CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



INTRODUCTION, ......... 7 



BAY SNIPE, COOT, AND OTHER WILD FOWL SHOOTING ON THE 



ATLANTIC COAST. Isaac McLellan, . . . . .15 



THE WOODCOCK. William Jarvis, ..... 31 



THE QUAILS OF CALIFORNIA. T. 8. Van Dyke, . . . .61 



THE RUFFED GROUSE. (7. A. Cooper, ..... 79 



INLAND DUCK-SHOOTING IN THE UNITED STATES. John G. Smith, . 119 

 BOB WHITE. Amory R. Starr, ...... 139 



SHARP-TAILED GROUSE, SPRUCE GROUSE, AND PTARMIGANS. Walter 



M. Wolfe, 171 



PLOVER-SHOOTING. E. Hough, ...... 197 



THE WILD PIGEON. William Bruce LefflngweU, .... 217 



SNIPE AND SNIPE-SHOOTING. Thomas C. Abbott, . . . 237 

 WESTERN FIELD SPORTS IN EARLY DAYS. Samuel C. Clarke, . . 259 

 FIELD ETIQUETTE. F. E. Pond, ..... 273 



PRAIRIE CHICKENS PINNATED GROUSE. William Bruce Leffingwett, 279 



THE WILD GOOSE. C. R. Tinan, 311 



WILD TURKEY SHOOTING. George W. Balnea, .... 343 



CONCERNING POINTERS AND SETTERS. John M. Tracy, . . 375 

 THE CANVAS-BACK DUCK. William Bruce LefflngweU, . . .403 

 GUNS. Arthur W. Du Bray, ...... 421 



COURSING. G. Irwin Royce, M. D., . . . . 443 



