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INDEX 



Cackling goose, 153, 358 



California mountain partridge, 107, 

 125-127, 354, 355 



California valley partridge, 107, 125, 

 355 ; running qualities, 127-129 ; 

 shooting, 128-130 



Canada goose, 148, 359 



Canada-grouse, 100-102, 352 



Canadian ruffed-grouse, 60, 351 



Canard noir, 220 



Canvas-back duck, 171, 361 ; destruc- 

 tion, 172 ; food, 173, 174 ; methods 

 of shooting, 175, 176, 179, 180; inju- 

 rious effect of carp, 177, 178 ; curi- 

 osity, 179 



Carolina dove, 336, 385 



Carolina rail, 327, 332, 384 



Carp, their effect on canvas-backs, 

 177, 178 



Castalia Club, 26, 27 



Chesapeake Bay dog, 18, 167 



Chestnut-bellied scaled partridge, 132, 

 354 



Cinnamon-teal, 225, 226, 230, 367 



Clapper-rail, 327, 384 



Cocker-spaniel, 18 



Cody, William F., quoted, 47 



Columbian sharp-tailed grouse, 350 



Common brant, 158 



Common eider duck, 202 



Common wild goose, 359 



" Coot-foot," 318 



Coots, 197 ; shooting, 197-199 



Corn-crake, 384 



Coues, E. , quoted^ 60, 79, 325 



Coyolco's Bob-white, 108 



Crane Creek Club, 26 



Cranes, 323-326, 383 



Creek blue-bill ducks, 186 



Creek broad-bill ducks, 186 



Crow-duck, 382 



Cumming, Mr., quoted, 175, 206 



Curlew sandpiper, 380 



Curlews, 294, 304, 305, 373, 374 



Decoys, 288 



De Guise, quoted, 57, 58 



Denny, Judge, 52 



Denny, Mr. John, 52 



Dipper duck, 194 



Dogs, various kinds described, 14-16 ; 

 training, 16-18 ; cost, 19 ; for par- 

 tridge shooting, 120 ; for mallard 

 shooting, 215 ; for snipe shooting, 

 281 



Doves, 334-336, 346, 385-388; shoot- 

 ing, 337-339 



Dowitcher, 294, 295, 371 



Drury, Professor, quoted, 5 



Duck-call, 219 



Ducks, 160, 161, 171 et seq.j 360 et seq. 



Dunlin, 294, 297, 298 



Dusky-duck, 220, 367 



Dusky-grouse, 96, 351 



Eastern willet, 303 

 Eider duck, 197, 202, 203, 366 

 Elliot, quoted, 199 

 Elliot's Rio Grande turkey, 349 

 Emperor goose, 153, 359 

 English dunlin, 297, 298 

 English pheasant, 58, 348 

 English setter, 15 

 English snipe, 282, 371 

 Eskimo curlew, 305, 373 

 European golden plover, 307, 313 

 European ring-neck plover, 315 

 European snipe, 250, 371 

 European teal, 232, 368 

 European woodcock, 250, 267, 372 

 Evans, Mr. Wallace, quoted, 56, 57 

 Evermann's ptarmigan, 353 



Field plover, 283 

 Fish duck, 243 

 Florida Bob-white, 107, 356 

 Florida clapper-rail, 384 

 Florida dusky duck, 367 

 Florida wild turkey, 46, 349 

 " Fool-hens," 97 

 Forester, quoted, 284 

 Franklin's grouse, 100, 352 

 Fresh-water marsh hen, 384 

 Fulvous tree-duck, 160, 360 



