OF THE 



BIRDS WHICH ARE THE OBJECTS OF SPORT. 



OF the birds which are the objects of pursuit 

 with the sportsmen of Carolina, the principal are 

 the wild-turkey, the partridge (perdrix marylandica), 

 the dove, the golden plover, the woodcock and 

 snipe. Of the aquatic birds, we shall name two 

 varieties of wild geese a great variety of ducks, 

 including some of exquisite flavor and numerous 

 sea-plovers and curlews, which, though sometimes 

 shot, are, from the nature of their food, seldom 

 admitted to the table. 



THE WILD-TURKEY Is found in considerable num- 

 bers ; but everything connected with the modes of 

 shooting them, or capturing them, has been so often 

 noticed by others, that to refer to these topics here, 

 would seem to be but a useless repetition. They 

 breed in the country, and are not very sensibly 

 diminished in numbers. 



THE PAETKIDGE Is the same bird which is mis- 

 called in the Middle States, the quail. It is a 



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