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INDEX. 



Moulting in quadrupeds, 30. 



cold modified by, 30. 



gradual in birds, 31. 



time of, 31. 



in water-fowl, 31. 



in birds that incubate far north, 31. 

 Mount Holly, partridges shot in the neigh- 

 borhood of, 126. 



Mud Creek, good snipe-ground, 111. 

 Mud-hen, 283. 



N, 



Napoleon required little sleep, 530. 

 Natural history, importance of studying, 



133. 

 Netting ducks, 326. 



partridges, 136. 

 New Jersey, game ordinances of, 141. 



numbers of ruffed grouse in, 191. 



woodcock in, 216. 



snipes in, 243. 



willets frequent, 300. 

 New Orleans, canvas-backs about, 318. 

 New York ruffed grouse, 191. 

 Nooses of horse-hair, 138. 



for taking game, 138. 

 North Carolina, driving partridges as prac- 

 tised in, 142. 

 Norton, Robert, 455. 



O. 



Occiput, back of the head, 21. 

 Old World, batteries of the, 127. 



quails of the, 137. 

 Opus Magus of Bacon, 456. 

 Ordinance against selling game, 141. 

 Origin of the dog, 35. 

 Orismology, sporting terms a branch of, 32. 

 Ornithologists, terms used by, 25. 

 Ornithologists who have graced this coun- 



try, 115. 



Ornithology, technical terms the A B C of, 

 25. 



this information easily acquired, 26. 

 Owls, sensation of feathers in, 30. 

 Oxydracse, 456. 



P. 



Panthers, numbers destroyed, 139. 

 Partridge, the springing of, 97. 



vigorous flight of, 100. 



when flushed, 105. 



flies with amazing velocity, 105. 



flight compared with English, 105. 



great abundance of, in Iowa, 111. 

 Partridge, Perdix Virginianus, 114. 



verses descriptive of, 114. 



their abundance, locality, nomencla- 

 ture, 114. 



description, habits, 115. 



Partridge, perching on trees, 116. 

 not strictly migratory, 116. 

 running season, 116. 

 during winter at the North, 116. 

 catching in nets, traps, etc., 117. 

 period of pairing, 117. 

 building their nests, 118. 

 number of eggs, 118. 

 fecundity of English, 118. 

 period of incubation, 118. 

 the young, 119. 

 strictly monogamous, 119. 

 leaving the nest, 119. 

 solicitude of the hen, 120. 

 artifices of the cock, 120. 

 conflicts with hawks, serpents, etc., 



120. 



domestication of, 122. 

 two broods, 122. 

 author's opinion of, 123. 

 call of the, 123. 

 actions of young, 124. 

 roosting, 124. 

 food, 125. 



shot on Tapahannock marshes, 126. 

 English, compared with American, 



127. 



not a quail, 128. 



how it differs from the quail, 128. 

 running season of the, 129. 

 immense droves, 129. 

 singular actions, 129. 

 cause of these migrations, 130. 

 flight of, whirring noise, 130. 

 flight of English, 131. 

 change in color of plumage, 131. 

 white or pied, 131. 

 remarkable, in possession of author, 



132. 



hints on hunting, 135. 

 formed into coveys, 136. 

 time for killing, 136. 

 taken in traps, 136. 

 abundant in Iowa, 137. 

 nooses of horse-hair to catch, 138. 

 eating eggs of, 138. 

 numbers destroyed in 1855 and 1856, 



139. 



game-ordinances disregarded, 140. 

 whistle of the, 142. 

 driving into nets, 142. 

 efforts to introduce into England, 144. 

 actions of old and young, 145. 

 best to break dogs on, 145. 

 retaining scent, 146. 

 enemies of, 150. 



probable abundance or scarcity of, 152. 

 haunts of, 152. 

 where to find, 153. 

 dry and warm weather, 153. 

 wet and boisterous weather, 153. 

 further hints on hunting, 155. 

 early dawn, at noon, 155. 

 when they feed, 155. 



