Index 



585 



Currituck Club 



Duck-shooting, 20-24. 



Goose-shooting, 206-209. 

 Cygnince, see Swans. 



Dafila acuta, see Pintail. 



Dan Petty, battery-shooting, Long 



Island, 33-38. 



Davy, shore-bird shooting, 308. 

 Decoys, 7, 16. 

 Canvas, 18. 

 Dead ducks, 18. 

 Live decoys, see that title. 

 Locations for decoying ducks, 19. 

 Making and coloring, 17. 

 Placing, 1 8. 

 Swan decoy, 206, 208. 

 Decrease of water-fowl, see Water- 

 fowl. 



Dendrocygna autumnalis, black-bel- 

 lied tree-duck, 253. 

 Dendrocygna fulva, fulvous tree- 

 duck, 255, 514. 



Denmark, burrows dug for shel- 

 drakes, 72. 



Destruction of water-fowl, see De- 

 crease under Water-fowl. 

 Dogs 



Chesapeake dog, value in duck- 

 hunting, ii. 



Rail-hunting, 280, 288, 290. 

 Dotterel [eudromias morinelhts~\ 454. 

 Dowitcher, name for red-breasted 



snipe, 349. 

 Down of sea-ducks, value as article 



of commerce, 119. 

 Duck-shooting 



Battery -shooting, see that title. 

 Blinds, see that title. 

 Boats, see that title. 

 Brant Pond, 21-24. 

 California, 503. 

 Chesapeake dog, value of, II. 

 Clubs for hunters, see that title. 

 Craft, see Boats. 



Duck-shooting [continued] 

 Decoys, see that title. 

 Flight-shooting difficulties in Cali- 



fornia, 505. 



Great South Bay, 33-37. 

 Guns, 9. 



Ice-hole shooting, 60. 

 James River experiences, 28. 

 Line shooting, see that title. 

 Long Point, 46. 

 Methods, see Battery-shooting, 



Decoys, etc. 



Mexican experiences, 57. 

 Narrows Island Club recollec- 



tions, 20. 



North Dakota recollections, 13. 

 Pass shooting, see that title. 

 Pearson's Pond, 50. 

 Recollections, 6-7. 

 Rice fields, wild, shooting in, 



24-27. 



River shooting, 56. 

 Spring shooting, abolition neces- 



sary, 65-70. 



[See also names of various ducks. ~\ 

 Ducks 



Decrease of water-fowl, .^Water- 



fowl. 

 Diagnosis of family and genera, 



565. 



Mergansers, see that title. 

 Pacific coast, see that title. 

 River-ducks, see that title. 

 Sea-ducks, see that title. 

 Shooting, see Duck-shooting. 

 [See also names of various 



ducks.~\ 



Dunlin [tringa alpina~\ 381. 

 Dunlin American, 382. 



Egyptian goose [chenalopex 



tiacus] 217. 

 Eider 



American, 168. 



King, 172. 



