CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 EXPOSITION OP THE TECHNICAL TERMS USED BY ORNITHOLOGISTS . 26 



CHAPTER II. 

 SENSATION IN FEATHERS t . . 29 



CHAPTER III. 

 SPORTING TERMS . . . . . . . . . .32 



CHAPTER IV. 

 THE DOG. (Canis familiaris) . . 35 



CHAPTER V. 

 THE SCIENCE OF BREEDING 60 



CHAPTER VI. 

 BREAKING 72 



CHAPTER VII. 



ART OF SHOOTING ON THE WING 95 



CHAPTER VIII. 



THE PARTRIDGE (Perdix Virginiamis) ....... 114 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE WILD TURKEY (Meleagris gallipavo] . . . . . . 172 



CHAPTER X. 



THE RUFFED GROUSE, OR PHEASANT ( Tetrao umbellus) ... , . 189 



CHAPTER XI. 



PINNATED GROUSE, OR PRAIRIE-HEN (Tetrao Cupido) . . . -...-. . 202 



CHAPTER XII. 



THE WOODCOCK (Scolopax minor) . . . ." '" . . . ". 212 



CHAPTER XIII. 



WILSON'S, OR ENGLISH SNIPE (Scolopax Wilsonii Scolopax gallinago] . 240 



CHAPTER XIV. 



REED-BIRD, OR RICE BUNTING (Emberiza oryzivora) . . . . . 256 



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