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July — How to hunt them — Cocker Spaniels used in England — Bells at- 

 tached to them — The use of Bells recommended for Partridge Shooting — 

 Epitaph on a Cocker Spaniel — Memoranda 155 



^'" CHAPTER XI. 



Wilson's, or English Snipe — Their distribution over the AVorld — Found in 

 India, Ceylon, Japan, Egypt, Carolina, &c. — Highly esteemed — Varieties 

 — The Horseman's Snipe — The Double or Solitary Snipe — Resemblance to 

 the English Snipe — Why called Vrilsou's Snipe — The cry of the Snipe — 

 Audubon's opinion — Frank Forrester's opinion — Hoiv known in England ; 

 how in Louisiana — Description — Their Location and Food — Their stay in 

 the South — Audubon's statement as regards numbers — Numerous in 

 Florida — Their stay in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, &c. — Their 

 condition — How they feed — Singular manoeuvres in the Spring — "When 

 they depart' for the North — When mated — Some remain the whole Summer 

 — The Nest of one discovered in May — Situation of the Nest — Period of 

 Incubation — Abundant in Canada, Nova Scotia, New Foundland, or La- 

 brador — The Brood — Their Food — Soon gain Strength — Beturn to the 

 South — They stop in New Jersey and Delaware — Not gregarious — Their 

 Flight — Fickle in their movements — The presence of Frost — Very meteo- 

 rological Birds — Seldom found in the Woods — Their delight in the wet 

 meadows — DifBcult to shoot — Their irregular Flight — Snipe Shooting -in 

 England — The pleasures and ills of Snipe Shooting — Different plans for 

 shooting Snipe — A good Snipe Shot — Snap Shooting — Deliberate Shooting 

 — Anecdote from the Spirit — Cause of the irregular flight of Snipes — Flying 

 against the wind — Windy weather — Snipes lie better — When hunted after 

 much — Very acute organs of hearing — Calm, clear weather — More diffi- 

 cult to be killed on a windy day — Arguments in favor of windy weather — 

 Hunt down wind — When raining — In the Spring more shy — Causes — Dogs 

 for Snipe Shooting — Strong game effluvia — Snipe Shooting injurious to 

 young Dogs — First chop Betriever useful — Dog on a point — Fear of shoot- 

 ing the Dog — Account of same — Advantages of Snipe Shooting — Improv- 

 ing to a young Shot — White Snipe — Memoranda . . . . .181 



CnAPTEK XII. 



Beed-Bird, or Bice Bunting — Their History — Nomenclature — Where found 

 — The Bobolink of the Eastern States — How called in Pennsylvania — How 

 styled in Carolina — How known in Louisiana — Description — Their Migra- 

 tions — Their Breeding Ground — Their Young — Associating of Broods — 

 Their familiar Note — Their appearance in the neighborliood of Philadel- 

 phia — Their Food — Shooting them — The markets overstocked — Their Size 

 and Weight — Selling price — Numbers killed at one shot — Netting Heed- 

 Birds — Compared v>ith the Ortolan of Europe — Anecdote — Progress South 

 — Visit to the Bice-fields — Their arrival in the AVest Indies — Their high 

 estimation — Curious facts — Change of Plumage — Considered as a Cage 

 Bird — A Yellow Reed Bird — Memoranda 196 



