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South — Description from Audubon — Introduction into England; efforts 

 abortive — Actions of Old and Young Birds — Best to break Dogs on — Coveys 

 that will not lie — Eetaining Scent; a mystery; Dr. Smith's letter on the 

 subject; the matter fully discussed; the Author's experience — Enemies 

 of the Partridge ; Animals of various kinds ; several species of Hawks — 

 Predictions regarding Game — Haunts of Partridges — Their movements at 

 early dawn — Where to look for them — Different states of the weather — 

 Piainy Spell- — Good Weather — Buckwheat Patch — IMid-day — Hints for the 

 Sportsman — Time for the Shooter to desist from his labors ; reasons for — 

 Pot-Hunters — Early dawn — Mutual congratulations — Why Partridges 

 seldom or never roost in the field where they feed — Their movements dur- 

 ing snow — Good Shooting in Delaware — Better still in Virginia — Unusually 

 plenty in 1851 and 1852 ; reasons for it — Mr. Phillips kills sixty-one Birds 

 — Mr. Skinner's Correspondent — The best record of Shooting — The Par- 

 tridge most difiScult of all Game Birds to be shot — Frank Forrester's 

 opinion — The Field — Properly equipped — A Pointer and Setter; their 

 respective merits — Arrived at the Tavern or Farm-house — Attention to 

 Dogs — After Supper — After Breakfast — In the Field — A markei* — Mode 

 to hunt Dogs — Half-broke Dogs — Young Dogs ; how to manage them — 

 Various dispositions — Fear of punishment — Kicking Dogs — The act of 

 Pointing Gam'e ; among Predatory Animals — Throwing Dogs off — Spoken 

 to as little as possible in the Field — AVhen at a stand — The Bird Flushed 

 — Fire at random — Dead Birds — Chance Shots — -A Pictriever — Our expe- 

 rience as to Retrieving — A perfect Retriever a great rarity — To make a 

 Young Dog gentle with Game — Wounded or Dead Birds — An invaluable 

 Dog — Care not to have a Retriever — A Bird marked down — Partridges 

 most difficult to be found — Not to be discouraged — Close Cover — Sides of 

 the Fields — English Dogs ; not equal to the American — Memoranda . G5 



CHAPTER YII. 



The Wild-Turkey — Description — Natural History — Localities where found — 

 Its former abundance — Few or none North or East of Pennsylvania — 

 Found in Virginia ; in other States — Acknowledgments to Dr. Sargent — 

 Neighborhood of Natchez — Incubation ; an interesting period to study the 

 Characteristics of this Fowl — The Turkey very salacious — Their battles 

 at this season — Audubon's remarks — The Nest; where and how formed — 

 The Eggs — The Hen approaching the Nest— Her efforts at concealment — 

 The Turkey-Cock at this particular period — Several Hens using the same 

 Nest — The full Period of Incubation — Wet Weather ; very destructive to 

 the Young — Solicitude of the Hen ; she feeds her tender offspring on Spice 

 Wood Bush Buds — The Young take to the Trees — Plumage of the Young 

 — The Young Cocks — Rears but one Brood — The Males become ema- 

 ciated; they separate from the Hens; their recovery — Food — Varieties — 

 Their Migrations — Crossing Rivers — Their Domestication — Their associa- 

 tions with tame ones — Various notions as regards the appellation of Tur- 

 key ; the Paradoxy explained — When and how introduced into England — ■ 

 The Turkey the most valuable addition made to the Domestic Fowl — Ac- 



