



Knot, the, 221 ; on shooting, 294 

 Krupps' " Spezial " steel, 14 

 Kynoch, Ltd., Messrs., of Birming- 

 ham, the "Perfect" brass cart- 

 ridge-cases made by, 28 ; the 

 loading of cartridges by, 74 ; 

 " Nonpareil " black powder of, 

 75 79, 83 



Lancaster, Mr. Charles, 151 New 

 Bond Street, gun-maker, 28 



Landrail, habits and haunts of, 

 147-150 ; on shooting of, 245 



Lang, Messrs. J., of New Bond 

 Street, gun-makers, 13 ; swivel- 

 guns of, 26 



Lapwing, the, 217 



Leicester, Earl of, pink-footed geese 

 on the Holkham marshes belong- 

 ing to, 194, 196 



Lilford, Lord, on wood-pigeons, 

 172 



Lloyd, Mr. L., his services in the 

 re-establishment of capercaillies 

 in Scotland, 115 



Lloyd-Price, Mr. R. J., on rabbit- 

 shooting, 258 



Londesborough, Earl of, quantity of 

 hares on the Yorkshire estates of, 

 1 66 



London Sporting Park Company, 



51 



Lubbock, Mr., his observations on 

 snipe, 161 



