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INDEX. 



Rail — continued. 



Mud Hen, 222 



nomenclature, 222 



locality, 222 



not known in Europe, 222 



migratory, 223 



their numbers, 223 



unmelodious notes, 223 



skulking habits, 223 



mode of shooting, 224 



Dog for shooting, 22-i 



flight of, 224 



numbers about Cape May and Ilen- 

 lopen, 225 



description of, 224 

 Reed Birds — 



Em.beriza Oryzivora, 196 



Rice Bunting, 196 



Ortolan, 196 



Butter Balls, 196 



Bobolink, 196 



history and nomenclature, 196 



description, 196, 197 



migrations, 197 



shooting, 198 



netting, 199 



compared with the European Orto- 

 lan, 199, 200 



progress South, 200 



curi'ous facts, 200, 201 



Cage Bird, 201 



change in color of plumage, 201 



useful memoranda, 202 



terms applicable to Reed Birds, 41 

 Red Head- 

 Anas Ferina, 289 



habits, 289 



description, 289, 290 



resembles the Pochard of England, 

 290 



description of the Pochard, 291 



how captured by the English Fow- 

 lers, 291 

 Retriever — 



few good ones, 111 



Author's comments on, 112, 113, 

 114 



useful in Snipe shooting, 193 



useful in Clapper Rail Shooting, 193 

 Richards, Westley — 



celebrated Gunsmith, 411 



description of two guns made by, 

 411, 412, 413 

 Rock Island — 



Partridges verj^ abundant about, 

 104 

 Ruffed Grouse, 134 

 Rumford, Count — 



remarks on cookery, 433 



Rump Bill— 



a celebrated Rail pusher, 212 

 Russia — 



Snipe in, 182 

 Rusting of Guns — 



to prevent, &c,, 377, 378, 379 



S 



Sargent, Doctor Vv. Percy — 



his article on the Wild Turkey, 122 

 further remarks on the Wild Tur- 

 key by, 131, 132 



Savages — 



their gluttony, 438 



Savannah — 



Canvass-Backs at, 257 



Scolopax Aquata, 231 



Scolopax Borealis, 226 



Scolopax Flavipes, 243 



Scolopax Phaepus, 229 



Scolopax Semipalmata, 238 



Scolopax Vociferus, 243 



Schwarz, Berthold— 



discoverer of gunpowder, 383 

 originator of the compound, 405 

 fountain erected to his memory, 

 405 



Scientia Popinfe, 437 



Semipalmated Snipe, 238 



Serpents — 



a battle with a Partridge, 71 

 charming of Birds by, 72 

 vulgar notion, 72 



Setter — 



useful hints respecting, 106 



as Retriever, 111, 112, 113, 114 



for Pheasant Shooting, 144 



Shoemaker, Doctor — 



cases of poisoning by eating Phea- 

 sants, 75, 76 



Shooting — 

 art of, 47 



wonderful nicety in, 50 

 feats of the Toomcrs, 50 

 cross, 55 



general rules for cross, 55, 50, 57, 58 

 covert, 59 



general rules for covert, 59 

 both eyes open, 59, 00, 01 

 snap, 59, 60 

 poking shot, 00 

 nice clean, 02 

 proper distance for, 63 

 Partridges in Delaware, 103 

 Partridges in Virginia, 103 

 general Partridge Shooting, 105 to 

 115 



