INDEX. 



489 



Plover — continued. 



habits, 236 



food, 236 



flesh, 236 



where found, 236 



description, 236, 237 

 Plover — 



Ring, 237 



Piping, 237 



Kildeer, 237 



Wilson's, 237 



Grass, 237 



Field, 287 



wild and wary, 237 

 Plumage — 



necessity of a clean, 36, 37 



change in color of, 37 



moult of, 36, 37, 38 



change in color of Partridge, 81, 

 82 



in other Birds and animals, 81, 82 



change in color of Snipe, 194 



change in color of Reed Bird, 201 

 Point shooting, 279 

 Pointer — 



useful hints respecting the, 106 



pure breeds of, 110 



faculty of standing game, 110 



as Retrievers, 111, 112, 113, IM 



accidental death of a, 193 

 Pot Hunters — 



disagreeable characters, 84 



the enviable race of, 101 

 Powder Flasks — 



danger of using common, 350 



Mr. Sykes', 851 



a drawing of, 351 

 Powder and Shot Gauge — 



how useful, 361 



its application, 362 

 Potatoes 



a le Maitre d'llotel, 452 

 Prescott — 



his frequent mention of the Wild 



Turkey in his "Conquest of Mexi- 

 co," 129 

 Preserves, English — 



Parti-idges in, 77 

 Price, Major, of Chestei- — 



his paper on Rail shooting, 215, 216 

 Public Squares — 



the Squirrels and Birds in the, 172 



the good effects of this provision, 

 172 

 Pushers — 



Rail, 212 



duty of, 213 



Old Pike, 212 



Bill Rump, 212 



Q 

 Quail — 



American Partridge not a, 77, 78, 79 

 habits of the English or European 



Quail, 77, 78, 79 

 how the ancient Athenians regarded 

 the, 78 



Rail- 



Rail- 



Rail- 



Rallus Carolinus, 203 

 Sora, 203 

 description, 203 

 nomenclature, 203 

 mysterious Bird, 203 

 history of, 204 

 change into Frogs, 205 

 Mr. Bartram's experience, 206 

 j\Ir. Skipwith's capture of a, 206 

 Mr. Bryan's captured Rail, 206 

 singular characteristics, 207 

 ventriloquism, 207 

 food, 208 

 flight, 209 

 very cunning, 209 

 sensitive to cold, 209 

 shooting, 210 



paraphernalia necessary for shoot- 

 ing, 210, 211 

 Pushers, 212 



tricks of Rail Shooters, 212, 213 

 duty of Pushers, 213 

 tides afi"ect Rail Shooting, 213, 214 

 fattest at the full of the Moon, 214 

 numbers killed, 215 

 authentic list of numbers, 215 

 Mr. Eyre's exploits, 216 

 Mr. Hubbell's exploits, 216 

 abundance in 1849, 216 

 shooting Rails in Virginia, 217 

 netting, 217 



fish prey upon Rails, 217 

 places to shoot, 218 

 expense of Rail Shooting, 218 

 useful memoranda, 218 

 terms applicable to Rail, 41 



Rallus Elegans, 220 



King Rail, 220 



Great Red Breasted, 220 



Fresh water Marsh Hen, 221 



locality, 220 



description, 220 



flesh, 221 



flight, 221 



Rallus Crepitans. 222 

 Clapper Rail, 222 

 Big Rail, 222 



