Index. 



569 



Rat (continued}: 



Sewer rats, 396 



Town rat, the, 40 1 



Traps, 410, 413 



Uses of, 401 

 Raven, the, 427 



Habits and haunts, 427 



Its capture, 429 

 Rook, the, 437 



Food, 438 



Habits, 437 



Taking, 444 



Sankey's patent hawk trap, 498 

 Scotch Game Act, 558 

 Sending game to market, 533 

 Shave's chainless gin, 447 

 Single spring trap, 476 

 Snipe, the, 150 

 Stoat, the, 225 



Capture, 271 



Change of colour, 233 



Habits and haunts, 230 



In pursuit, 225 



Other names, 232 



Traps and trapping, 271 

 American trap, 306 

 Baits and drags, 280 

 Break-back trap, 305 

 Dead-fall trap, 308 

 Dorset vermin traps, 272 

 Double spring trap, 478 

 Douglass's mitigated gin, 448 

 Figure of four trap, 295 

 Folding spring trap, 478 

 Hawk trap, 480 

 " High Elms " trap, 300 

 Lures, 281 

 Manner of setting traps, 277 



Traps and trapping (continued] : 



Otter trap, 329 



Pit-fall trap, 425 



Places for gins, 293 



Sankey's patent hawk trap, 498 



Setting traps, 277 



Shave's chainless gin, 447 



Single spring trap, 476 



Tilling traps, 289 

 Traps for cats, 309 



Magpies and jays, 474 



Otters, 329 

 Trespass, 560 



Vermin cats, 267 



Their capture, 271 

 Vermin, ground, 213 



Winged, 427 



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Warrens, rabbit, 168 

 Weasel, the, 237 



Fur, 250 



Habits, 242 



Haunts, 244 



In pursuit, 237, 245 



Local names, 250 



Taking, 271, 282 

 Wigg's alarm gun, 512 

 Wild Birds' Protection Act, 548 

 Wild-cat, the, 261 



Appearance, 261 



Capture, 271 



Habits, 263 



Haunts, 265 

 Winged game : 



Black grouse, 131 



Bustard, 150 



Capercailzie, 142 



Landrail, 149 



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