CONTENTS. XI 



CHAP. XLVI. PAGE 248. THE PINTAIL DUCK a choice delicacy singular 

 habits Hints to the punter A miss-fire Wounded pintails. 



CHAP. XLVIL, PAGE 250. TEAL SHOOTING. Surpassing excellence of the 

 bird Lucky chances Habits and haunts of teal Instructions for shooting 

 The gargany. 



CHAP. XL VIII., PAGE 252. COOT SHOOTING- excellent sport local habits 

 Manningtree coots immense coverts on the Stour peculiarities of the species 

 good sentries Wounded coots Best means of approaching coots mode of 

 distinguishing them at a long distance their enemies amusing scumings 

 Admirable discipline of coots Influence of the drainage system Plover's eggs. 



CHAP. XLIX., PAGE 257. THE MOOR-HEN its peculiarities Moor-hen shoot- 

 ing good practice for young sportsmen Moor-hen of Ionia. 



CHAP. L., PAGE 259. SHOVELLER SHOOTING difficulties of the sport- 

 cunning of the birds their extraordinary powers of diving The burrow-duck 

 can only be shot by daylight The velvet duck The scaup duck The scoter 

 their impenetrable coating of feathers. 



CHAP. LI., PAGE 263. DIVER SHOOTING. Distinction between divers and 

 edible wild-fowl their savage nature sometimes caught in fishing nets The 

 red-breasted merganser difficulties of shooting anecdote of a scientific shot 

 The hooded merganser The goosander The great northern diver extra- 

 ordinary power under water value of their skins The black-throated diver 

 The red-throated diver. 



CHAP. LIL, PAGE 269. WILD -FOWL SHOOTING ON THE COAST BY 

 DAYLIGHT. Varieties of the diversion stalking wild-fowl trying ex- 

 posures the reward of energy favourable opportunities Sporting costume 

 Hints from experiences severe frosts ice screens high cliffs unenviable 

 positions Artifices employed on the banks of the Rhine Col. Hawker and 

 the " armed vagabonds" Poor fishermen - Wild-fowling licence Laughable 

 invectives. 



CHAP. LIII., PAGE 276. FLIGHT SHOOTING explanation of the term- 

 Dexterous sportsmen Novices Propitious nights a lurid sky moonlight- 

 Habits of wild-ducks Indefatigable sportsmen Morning flight Village 

 roughs A flight shooting frolic three wild-swans A fight and scramble 

 limb from limb The powerful blacksmith. 



CHAP. LIV., PAGE 280. WILD-FOWL SHOOTING ASHORE BY NIGHT 

 Advantages and disadvantages of the sport Mode of approaching wild- fowl at 

 night How to discover their most frequented haunts Practical hints Moon- 

 light nights Rich feeding grounds Suspicious sounds A midnight adventure 

 Faithful Sambo The toils of wild-fowl shooting The snow-covered sports- 

 man The rules of wild-fowl shooting A splendid chance A simultaneous 

 shot Antipathy of punters towards shore -gunners Ted Steele his unfor- 

 tunate adventures " Stand-by !" jealousy of shore-gunners hard peas 

 " killed from head to foot" pursuit of offenders cruel deception a discon- 

 solate walk the suspicious mound. 



CHAP. LV., PAGE 289. WILD-FOWL SHOOTING IN THE FENS. Historical 

 description of the fens Great Bedford Level Lincolnshire fens Perseverance 

 of the Romans Region of swamps The eight principal rivers Unrivalled 

 fowling Whittlesea Meer Ramsey Meer The aviary of England Wild-fowl 

 nurseries The sportsman's regret Days gone by Norfolk broads Sport to 

 the heart's content The fen sportsman Bird-calls A moor skirting the 

 sea Certain sport Sambo's first lesson in the fens - Enviable sport 

 Individual experience. 



CHAP. LVL, PAGE 297. - PLOVER SHOOTING. England a favourite resort of 

 plovers good practice Golden plover best manner of getting at them their 

 peculiarities - An extraordinary shot Mode of punting to plovers interesting 

 habits best time for shooting them Grey plovers Lapwing Superstition of 

 the Scots crude ideas Pewit Island Capturing plovers with nets and snares 

 explanation of the art. 



