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INDEX, 







Old Field Plover, 233 

 Ornithology — 



technical terms used in, 33 



A, B, C, of, 33 

 Ornithologists — 



terms used by, 33 



under coverts, how regarded by, 34 



able, G5 



observations of, 66 



Partridge, 65 



Perdix Virginianus, 65 



Virginia Partridge, 65 



American Partridge, 65 



flight of the, 55 



difficult to kill, 61 



where found, 65 



natural history, 65 



description of, 66 



habits, &c. 66 



not strictly migratory, 67 



period of pairing, 68, 69 



fecundity of, 69 



fecundity of the English, 69 



strictly monogamous, 70 



young brood, 70 



leaving the nest, 70 



serpent's attack, 71 



domestication of, 72 



two broods, 72 



full grown, 73 



Ah-Bob-Whitc, 73 



roosting of, 74 



food of, 74 



their flesh poisonous, 75 



old and young Birds, 76 



remarkably large, 76 



difference between the English and 



American, 77 

 a feast of English, 77 

 not a Quail, 77 

 difference between the Quail and 



Partridge, 77, 78, 79 

 running season, 79 

 cause of these migrations, 79, 80 

 change of plumage, 81 

 pied or white, 81 

 Lusus Naturaj, 82 

 anecdote, 83 

 further hints, 85 

 numbers in neighborhood of the 



Chesapeake, 85 

 caught in nets, 87 

 eating their eggs, 88 



Partridge — conlin ued. 



driving them, as practised in the 

 South, 88, 89 



introduction into England, 90 



actions of old and young Birds, 90 



best to break Dogs on, 91 



coveys that will not lie, 91 



retaining scent, 91 



Doctor Smith's views, 92, 93, 94, 95 



author's convictions, 95 



enemies of, 96 



haunts of, 98 



different states of the weather, 98, 

 99 



good weather, 100 



early dawn, 102 



roosting, 102 



snow on the ground, 102 



shooting in Delaware, 103 



shooting in Virginia, 103 



season of 1851 and 1852, 103 



great numbers in the AVest, 104 



the field, 105 



how to hunt, 106 to 115 



useful memoranda, 116, 117 



terms applicable to, 40 

 Pennat — 



history of AVild Geese at the North, 



Pepper — 



his substitute for Percussion Caps, 

 356 

 Phillips, C. T— 



large number of Partridges killed 

 by, 104 

 Philostratus — 



his remarks on Gunpowder, 403 

 Pill-will-willet, 239 

 Pike, old- 

 celebrated Rail pusher, 212 

 Pivot of the gun, 350, 357 

 Pivot-wrench, 362, 363 

 Plover — 



Black-Bellied, 233 



Charadrius Apricarious, 233 



Old-Field, 233 



Whistling, 233 



Bull, or Beetle-Headed, 233 



their habits, 233 



nomenclature, 233 



food, 233 



flesh, 233 



modes of shooting, 234 



description, 234, 235 



terms applicable to, 41 

 Plover — 



Golden, 236 



Charadrius Pluvialis, 230 



Frost Birds, 236 



