24 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XV. 



THE BAIL, OB SOBA (Rallus Carolinus) 263 



CHAPTER XVI. 



GREAT RED-BBEASTED RAIL (Rallus elcgans) 281 



CHAPTER XVII. 



CLAPPEB-RAIL, OB MUD-HEN (Rallus crepitans) 283 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

 ESQUIMAUX CUBLEW, OB SHOBT-BILLED CURLEW (Scolopax borealis) . 287 



CHAPTER XIX. 



LONG-BILLED CUBLEW, OR SICKLE-BILL (Numenius longirostris) . 291 



CHAPTER XX. 



BLACK-BELLIED PLOVEB (Charadrius apricarius) 294 



CHAPTER XXI. 



SEMIPALMATED SNIPE, WILLET, OB STONE-CURLEW (Scolopax semi- 



palmata) 299 



CHAPTER XXII. 



WILD-FOWL SHOOTING 305 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



CANVAS-BACK (Anas valisineria) 313 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

 DIFFERENT VABIETIES OF DUCKS 353 



CHAPTER XXV. 



AMEBICAN HARK, OB GBAY RABBIT (Lepus sylvaticus) .... 385 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

 THE SQUIBBEL 396 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



MISCELLANEOUS HINTS 408 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



DlSCOVEBY AND INTBODUCTION OF GUNPOWDEB 455 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



THE ABT OF COOKING GAME 488 



CHAPTER XXX. 



SOME HINTS ON TAXIDERMY. THE ART OF OBTAINING AND PRE- 

 SERVING THE SKINS OF BIRDS 614 



CHAPTER XXXI. 

 GENERAL HYGIENIC REMARKS 523 



