INDEX 



393 



Gadwall, 370 



Gadwall duck, 239, 240, 370 



Gallinaceous birds, 41 ; methods of 

 taking, 42 ; characteristics, 42, 43 ; 

 varieties, 44 



Gambels partridge, 107 ; range, 132 ; 

 described, 133, 355 ; trapping, 134 



Game birds, destruction of, 28, 31, et 

 seq., protection of, 33-37 



Game clubs, organization and regula- 

 tion, 21-27 ; New Jersey clubs, 28, 

 29 



Game parks, 20, 21 ; necessity for, 

 195, 196 



Game preserves, 20, 21 



Godman's Bob-white, 108 



Godwits, 298, 299, 372, 373 



Golden back, 308 



Golden-eye duck, 192, 193, 363 



Golden plover, 308 ; shooting, 309-313 



Goosander, 242 



Gordon setter, 15, 16 



Gray-backed snipe, 296 



Gray-backs, 296 



Gray crane, 323 



Gray duck, 239, 370 



Gray ruffed-grouse, 60, 351 



Grayson's Bob-white, 124 



Greater snow-goose, 360 



Greater yellow-legs, 294, 299-301, 374 



Green-wing duck, 195 



Green- winged teal, 225, 226, 368 



Greenwood, Mr, Ralph, quoted, 296 



Ground dove, 346, 385 



Grouse, 60, 349-352, shooting season, 

 61, 62; destruction of, 62; shooting 

 in England and America, 63, 64 



Guatemala Bob-white, 108 



Guns, selection of, 9-12 ; accidents, 10 ; 

 use of, 12, 13 ; for partridge shooting, 

 115; woodcock, 261; snipe, 280; 

 bay-birds, 292 ; golden plover, 313 



Harlequin duck, 202, 364 ^ 

 Heath-hen, 71, 72, 350 

 Higginson, Mr. A. H., quoted, 378 

 Hooded-merganser, 241, 244, 363 



Homaday, Mr., 5 

 Howe, Dr. W. H., quoted, 143 

 Hudsonian curlew, 304, yjS 

 Hudsonian godwit, 294, 299, 372 

 Hutchins goose, 153, 358 



Inca dove, 388 

 Irish setter, 15, 16 



JACANAS, 382 

 Jack curlew, 304 

 Jack snipe, 282, 294 



Kill-deer plover, 247, 307, 381 



Killdee, 381 



King eider duck, 202, 366 



King-rail, 327, 332, 384 



Knot, 294, 296, 297, 371 



Labrador duck, 361 

 Least sandpiper, 380 

 Leffingwell, Mr., quoted, 344 

 Lesser Canada goose, 153 

 Lesser prairie-hen, 349 

 Lesser scaup duck, 362 

 Lesser snow-goose, 156, 360 

 Lesser yellow-legs, 294, 301, 302 

 Lewis, Dr., quoted, 280 

 Little black-head duck, 186 

 Little blue-bill duck, 186 

 Little broad-bill duck, 186 

 Little brown crane, 323 

 Little ring plover, 307, 315 

 Little saw-bill duck, 244 

 Long-billed curlew, 304, 374 

 Long-billed dowitcher, 295, 371 

 Long-tailed duck, 201, 364 

 Louisiana clapper-rail, 384 



Mackay, George H., quoted, 378 

 Mallard duck, 208-210, 368 ; shooting 



211-218 ; abundance of, 211, 212, 



216 ; dogs, 215 ; call, 219 

 Marbled godwit, 294, 298, 299, 372 

 Marlin, 299, 304 

 Marsh hen, 384 

 Marsh snipe 371 



